Be held before long but mps will also consider amendments, which could include votes for 16 to 18 year olds. Its 5pm. Were live at westminster where the house of commons is inching its way towards a decision on holding a general election before christmas. Mps are debating a bill presented by borisjohnson, which is meant to clear all its commons stages today, but its already looking to be a less than straightforward process. Theres disagreement on the date, the 12th of december proposed by the government, is being challenged by the opposition. But labour, after much internal debate, is now backing the calls for an election. Jeremy corbyn said that the ruling out of a no deal brexit had dealt with labours main concern. The Scottish National party and the liberal democrats want a 9th of december poll but theres talk of a possible compromise around the 11th december. There are extra demands for giving votes to 16 and 17 year olds, and allowing eu nationals resident in the uk to vote in a g
Vote on the bill itself. Through the course of the evening we willdip into through the course of the evening we will dip into the house and bring you those of its life. In the past power mps have approved the latest stage and Boris Johnsons power mps have approved the latest stage and borisjohnsons attempted trickle a general election and this was the moment in the commons when Speakerjohn Bercow announced an election is due to happen when the general election bill passed its second reading. The question is that the bill be now read a second time. As many of that opinion say aye, of the contrary no. The ayes have it. The ayes have it. Speaker of the house just about an hour ago at the second reading. Sebastian payne the whitehall correspondent at the ft is with us. Just getting wired up and i am glad because we have some breaking news. Iwill tell am glad because we have some breaking news. I will tell people that ten of the 21 conservative mps who lost the web, ten of them have got the
Both the Government and the DUP have reasons to be embarrassed about a plan for Dublin to pay for the education of nursing students in Northern Ireland