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UK Parliament to vote on ‘historic’ Brexit trade deal with EU By Mansoor|   Published: 30th December 2020 3:06 pm IST London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson recalled Parliament from its Christmas break on Wednesday to get the Brexit free trade agreement (FTA) struck with the European Union cleared through all parliamentary stages for the EU (Future Relationship) Bill to become law in time for January 1 next year. The 80-page bill, which follows a last-minute deal agreed with the European...

The UK will “open a new chapter in our national story”, Boris Johnson has claimed as MPs prepare to vote on his Brexit deal.

Layla Moran MP Today MPs will have just five hours to scrutinise and debate the EU (Future Relationship) Bill, which puts the EU-UK trade deal into law. As I write, the Bill hasn’t been published. The deal we are voting on is over 1,200 pages long including annexes. And yet this deal is threadbare. It’s bad for jobs, bad for businesses, bad for security and it’s bad for our environment. Like you, I really want to move forward and to see our community united again after four years of...

Boris Johnson has signed the trade deal, while the bill goes to the House of Lords before going to the Queen for royal assent. That would pave the way for the deal to take effect at 11pm on Thursday when the current Brexit transition period ends. Opening the debate in the Commons, the prime minister said the deal would enable the UK to trade and co-operate with the EU on the “closest possible terms” while taking “sovereign control of our laws and our national destiny”. He said he hope...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnsons EU Trade Deal Clears The Commons Wed, 30th Dec 2020 15:12 (Alliance News) - Boris Johnsons EU trade deal has cleared the House of Commons, as the government seeks to rush approval through Parliament in a single day. After little over four hours debate, MPs voted by 521 to 73 to give the EU (Future Relationship) Bill, ratifying the deal finally agreed on Christmas Eve, a third reading. The Bill now goes to the House of Lords, where the debate is expected to conti...

A new and great future: Britains EU trade deal clears the Commons Britain will leave the European single market and customs union at 11pm tomorrow. By AFP Wednesday 30 Dec 2020, 4:50 PM Dec 30th 2020, 8:23 AM 19,178 Views 40 Comments Updated Dec 30th 2020, 4:50 PM BRITAIN’S EU TRADE deal has cleared the House of Commons, as the Government se...

Holyrood votes to reject post-Brexit trade deal HOLYROOD has rejected the UK’s post-Brexit trade deal with the EU despite Westminster giving it overwhelmingly support. MSPs voted by 92 to 30 with one abstention to withhold legislative consent from the law giving effect to the 1,246-page deal, which was struck on Christmas Eve.  All parties except the Scottish Tories voted against the EU (Future Relationship) Bill on the basis it would “cause severe damage to Scotland’s environmen...

Boris Johnson has urged MPs to back his EU trade deal saying it will enable Britain to maintain the closest relations with its neighbours while taking control of its “national destiny”. The Prime Minister opened the Commons debate as the Government sought to rush ratification of the agreement through Parliament in a single day. With Labour having said it will support the EU (Future Relationship) Bill in the division lobbies, it is expected to pass comfortably in both the Commons and the Lor...

The Scottish Parliament has voted to refuse legislative consent for the Prime Minister’s Brexit agreement with the EU. After Holyrood was recalled from the winter recess to discuss the deal, all parties except the Scottish Conservatives backed a Scottish Government motion expressly denying consent to the European Union (Future Relationship) Bill. MSPs voted by 92 to 30 to say the deal would “cause severe damage to Scotland’s environmental, economic and social interests”, following a deb...