UK Parliament to vote on May’s Brexit ‘Plan B’ on Jan 29
London : The UK Parliament will vote on Prime Minister Theresa May’s “Plan B” for Brexit on January 29, the Leader of House of Commons said on Thursday. Andrea Leadsom told lawmakers that the Prime Minister would put forward a motion and make a statement to the lower chamber on what her next steps would be on January 21, Efe news reported. “A full day’s debate on the motion will take place on January 29, subject to the agreement of the house,” she told the Parliament. Leadsom spoke as May met with lawmakers and opposition leaders for cross-party consultations, urging them to “put self-interest aside” and“work constructively together” to find a way forward for Brexit, following her slim victory in a no-confidence vote.
On Tuesday night, MPS voted against May’s plans for Brexit by a historic margin: 432 votes against to 202 in favour -- the largest defeat for a sitting government in history.
May is currently trying to resolve a political deadlock set up by her antagonists, both from the hard-brexit and anti-leave camps.
One of the demands is that May should rule out any possibility that the UK might crash out of the European Union (EU) in March without any deal in place. Britain is due to leave the EU on March 29.
In a statement in Downing Street shortly after midnight on Thursday morning, May had said: “It will not be an easy task, but MPS know they have a duty to act in the national interest, reach a consensus and get this (Brexit) done.”