Brexit battle: PM Theresa May set to present Plan B on Monday Should UK MPS pray before House opens?
Police said the advice was “in line with our standard response.” British media on Saturday published a photo showing Philip, 97, driving a new Land Rover near the royal residence at Sandringham.
On Thursday, Philip was driving another vehicle when he was involved in a violent collision in which two women suffered injuries. One of them said she hasn’t received an apology from royal family. LONDON: A group of British MPS has moved a motion to stop the ancient practice of starting the day in Parliament with Anglican prayers on the ground that they are incompatible with a society which respects the principle of freedom of, and from, religion.
The motion was backed by the National Secular Society (NSS).
Reciting Anglican players is a practice in Parliament for at least 450 years, but MPS have mixed views on it.
The motion has so far attracted support from ruling Conservative, Labour, Scottish National Party and Liberal Democrats MPS, but at least one senior lawmaker – Labour MP Keith Vaz – wants the practice to continue.
Soon after the motion was introduced, Vaz moved an amendment that overturns the contention that prayers should not play any part in the parliamentary business.
NSS chief executive Stephen Evans said: “Religious worship is for individuals who choose it – not for nations or legislative bodies. Members of Parliament are of course free to pray in their own time, but institutionalised prayer doesn’t belong in the legislative process”. LONDON: After suffering a major defeat in Parliament on the EU withdrawal agreement last week, Prime Minister Theresa is due to present her Plan B on Monday, as the March 29 exit date draws near and rebel MPS plot new amendments and motions.
Downing Street cautioned the MPS not to try to frustrate the Brexit process by tabling amendments and motions that would, in effect, delay or lead to the UK not leaving the EU at all. Conservative and Labour MPS are due to table new motions on Monday.
May’s Plan B statement will also be subject to amendments before being put to a vote in the House of Commons on January 29. Unless the discredited agreement is brought back with changes incorporating the views of the rebels, it is unlikely to be passed.
Leading Brexiteer Liam Fox, who is also secretary for international trade, on Sunday accused MPS opposed to Brexit of trying to steal Brexit in effect: “You’ve got a Leave population and a Remain Parliament. Parliament has not got the right to hijack the Brexit process.
“What we are now getting are some of those who were always absolutely opposed to the result of the referendum, trying to hijack Brexit…on this point, Parliament subcontracted its sovereignty on the issue of whether we stayed in the European Union or not to the people of this country,” he told BBC.
Fox warned that, if the 2016 referendum result to leave the EU were not honoured, “the consequences politically would be astronomical.”
According to Labour’s shadow Brexit secretary, any withdrawal agreement is likely to require the controversial ‘backstop’ for Ireland-northern Ireland. He believes a renegotiation with Brussels was unlikely in the time before March 29. “At this stage any deal probably does require a backstop and we’ve got to recognise that. There are problems with this backstop and ...because we are in this stage of the exercise...the chances now of a deal that doesn’t have a backstop are very, very slim.”