Just after half past midnight here in bbc news. It is now time for tuesday in parliament. Hello, and welcome to tuesday in parliament, where the government bill setting out the terms of the uks divorce from the eu clears its first hurdle in the commons. The ayes to the right, 329. The noes to the left, 299. But mps reject a tight timetable to get it through the commons by october the 31st. The Prime Minister says because of that, hell put the brexit bill on hold. But insists. One way or another, we will leave the eu with this deal, to which this house has just given its assent. Also on this programme. A plea for the government to help british children trapped in syria. And condemnation of Barclays Bank as opts out a scheme allowing customers to get cash at post offices. It seems that some banks are only interested in big cashless customers that have large deposits. But lets start by going back to the beginning of the day. Boris johnson opened the first general debate on the bill which
Against Breast Cancer in pakistan. Welcome to the programme. Its 8am in singapore and 1am here in london, where brexit is once again in turmoil, after Prime Minister borisjohnson suffered a major defeat in parliament. Mps voted to reject his fast track timetable to pass the eu Withdrawal Agreement through the house of commons. Mrjohnson did actually win another vote to advance the legislation, itself a significant victory. But the timetable defeat means hes been forced to pause the whole process, which means a new brexit extension may be needed. Our Political Editor Laura Kuennsberg reports. A rare moment of silence. And then a result. The ayes to the right 308, the noes to the left 322. Mps kicked out the Prime Ministers timetable for speeding his brexit deal through parliament. Plenty of mps dont want to leave but even for those who do, a majority in here tonight thought it was happening too fast. Tonight the house has refused to be bounced into debating a hugely significant piece of
A us company says its ready to market a new drug that can slow down the disease. In the latest twist in the saga of britain trying to leave the european union, Prime Minister borisjohnson has suffered another major defeat in parliament. Mps voted to reject his fast track timetable to pass the eu Withdrawal Agreement through the house of commons. He did actually win another vote to advance the legislation, itself a significant victory. But the timetable defeat means hes been forced to pause the whole process, which means a a new extension may be needed, from european leaders. This from our Political Editor laura kuennsberg. A rare moment of silence. And then a result. The ayes to the right 308, the noes to the left 322. Mps kicked out the Prime Ministers timetable for speeding his brexit deal through parliament. Plenty of mps dont want to leave but even for those who do, a majority in here tonight thought it was happening too fast. Tonight the house has refused to be bounced into debati
Substance of this vote is about. We will then move on, after that, to possibly an even more challenging vote for the government, which is on the timetabling. How much time do mps get to scrutinise this very important piece of legislation . So, thats the picture for you, and thats the picture for you, and thats what were expecting in the next half hour or so. Our chief Political Correspondent vicki young is inside the houses of parliament, in the central lobby, very close to the chamber of the house of commons, where the voting is happening. Vicki, talk us through this first vote. A bill going through parliament has various stages, the first one where it is debated is this one, mps have been talking about it all day. There is a vote and it has to get through the vote in order to progress to the next stage, which will be where mps look in detail at what the bill is about, and at that point they could perhaps try to make some changes. If this we re try to make some changes. If this were t
The opposition of so many mps, to the time allocated for debate. Tonight, the house has refused to be bounced into debating a hugely significant piece of legislation in just two days. Well have the latest from westminster tonight, as mps are told that delivering brexit by 31st october, is now virtually impossible. Also tonight a senior us diplomat tells Donald Trumps impeachment inquiry, hed been told the president did want to give aid to ukraine, in return for dirt, on a Democratic Party rival. We report from North Eastern syria, on the victims of the fighting, between Turkish Forces and the kurds. And a new drug that could slow down alzheimers disease. Early tests by a us company are promising. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. England coach eddiejones claims his side were spied on ahead of their Rugby World Cup semi final against new zealand. Good evening from westminster where, for the very first time, the house of commons has voted in favour of a Brexit Agreement but crucial