mediterranean. thank you. also coming up, the night runner. the knight runner. sir mo farah receives his knightood from the queen at buckingham palace. hello. this is afternoon live. they re a set of laws from 1539 and they could be about to give theresa may a huge headache. the so called henry 8th powers will be used to help the government steer through vital brexit legislation. and as mps begin line by line scrutiny in the house of commons that s not her only problem. hundreds of amendments have been tabled to the eu withdrawal bill by labour and conservative rebels. here s our political correspondent alex forsyth. pages and pages long. this is the bill that will bring all eu law into uk law, ready for the day of departure, so there is no legal black hole when we leave. but several mps are worried about some of the detail in this bill. secretary david davis. yesterday, the government gave in and tried to offer an olive branch to those concerned, promising a new act of
is going under the hammer in geneva tonight. bids are expected to top $25 million. good evening and welcome to bbc news. mps have begun debating key legislation that will pave the way for brexit. as expected no amendments have yet been made to the eu withdrawal bill. as the debate got under way earlier, sharp divisions within conservative ra nks sharp divisions within conservative ranks were exposed with the government warning rebels that they risked playing into labour s hands in they vote down the legislation. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminster for us now. and the government has safely negotiated the first two votes in this marathon session really. tonight they will go on till almost midnight, the first of eight days of line by line scrutiny of this withdrawal bill. much of the discussion today was about the government s desire to put the brexit date into law. labour are not happy about this. they feel that it s a happy about this. they feel tha