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The Brexiteer made the plea as Parliament backed Boris Johnson’s historic trade deal with the EU.

The Bill will now go to the Queen for royal assent, with an announcement expected around midnight.

The UK offshore oil and gas industry has welcomed the deal outcome between the EU and the UK as the EU (Future Relationship) bill is voted on in parliament today. The leading representative body for the sector - OGUK - said that as the detail of the agreement is worked through, it is important that any friction and red tape is kept to a minimum whist ensuring it also reinforces the opportunity to pursue an exciting energy future.

The Government tabled a motion to allow the recess to run until January 11.

Late on Wednesday evening, Parliament’s upper chamber, the unelected House of Lords, also backed the deal. It is now officially UK legislation, with Queen Elizabeth II formally giving it royal assent in the early hours of Thursday morning. The UK left the EU almost a year ago but remained within the bloc’s economic embrace during a transition period that ends at midnight Brussels time, 11pm in London, on Thursday. The day before departure, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ...

Tory former chancellor Lord Lamont has declared it “time to let the grass grow over the Brexit battlefield”. The prominent Brexiteer made the plea as Parliament backed Boris Johnson’s historic post-Brexit trade deal with the EU. The European Union (Future Relationship) Bill, which brings the landmark agreement into law, was fast-tracked through the Commons and Lords in a single day. After receiving royal assent, the Act paves the way for the deal to take effect at 11pm on Thursday when th...

The Bill will now go to the Queen for royal assent, with an announcement expected around midnight.

The Bill will now go to the Queen for royal assent, with an announcement expected around midnight.

The Bill will now go to the Queen for royal assent, with an announcement expected around midnight.

UK: MPs overwhelmingly back post-Brexit deal with EUEurope 2020-12-31, by Editor Comments Off 4 MPs have overwhelmingly approved the UK’s post-Brexit trade deal with the EU in a parliamentary vote. A bill bringing the deal into UK law was backed by the Commons by 521 to 73 votes after Parliament was recalled. The majority of Labour MPs are thought to have voted for the agreement after leader Sir Keir Starmer said a “thin deal was bett...