lets talk about the malthouse compromise.e for the malthouse compromise is to make the conservatives feel good and united. after the brady amendment, the malthouse group came together, different wings of the conservative party talking together in the same room. the bread a sense of unity that had not been there. the european union, won'tjust not give usa the european union, won'tjust not give us a transition without a withdrawal agreement, they cannot because they don't have any legal position to do it on. michelle barnier last week said door is open to discuss. are they saying now if we close down the negotiation, maybe we close down the negotiation, maybe we can focus attention in westminster. do you get there has been a subtle change? if you are frustrated because they thought by monday night they had something, they had given the prime minister something. they moved a bit and gave the prime minister something that she assured them would make her deal pass. that was torpedoed yesterday morning by the attorney general‘s leg

plan b. in the jargon as the malthouse plan b, that is now the format malthouse plan b, that is nowitor at the new statesman, stephen bush and the telegraph's brexit editor dia chakravarty. and we are also joined by bronwen maddox. if you are a committed brexiteer, you have now seen the may deal go down, you have seen your hope of a much harder brexit go down, you have seen the hopes of a no—deal go down, the malthouse compromise go down — what is left? the malthouse compromise was extremely ambitious, i didn't ever see the eu actually accepting it. correct, but it has gone down anyway. we can write that one off. the spelman amendment has no legal effect, we know that, the only thing that it says is that parliament will not like a no—deal brexit to go through, but the eu's question, and my question, would be, what would be parliament allowed ? last my question, would be, what would be parliament allowed? last year, we did seea parliament allowed? last year, we did see a series of outs, injanuary 2018 and then injuly 2018 it was, with several amendments to do with staying in the cust

us which is not good, serve that changes and he is able to say that it is different and the kit malthousee part of a package signed up to by the eu, not just discussed and with an end date, then that process is moving in the right direction, certainly, yes. we will have more in all of this on beyond 100 days after the weather, with chris faulks. we have some heavy rain swinging eastwards overnight, strong winds reaching 70 mph on exposed scottish curse, and is that rain pushes through we will have colder air pushing into scotla nd have colder air pushing into scotland and northern ireland as well. on tuesday, that band of rain pushing eastwards, with some squalling gusty winds, and that colder air edging squalling gusty winds, and that colderairedging in, squalling gusty winds, and that colder air edging in, temperatures falling for many through the afternoon with heavy showers falling for northern and western areas, and blizzard conditions in the scottish highlands. on tuesday afternoon and evening, strong winds targeting northern ireland, with costs on the case reaching 80 mph, before s

the malthouse compromise consists of three things. for a plan a, which was to replace the backstop with alternative arrangements and there was the alternative that on the brady amendment. i understand that, andi brady amendment. i understand that, and i must interrupt you, because michel barnier tweeted, said listening to debate on house of commons there seems to be an illusion that the uk can benefit from a transition in the absence of the withdrawal agreement. let me be clear, the only legal basis for a transition is the withdrawal agreement and no withdrawal agreement and no withdrawal agreement means no transition. there isa agreement means no transition. there is a slight complexity. plan a means of rescuing the withdrawal agreement thatis of rescuing the withdrawal agreement that is there and that is what the brady amendment was about. the second part of the plan b is to offer them a financial settlement, about 10 billion a year, in exchange foran about 10 billion a year, in exchange for an implemented negotiation period. that h

this so—called malthouse compromise signed by remain and leave supporting conservatives included delayingre relationship is of course much more important even than a withdrawal agreement. which this house keeps turning down. it will decide ourfuture prosperity and security. so, this amendment focuses on that long—term goal given the obvious difficulties of the short—term goal of the withdrawal agreement. i know the objections, i've heard that monsieur barnier won't have it, he's already said that he won't have it. it seems to me that if we don't proceed on our partjust because michel barnier has said he won't have it, then we would never get anywhere in these negotiations. and secondly, that this is a managed no deal. as i say, i would much prefer a deal. but if we can't sign one, it is better to have a plan b that avoids chaos, that gives us years to craft a proper trade deal as part of a future relationship. so i urge colleagues on all sides whenever their views on wider european issues to look favourably on this amendment. we live in a free vote world this day so if necessary, ignore y

and there is another plan, the malthouse plan.who does not want to take no deal of the table and who thinks we should go back to brussels and do another renegotiation in the next six or seven weeks. that is the extent of what we have learned today. on the last option, people will be saying what is the point of having an amendment and voting on something that the eu will not accept in a million years. is that correct reading? i am not optimistic about the eu entertaining bar. even though i think it would be a good idea. i don't think it would be, i don't know how it could go ahead because they have said multiple times there is no way they will entertain this. the one thing that might move them, if you believe they also don't want us if you believe they also don't want us to leave without a deal. it is a difficult thing for them, particularly for ireland, which will remain part of the european union. so that is the only thing i can think of that if the eu thinks there is no other alternative at all, they might actually give us that.

