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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12216
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INSTITUTIONAL / United kingdom

Mrs May is not entitled to repeatedly submit same agreement on an orderly Brexit to parliamentary vote

The Speaker of the British House of Commons, John Bercow, on Monday 18 March, gave a negative assessment of the possibility that British leader Theresa May could submit for a third vote the agreement on an orderly Brexit that she has negotiated with the European Union (see EUROPE B12172A1, B12212A1)

On the basis of a 1604 convention, Mr Bercow explained that a draft law cannot be put to the vote for British MPs multiple times if its substance remains unchanged. 

On Monday, Mrs May...

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