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House of Commons approves Brexit
- 08 February 2017
The UK House of Commons passed the bill allowing Prime minister to launch Brexit process in accordance with Art. 50 of the Lisbon Treaty. The law enjoyed successful vote of the lower chamber in the 3rd reading.
The bill now goes for approval to the House of Lords, where Theresa May's party does not have a majority. If the upper chamber of the UK parliament adopts at least one amendment to the bill, it will return for another vote in the lower chamber. During the readings in the House of Commons, the opposition – Labour Party and Scottish National Party – tabled around 300 amendments. None of them eventually got approved, but the UK government had to make concessions to the parliament. In particular, the government obliged itself to let the parliament vote on the text of final arrangement regulating the conditions of Brexit. This arrangement is expected to come as a result of two year talks between the UK and the EU.