accountable as we need to be, and as accountable as we need to be, and that is a challenge that david malthouse about to take the job of president of the world bank, will need to live up to. we have been ranked in transparency as being at the top, ranked by organisations that protect you, the british taxpayer. we have been ranked as an organisation that has significantly improved its record on transparency and accountability. i, of course, would like us to do better. there is no other way for us to justify your support as a taxpayer, but to co nsta ntly support as a taxpayer, but to constantly raise the bar for how we perform. and you know, it is not even about you and me. it is about people who depend on a strong institution, capable of solving the problems they face, and i am proud to be part of that institution. and i'm telling you we will do better, stephen. motive, that is noted. we will end with one last thought about the great uncertainty referred to at the great uncertainty referred to at the beginning. two big problems right now, beyond everything we have discussed, structural problems

bret's it with a stand sit stand still transition period in other words this is what's called the malthouse solution and they believe that they can have a no deal but that the e.u. will allow them to have a transition period the only problem is it that earlier today michel barnier tweeted that they would be no transition period if there is a no deal bricks at that transition period is supposed to kick in on the twenty ninth of march as soon as the u.k. has left the e.u. and would last until december twenty twenty so that that that which would be going on tomorrow if that is voted down then on thursday m.p.'s get the chance to vote on whether they want to delay and we think that that's going to happen so we're going to be looking at an extension of the brig's the deadline if you will but the actual government falling apart that would probably be a step too far right now right that would be too much chaos. you know with the outside world is looking at this story i mean that would be too much for as i say anything is everything and anything is possible at the moment everything is on the table

the solution is very pragmatic, they call it malthouse b, a two—month extension of membership followed lot of sense and gives us which makes a lot of sense and gives us time to negotiate our future relationship while getting us out in a couple of months‘ time so i will definitely vote for that and any mp with our country ‘s interests at heart she did the same. thank you very much. the vice chair of the conservative party when it comes to policy, chris philp. thank you for your messages, i thought mps were representatives of the people, says victoria, our nation voted leave so how should vote either for a deal or no—deal to fairly represent their constituents. instead, they have their own agenda. debra voted to leave the eu but has realised the fraud that went on, she says, the nhs being £350 billion better off if we left. and as soon as we left, they had a blatant audacity to back down from this claim. i believe your average person, we would be better off staying in the eu and the only people who would benefit from leaving would be the rich getting richer. we should just stay as we are

labour's alternative plan, revoking article 50, a confirmatory public vote and the so—called malthouseere all rejected as well. one of the key backers of the indicative votes process was conservative mp, 0liver letwin. 00:03:57,898 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 here's what he had to say. it is, of course, a very great disappointment that the house has not chosen to find a majority for any proposition. however, those of us any proposition. however, those of us who put this proposal forward as a way of proceeding predicted that we would not this evening reaching majority. and, indeed, for that very reason put forward a business of the house motion designed to allow the house motion designed to allow the house to reconsider these matters on monday. 0liver letwin there. so in a long day of political to—ing and fro—ing, one of the key elements was theresa may's offer to resign and the reaction of conservative mps. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg takes us through the day's events. five o'clock, hardly a tory mp to be seen five o'clock, hardly a tory mp to be seen on five o'clock, hardly a t

it is interesting to see that coalition of mps, which we saw, sort of group around the malthouse compromisement taking control, because, may be, according to the front pages of tomorrow's papers, the prime minister is out of control or the brexit process is out of the government's control, so how, really, would parliament take control of the brexit process?” mean, that is the challenge. the first challenges that they are up against the that article 50 clock, it hasn't changed yet, march 29 is still a key deadline. it also government controls time in the house. earlier this year we have seen some amendments house. earlier this year we have seen some amendments which were about trying to take control of parliamentary time to either introduce legislation or to hold these indicative votes to try and test where alternative majorities might lie. and that would be one way to ta ke might lie. and that would be one way to take control. but it doesn't really get to the point where parliament directs to the government. that is the challenge at the moment. good to talk to you. thank you very much for b

s of voting on this second amendment this is the one we were talking about the so-called malthouse agreement and it's basically a conservative plan to say we're going to leave the e.u. on the twenty second twenty third of may whatever happens and we will go into a transition deal with the e.u. and everything is going to be great but we already know that michel barnier a only yesterday he's the e.u.'s chief negotiator has said you cannot have a transition day a deal without a deal with us so that is not going to fly even if the commons tonight vote for it ok let's bring in barbara via. the house of parliament a lot of people are going to be looking at this around the world and just asking themselves what is. going on in britain why does parliament seem to be in open revolt against the prime minister. it is not really a result against the prime minister even though it is i mean it is it's a complicated procedural thing in parliament that this first vote has passed that is the vote rigidity had been tabled by the opposition and obviously a number of tories moderate tories have supported it it i

