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Speaker of UK House of Parliament warns Theresa May on third meaningful vote

2019-03-19 09:30:40       source:CNBC

March 18, 2019


The U.K. Parliament speaker John Bercow has warned Theresa May’s government that it should not bring a replica of its proposed Brexit “Withdrawal Deal” back to lawmakers for a third vote.


In a statement to Parliament, the speaker of the House of Commons said the first two votes had substantial enough differences to merit lawmakers voting on both.


It was expected that a third vote on the PM’s “Withdrawal Deal” would take place in the House of Commons on Tuesday or Wednesday this week. The two previous votes saw May’s draft proposal defeated by a record margin of 230 at the first attempt and then 149 votes in the second.


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