In a developing story, where results will be posted here, Brexit UK lawmakers begin voting on amendments which change the election date in an early election bill to Dec. 9, results coming up at top of the hour, or thereabouts.
Results:
Rejected – 3515-295.
FX implications:
Amendment 2, which is set to be put to a vote was a Jeremy Corbyn amendment that would change the date of the election to Monday 9 December, from Thursday 12 December. It is also been signed by the Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson.
The government is opposed to this, because it would mean parliament proroguing on Thursday, making it hard for the government to pass legislation needed to approve a budget for Northern Ireland, but it has not said that the passing of this amendment would lead to the bill having to be shelved.
More to come…
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