it is the malthouse plan b option this is favoured by the eurosceptic erg.e the eight options that we will discuss this evening. let's go to vicki young in the lobby. mps are going off to vote ina way the lobby. mps are going off to vote in a way that they don't normally do, it is a ballot, as you were saying, they put down what they are in favour of or against. that will go on for half an hour. let's talk to jacob rees—mogg, conservative mp, but the prime minister's announcement but says she says she will stand down earlier than she wa nted will stand down earlier than she wanted to from herjob if her deal is passed. you had already decided that you might back, but not because of her leadership. that is right, i had come to the conclusion that once no deal was taken off the table, we we re no deal was taken off the table, we were facing either not leaving or mrs may's deal. and although i think there are problems with the deal, very serious there are problems with the deal, very serious ones, we must there are problems with the deal, very serious ones, we m

you are hoping she will adopt the malthouse compromise, so far she has not shown any indication she wille did not say whether she would or wouldn't. do you think she is showing enough leadership?” wouldn't. do you think she is showing enough leadership? i think she is showing leadership, but obviously i want her to go in a certain direction. the most important thing for the prime minister is she takes lots of strip sills and gets better soon. peter bone, thank you very much indeed. lots of mps really urging the prime minister to go lots of mps really urging the prime ministerto go in lots of mps really urging the prime minister to go in different directions. she can't please all of them of course. vicki young in the central lobby in westminster. what do people think of the continuing deadlock? 0ur correspondence fiona trott has been to hartlepool, which voted strongly to leave in the referendum to gauge opinion there. another morning when nobody knows what the day will hold. paul thompson runs a restaurant in hartlepool. it trains and employs young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

if that changes and he is able to say it is different and the malthouse arrangements are part of a packageotjust discussed and with an end date, then that process is moving in the right direction, certainly. nicky morgan, can you decode a lot of that for people watching. we are now 18 days away from the agreed date for brexit. does it mean by the end of this week there is a better chance of having some kind of clarity or not? i think iain duncan smith is right, if the brexit secretary is going to give a statement to the house of commons, he will hopefully tell us what has been agreed or what has been agreed at that moment between the prime minister and jean—claude juncker. people have been arguing over the irish backstop. if there is a future relationship agreed between the uk and the eu there is a mechanism to avoid a hardboard on the border of northern ireland. the way it is done at the moment despite being part of at the moment despite being part of a customs relationship. we are saying there is an alternative way of doing that which would relate to how goods travel across the border an

that is the whole basis of the malthouse compromise which has brought mps from right across the spectrum the 17.4 million. and if we can't get agreement, we have got to leave. this idea of no deal is a nonsense. there has been a whole string of side agreements already. aeroplanes, the city of london, the insurance industry, truck drivers, tariffs have been agreed. you hearfrom calais, the northern region of france, they are all ready. logistics is a huge deal. but many things have not been agreed. yes, that i was run by a very senior businessman this morning who said just get on with it because it is the uncertainty now damaging business and they will find a way through. it is like water. it always finds a way through. the cbi disagree with that. they want this process extended so that a deal can be achieved. the cbi represents a small number of businesses who are fanatically opposed to brexit. there are very large numbers of businesses who will have nothing to do with the cbi and they despair when you hear them constantly being put on the telly and radio. they have been very strongly op

she has taken ownership of a lot of things that were other peoples ideas the brady amendment, the malthouse and she has proceeded with a course of action that she said in the past she would never go down. but it is a pretty pitiful spectacle of the moment, she was in the chamber this afternoon, someone in her own corner it would have thrown in the towel if that was a boxing match. i think that's practical for her, and all of us i'm sure have great sympathy seeing her really at the end of her tether physically and i would imagine emotionally as well. but the spectacle that we as a country are presenting to the rest of the eu and the world is really damaging stuff. it needs to come to an end and find some way out of that. pretty unstoppable pressure to replace theresa may? that would be a step in any direction, not necessarily in the right direction but at least it would be some kind of forward momentum i think more likely that if we are genuinely stuck and paralysed as we find ourselves, then we'll have to look at of the other bigger measures, a general election, second referendum, or whatev

hundred sixty four members of parliament voted in favor of amendment and now that it's a hold the malthouse amendment it calls on the government to pursue a managed no deal exit with an extension of article fifty till may the twenty second now overwhelmingly defeated and the sixty four voted for three hundred and seventy four against the me basically as amendment called for a delay to breaks it until may to give it time to leave without a deal this the feat it not surprisingly really when we look at the result of the previous amendment which was voted a little bit after seven pm local time and that was the amendment to reject a no deal breaks it at any time now that was on the very very narrow only we can see there are three hundred twelve for. three hundred and eight against and just to remind you that all of these votes basically are on the motion on whether the u.k. should leave the e.u. without a deal on march twenty ninth and the house of commons. has always been really quite against that so perhaps these results and not surprisingly are waiting for members of parliament to get the las

