Tag: House of Commons

• Wednesday, April 3rd 2019 - 18:19 UTC

  Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man clash with Commons over financial transparency

  

  Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man are not represented in the House of Commons, yet MPs are being asked to change laws in the islands. Some have warned the move could spark a constitutional crisis, and even calls for independence. So can MPs actually force the laws - making company ownership information public - on the Crown dependencies?

• Monday, April 1st 2019 - 08:27 UTC

  The Revoke Article 50 petition (to halt Brexit) has passed six million signatures

  

  The petition calling on the UK Government to halt the Brexit process has passed six million signatures. The Revoke Article 50 petition, due to be debated by MPs this Monday, is the best-supported proposal in the history of the House of Commons and Government’s e-petitions website.

• Friday, March 29th 2019 - 18:02 UTC

  Chaotic rejection of May's Brexit deal; EU leaders meet on April 10

  

  Members of Parliament have rejected Theresa May’s EU withdrawal agreement on the day the UK was due to leave the EU. The government lost by 344 votes to 286, a margin of 58. It means the UK has missed an EU deadline to delay Brexit to 22 May and leave with a deal.

• Friday, March 29th 2019 - 08:12 UTC

  On supposed official Brexit departure day, Commons expected to vote withdrawal agreement

  

  MPs will be asked to vote again on Brexit on Friday but only on part of the deal negotiated with the EU. They will vote on the withdrawal agreement on the Irish “backstop”, divorce bill and citizens' rights. But it will not amount to a third “meaningful vote” on the deal, as it will not include a vote on the UK's future relationship with the EU.

• Wednesday, March 27th 2019 - 07:17 UTC

  Road map for Brexit “indicative” votes this Wednesday

  

  MPs in the House of Commons have voted for an amendment enabling them to take control of Commons business and stage a series of “indicative” votes on the way forward for Brexit.

• Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 08:08 UTC

  Commons takes control to try and find a majority Brexit option; PM May remains defiant

  

  MPs have voted to take control of Commons business in an unprecedented move to try to find a majority for any Brexit option. The government was defeated by 329 votes to 302 on the cross-party amendment, a majority of 27. It means MPs will get a series of votes on Wednesday to find out what kind of Brexit they will support.

• Tuesday, March 12th 2019 - 20:19 UTC

  UK Parliament: Brexit deal is rejected again

  

  The Brexit deal negotiated by the Government of Theresa May and the European Union was rejected on Tuesday for the second time in the British Parliament despite the adjustments that the Prime Minister managed to reach in the European bloc.

• Monday, February 18th 2019 - 10:01 UTC

  MPs demand tough urgent action against Facebook to combat spread of fake news

  

  Facebook needs for stricter regulation, with tough and urgent action necessary to end the spread of disinformation on its platform, MPs have said. A House of Commons committee has concluded that the firm's founder Mark Zuckerberg failed to show “leadership or personal responsibility” over fake news.

• Saturday, February 16th 2019 - 11:12 UTC

  Brexit “has raised tensions again and brought back a lot of the rhetoric of the past” warns ex Irish premier

  

  Brexit has “raised tensions” on the island of Ireland and “complicated” progress towards a lasting peace, one of the authors of the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) has told MPs. The former premier of the Republic of Ireland, Bertie Ahern, said people were worried that a no-deal UK withdrawal from the EU would be the start of a “slippery slope” to a hard border, with checkpoints and troops.

• Monday, January 28th 2019 - 09:31 UTC

  UK Parliamentarians remain firm on Gibraltar

  

  Gibraltar has intensified its contact on Brexit with senior United Kingdom parliamentarians both in the House of Commons and the House of Lords in order to put across the position of Gibraltar. The Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia took advantage of their visit to London last week to meet opinion-formers on the Remain and the Leave sides of the argument.