Back to westminster. As weve been reporting, its another day that could be described as historic at westminster with mps voting on that main motion on the brexit bill, the motion to trigger article 50. After this the legislation heads to the House Of Lords. Most of the amendments to the motion have been comfortably defeated by The Government. We are hearing, because of the Labour Rebellion in the sol last week, we are expecting another Labour Rebellion tonight, clive lewis has resigned. He was talking earlier on about the difficulty of his decision, whether or not to vote for this European Union bill that would begin the formal process of britain leaving the European Union. That is clive lewis there. He was saying how difficult this decision is and hinting he might pass to vote against the bill, therefore inevitably leaving the Shadow ChapmanShadow Cabinet, because that would be defying the leadership of the labour party, the three line whip. Other members of the Shadow Cabinet went last week and he has joined them. Breaking news, eleanor, just before the actual vote on this bill. Clive lewis, that will be a Blow Forjeremy Corbyn to lose him. It will. We got word of exactly what clive lewis has said. He said it was with the heavy heart that he decided to resign from the Shadow Cabinet. It said only became an mp he promised his constituency would be norwichs voice in westminster, Not Westminsters voice in norwich city said he did not in good Conscience Vote for something that he believes will ultimately harm the city he represents, not some calls home. Jeremy corbyn has said he would like to thank clive for all his hard work and says he understands the difficulties mps Understanding Represents mps have you represent those who voted to remain have in voting for this bill. Jeremy corbyn when he was a backbencher was one of the most rebellious labour mps. He says that the labour party respects the outcome of the Eu Referendum and thatis the outcome of the Eu Referendum and that is why he has asked all labour mps to vote for this bill. We know that three Shadow Cabinet members resigned last week over the very same issue, all saying it was an extremely tough call. Clive lewis had been trying to decide for some time. There was speculation this evening when he was voting with the birds during those amendments we had in the last 90 minutes or so, there was speculation he might not resign after all. In the minutes before the final votes in the House Of Commons, news has come through the clive lewis has decided to resign as Shadow Business Secretary. He will have to return to the backbenches. The question Forjeremy Corbyn is who will replace clive lewis, and the other three Shadow Cabinet members, and what will happen to clive in the future . How long will he be forced to stay on the backbenches. Will it be a long term punishment or could we see him back in the Shadow Cabinet in the next couple of months . Who knows . That is one of the many subplots of what is going on this evening. Mps are now voting on the eu bill, the builder would give The Government the power to begin the Brexit Process formally. The mps are voting right now. That is the eu notification of withdrawal bill, its formal title. It isa withdrawal bill, its formal title. It is a very short bill. There have been lots of attempts to amend the bill, but they have all been easily beaten by The Government. We expect the results in about ten minutes. It will edge the United Kingdom that bit closer to brexit because it will give theresa may the power to begin the Brexit Process. It will go to the Brexit Process. It will go to the House Of Lords after the 20th of february. Most observers believe it will be very difficult for the unelected lords to try to block or amend this bill when it has gone through the House Of Commons clean, as they say, so unamended. Lets give you a taste of the debate there has been this afternoon well, the conservative mp john redwood tried to allay fears tried to allay fears in the House Of Commons debate on brexit this afternoon that the decision to leave the eu would be bad for the uk and sour relations with our european neighbours. Of course we wish to preserve the peace in northern ireland, of course we wish to have excellent Trading Arrangements with the European Union for goods and Services Free of tariff, of course we wish to have lots of cooperative activities with eu Member States and institutions in education, research and science and so education, research and science and so forth, and of course we wish to maintain the important rights and Legal Protections which are in european law. As i understand that The Government has made it Crystal Clear in the white paper and in many state m e nts clear in the white paper and in many statements and answers to debates from the front bench that all of those things are fundamental to the dashed to the Negotiating Games of The Government. The labour mp and former european minister caroline flint, backed her leader, jeremy corbyn, last week in a vote to trigger brexit. Today, she told fellow mps that the outcome is likely to not be as bad as both extremes in last years referendum feared. Iam i am determined that this house will respect the referendum might come and see the best for my constituents from our new relationship. Some in the Prime Ministers cabinet talk about that brexit will only be about prosperity, some people who voted remain will be like coming off a cliff. The reality will be something in between. After a long and sometimes difficult marriage we are getting a divorce. During this process we need to leave behind some of the false promises and distortions of the campaign. Dramatic false claims only damage trust. Joanna cherry, for the snp, told the House Of Commons this afternoon that a second referendum in scotland could be triggered if teresa may failed to treated scotland fairly over brexit. Make no mistake, members of this house should make no mistake that we will expect the Prime Minister to deliver on that promise. We will expect to have our position is just as gibraltar wants its position put forward in the article 50 letter and if that doesnt have the Prime Minister breaks promise, then we will hold another Independence Referendum and on the back of the herald things are looking pretty good at that for that at the moment. We are at almost 50 and not a single word has been altered on the campaign for a single word has been altered on the Campaignfora A Single word has been altered on the campaign for a second referendum. Voting underway not on the builder would empower theresa may to begin the Brexit Process. Our correspondent Eleanor Garnier is in the lobby there at the Houses Of Parliament. Everyone predicting a comfortable majority for The Government. In a sense i suppose it is the indication of the state of the labour party that we are looking more to the labour party to see how many of the mps rebelled againstjeremy corbyn. We have heard about clive lewis already stepping down from the Shadow Cabinet. Remember that theresa may did want article 50 to be triggered, and that to be debated on in the house is of commons and lords. It