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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 hoped it would end the “old, desiccated, tired, super-masticated arguments” which have dogged the co...

Boris Johnson’s 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 European Union (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 continue until around 10.30pm on Wednesday. If, as expected, it passes the upper chamber, it will then go to the Queen for royal assent, with an announcement expected around midnight. That would p...

UK chief trade negotiator, David Frost looks on as Prime MinisterPrime Minister Boris Johnson signs the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement at 10 Downing Street, Westminster. Boris Johnson’s 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 European Union (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 continue unti...

By Richard Mason Last updated: - MSPs have voted to withhold consent for the Brexit deal by 92 votes to 30, there was one abstention. - MPs voted in favour of the Brexit deal by 521 to 73. - The House of Lords is expected to approve the European Union (Future Relationship) Bill and it is likely to be passed to the Queen for royal assent before the end of the transition period tomorrow. In the coming weeks, only subscribers will be able to comment on The National articles. Subscribe now or log in to make sure you stay a part of the conve...

Brexit deal passed, and the will of the people is now the law Boris Johnson united his once-riven party and both Houses of Parliament 30 December 2020 • 9:01pm UK chief trade negotiator David Frost (L) and British Ambassador to the EU Tim Barrow (R) look on as Boris Johnson signs the Brexit trade deal Credit: Leon Neal/Getty Images Europe After four and a half years of interminable Brexit drama, it was only fitting that parliament be theatrically recalled on the day before New Year’s Eve, in the midst of a raging pandemic, to finally set Britain free. One thousand, six hundred and fifty o...