Is due in a couple of hours. Ministers warn they will withdraw the brexit bill if they lose the timetable motion, and theyll push for a general election. Well have the latest on the debate in the commons. Well be looking ahead to the votes and well be examining the likely options, so stay with us. Its 5 oclock. Were live at westminster just a few hours ahead of two crucial votes which will dictate the future of the Brexit Process. At around 7 oclock tonight the house of commons will vote on the main brexit legislation, the Withdrawal Agreement bill, and then, crucially, on the parliamentary timetable for scrutiny of the bill, which is limited to just three days of debate. Many mps believe this is totally insufficient given the complexity and importance of the legislation, but the Prime Minister told mps this afternoon that if the timetable is rejected, and if hes faced with another long delay offered by the eu, he will withdraw the bill and try to call a general election. So, to underl
Opposition parties have seized on a leaked ministerial memo about the government's proposed Treaty Principles bill, saying the prime minister should put a stop to it.
"The prime minister has been caught out in his own lies . the reality is that a clever politician and intentional coalition partner will roll anyone out of the way to make sure that something as negatively ambitious as what this rewrite is looking like can happen."
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