good morning from westminster. the bill giving theresa may the power to trigger the formal process of leaving the eu has cleared its final hurdle in parliament, and will now become law. the brexit secretary, david davis, said the uk was on the threshold of its most important negotiation for a generation. our political correspondent chris mason reports. contents, 118, not contents, 274, so the not contents have it. with those words the government achieved what the supreme court told ministers they had to, parliamentary approval to start brexit. the debates here in the house of lords and in the house of commons are, for now at least, done. one thing came out very clearly in all the debates. it is uncertainty that is bad for business, it is uncertainty that is bad forforeign nationals in the uk, it is bad for uk nationals resident in eu countries. i think the quicker we get on with this process the better. the house of commons had overturned two suggested changes to the plan s n
apply to gibraltar without the approval of the kingdom of spain. some say spain is trying to exploit dreich said. every country looks to look after its own interests, and as is what spain is trying to do over gibraltar. it is absolutely wrong that any future free trade agreement, security, bilateral arrangement or anything else should depend on britain giving some concession to madrid over gibraltar. in gibraltar, officials at your ears. we re not going to be a pawn in brexit. we want the culprits of brexit, because the eu looks at the uk s if brexit, because the eu looks at the uk s if we are the ones walking away, well, gibraltar was not responsible for that. the letter handed to the eu on wednesday triggering the process did not include reference to gibraltar, and some critics say it should have. what is perhaps underlines is a challenge facing britain as it begins negotiating as a single nation against 27, each of which have their own vested interests. and matt cole is he