Brexit: Theresa May sees off Tory rebellion over 'meaningful vote' - as it happened

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Theresa May has won a crunch Commons vote on a key area of Brexit policy after Tory rebels fell into line at the last minute.

Pro-EU Conservatives had threatened to rebel to ensure parliament is given a greater say in the case of a no-deal Brexit, but their ringleader, Dominic Grieve, voted against his own amendment after declaring himself satisfied with the assurances he had been given by ministers.

With the vote thought to be too close to call, MPs who were heavily pregnant were forced to traipse through the division lobbies. Others who have been ill, including Labour's Naz Shah, also had to drag themselves to the Commons after the government refused to honour a convention that unwell MPs can be counted in the Palace of Westminster car park.

Earlier, Ms May clashed with Jeremy Corbyn at PMQs over her announcement of more funding for the NHS, with the Labour leader claiming the prime minister's figures were “so dodgy they belong on the side of a bus”.

As it happened...

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[20 June 2018 15:23 · Kristin Hugo]

[20 June 2018 15:28 · Kristin Hugo]

Antoinette Sandbach, a potential Tory rebel, says a no-deal Brexit would be "catastrophic". She says the amendment being debated would not tie ministers' hands during negotiations, given it concerns steps that would only be taken if negotiations break down.

She says the amendment will ensure the EU knows Theresa May is negotiating with the full support of Parliament:

"Far from binding the prime minister, it strengthens her hand."

It sounds like Sandbach will still vote for the amendment, as other Tories are certain to. However, with Grieve having pulled his support, the chances of it passing are virtually nil.

[20 June 2018 15:28 · Kristin Hugo]

[20 June 2018 15:37 · Kristin Hugo]

Veteran Europhile Ken Clarke criticises the government for allowing only a 90-minute debate on the meaningful vote amendment.

He says he thought the government would be defeated last week but that Mr Grieve and others backed down after they secured “undertakings from the prime minister”.

He says the government is now resisting the very compromise that ministers had last week agreed with Tory rebels.

[20 June 2018 15:40 · Kristin Hugo]

Labour’s Chris Leslie says Dominic Grieve has succeeded in getting ministers to back away from the claim, made by Theresa May at the weekend, that Parliament “cannot bind the hands of government”.

However, he says, he disagrees with Mr Grieve on whether ministers’ words can be trusted. He says, after last week’s events, he does not believe any government guarantees should be believed.

[20 June 2018 15:44 · Kristin Hugo]

Anna Soubry confirms she will also vote for the amendment.

She says doing so “is in the interests of all my constituents”.

Speeches have been cut to two minutes, so she doesn’t have time for much else.

[20 June 2018 15:46 · Kristin Hugo]

MPs are now voting on the amendment. After all the speculation about potential defeats, we’re expecting the government to win fairly comfortably.

David Davis and Keir Starmer are having a very sombre-looking conversation in the middle of the chamber as voting takes place...

[20 June 2018 15:55 · Kristin Hugo]

Labour MP Naz Shah, who has been ill recently, is wheeled into the chamber in a wheelchair, wearing a hospital bracelet. The government reportedly refused to agree to the normal convention that says unwell MPs are allowed to be counted from the Commons car park...

[20 June 2018 15:58 · Kristin Hugo]

Vote result coming up any second now....

[20 June 2018 16:02 · Kristin Hugo]

***MPs have voted down the Lords’ amendment by 319 votes to 303***