turns out she has got it through pretty easily. It looks like the bill will now go through com pletely the bill will now go through completely unamended as a clean bill through to the House Of Lords. That really m ea ns through to the House Of Lords. That really means that the House Of Lords will not have the license to start fiddling with the bill and putting their own changes to it. It looks i get has got through the Houses Of Parliament pretty easily. The bigger problem for theresa may is when she goes to negotiate with the other eu leaders, the other 27 eu leaders and the officials in the European Union. We are turning to labour once again who seem to be the more divided party over this. The resignation of clive lewis, the Shadow Business Secretary, someone we knew he was finding the decision very difficult. He said only this morning he had not made up as mine. Just minutes before the final vote a statement through from him saying that it was with a very heavy heart that he had decided to defy the will Ofjeremy Corbyn and go against labour and that he would not be voting for article 50 to be triggered. Three other Shadow Cabinet members had already resigned over the same issue. Jeremy corbyn has to decide who he is going to replace them with. That should happen in the coming days. Theresa may has not had it all her own way. She was forced to have fizzled in the house by the supreme court, forced to publish a white paper on brexit and spell out more details as well. Yesterday, we heard that she had made what was billed as a concession, although that has been disputed by some, in which mps will vote again on the draft negotiation settlement, if there is one, that she reaches with eu leaders. Yes, and some disquiet about what had appeared to be a big concession in the House Of Commons, when it actually came to the vote, some disquiet in the lobby has mps were voting that mps would not be able to have a real grip on that final vote as they had hoped. This is a significant moment this evening because theresa may looks like she will be getting this boat through, this bill through the House Of Commons unamended. When we look back at the trouble she had when she was trying to not have the school through the House Of Commons and House Of Lords at all, we were expecting bigger rebellions. It seems like most of the rebels have fallen into line and this has not been as difficult as we had expected for theresa may. Im just looking dying to see. We have not had the result gets on the final vote. Theresa may, she may have got this through the House Of Commons. It has to go to the House Of Lords as well, but i would suggest the bigger battle for theresa may will be when she starts to formal negotiations in brussels with the other 27 Member States. That will be two years of tough negotiations. We knew she will be able, orwe tough negotiations. We knew she will be able, or we think she will be able to trigger article 50 within her own timetable, that timetable she said, so before the end of march. That is when things will get tough. Talking to mps as they have been passing by our series in the central lobby, many of them saying that this might have gone her way, but the real hard work will begin when she starts talking in a formal way to the other european leaders. Just a word about what happens, assuming it does go through the commons in the next few minutes, but Thenit Commons in the next few minutes, but then it goes to the House Of Lords after the 20th of february. There are plenty of peers who want to stay in the European Union and hate the idea of brexit, they will have a hard time trying to change or amend this bill in the House Of Lords when it got through the commons clean and the people voted in the referendum to leave the European Union. There isa to leave the European Union. There is a bit ofa to leave the European Union. There is a bit of a gap because next week is a bit of a gap because next week is half term if you lie for mps here. After that, it will go to the House Of Lords whether it will go through a similar process of scrutiny, where lords and peers will have a chance to put down amendments if they choose to get into the details of the bill. The fact that theresa may seems to have got this through the House Of Commons unamended, many people think that the House Of Lords will then not have the license to make changes and fiddle around with the bill. That means it will have got through parliament unscathed. We know that theresa may wants to trickle trigger article 50 before the end of march. If things continue as they look like they are going to do tonight, she will be able to do that within her timetable. We are looking at the chamber, filling up again. This rather archaic system, maybe you could talk us through that, where mps file into different lobbies, it is different to other parliaments Around The World were they might vote electronically. Mps had to physically go into the House Of Commons to make the vote. They need to pass through the lobbies, either aye or nay. We have had so many votes on these different amendments. They have been going out, into the lobby back in again, then it all Sta Rts Lobby back in again, then it all starts all over again. Quite a contrast to the electronic voting we see in other parliaments Around The World. They will be filing back into the House Of Commons for this final vote. This is the main focus. Mps have been debating over the last few days on the amendments, the changes that mps want to make to the bill. They have been able to debate those changes and tried to persuade The Government and mps across the house that the changes they wanted or the right changes. We have had all of those amendments voted on this evening. No changes have been made to this brexit bill in the House Of Commons. After you finish with all of these debates, then there is an overarching vote on the whole bill in the House Of Commons. That is the final vote. That happened in the last 15 minutes or so. We now have recess, so parliament is on half term if you like next week, and after everyone is back from recess, the bill will go to the House Of Lords, where it will go through a similar process is will be chances for peers to put down amendments, chances for scrutiny. There will be votes in the House Of Lords, too, and providing the bill goes through the House Of Lords without any changes being voted through, then it will go for royal assent, so is the queen signs on the dotted line, if you like. Then the Prime Minister can go to the European Union and tell them she is triggering article 50. That means the formal negotiations for the Divorce Talks can negotiations for the divorce Talks Ca N Start Negotiations for the Divorce Talks can start and that triggers a two year process. The government then has two years to negotiate the deal it wants to get with the European Union. Theresa may says she wa nts to European Union. Theresa may says she wants to also negotiate a trade deal at the same time. The ayes to the right 494, the noes to the left, 122. The ayes habit, the ayes have it thank you. Thanks, everybody. There you are, as expected, very comfortable, ab