the alternative to efta is malthouse plan b.here we would pay for a standstill agreement until we had such a time where we had to the future agreements negotiated. that could be years. it could be until 2021 at the maximum. it has to be resolved before the next general election. the last two and a half yea rs election. the last two and a half years would suggest we might understand why it might take longer than another two years to negotiate a future trading relationship. it will not be done in two years. half my voters think this was done in june of 2016. this is a big test for oui’ june of 2016. this is a big test for our politics and the political class. a lot of people are saying what they are against but not what they are for. the deal isn't perfect, life isn't perfect, but i'm begging colleagues to vote for it, so we can begging colleagues to vote for it, so we can at least say we have done the withdrawal agreement and then get on to the future agreement. the withdrawal agreement and then get on to the future agreementm mr

option 0 marcus fysh: is the malthouse plan b option. favoured by the eurosceptic erg.proved then the government must seeka standstill agreement with the eu, while negotiating a future trade deal. ijust i just wanted to say that we are going to get the result of these votes probably all at once from the speaker and i have to say, i do not know how he is going to announce it because it has never been done again, soi because it has never been done again, so i will try to guide you through it because of the announcers, you won't know what it is without them. as i will try to guide you through it and tell you what the results are as we go, we will just have what the results are as we go, we willjust have to see how the speaker delivers it. let's go back to the reaction of the statement in house. we had the announcement from theresa may saying that if the deal goes through she would stand down probably before the summer, we heard that the democratic unionist party saying that they will be voting against the government deal if they are trying to bring that back, switching to

was discussed in the malthouse process, of what we do as a back—up if we can‘t get anything else done. i am particularly pleased to be participating in this debate because today we can start to bring an end today we can start to bring an end to the chaos. parliament has taken back control, because this tory government, this prime minister is out of control. mr speaker, scotland did not ask for this crisis, nobody asked for this chaos, and of course scotla nd asked for this chaos, and of course scotland voted to remain in the european union, and we voted overwhelmingly to protect our economy and the freedoms and the values that the european union give to the people of scotland. scotland isa to the people of scotland. scotland is a european country. historically, we is a european country. historically, we have been a european country. economically, socially, culturally, we economically, socially, culturally, we have benefited from our membership. today, the snp laid a motion to ensure scotland‘s voice is heard, because scotland‘s wishes have been completely ignored during the brexit pro

other mps want a norway model, but also on the other side there are other mps who want the malthouseg. it should have happened two years ago. about the timetable, if you had indicative vote next week before the european union and had found the solution, there could have been a short delay because let's face it, all you would need to change if there was an agreement in one way forward to what would be the political declaration. but if you do it two weeks after the summit when they discuss what kind of extension it will be, it is likely they will look at a longer extension? which is why i voted today for an amendment that would have enabled that to happen before the summit. you're right, if we look for an extension, the first question is what is the purpose of that extension? in a sense, the government haven't given this assurance, it is still timetable in a way that it is less likely to happen than not. what they wa nt to likely to happen than not. what they want to ultimately do is come back to the house of commons and say it isa to the house of commons and say it is a long delay for

changes, is it not the case the new arrangements come nowhere close to the brady amendment, the malthouseng stuck in the backstop, and no technology exists in the —— at the moment for the northern ireland border,. can keep the implementation period for a long time until that technology exists. —— and stormont can keep. i think i lost cou nt, —— and stormont can keep. i think i lost count, but i think it is wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong! on the point that the prime minister was making about any conditions eu might attach to a request for extension of the article 50 process, which the prime minister agree whether it is to get an extension to the process or even in a no—deal scenario, there is a set of obligations contained within the withdrawal agreement that the eu will want to talk about in either of those circumstances and as much as we might want to wish them away, voting down the deal tonight does not those obligations disappear? he is absolutely right. voting against the deal tonight does not mean those obligations disappear. which is why i believe it is very important, another reason, f

look in short notice at looking at the proposals which ultimately come down to what we put in the malthouseommons when she has the dup on site, iwould have commons when she has the dup on site, i would have thought they would be pleased with this because they are unhappy with the current proposals and withdrawal agreement. a gunman has killed three people and injured five others in an attack on a tram in the dutch city of utrecht. police said it appeared to be a terrorist incident. the country's head of counter—terrorism said there had been shooting at several locations — and the attacker was still at large with a manhunt underway. police have issued a cctv image of the man they're looking for — he's a 37 year old turkish—born man called gokmen tanis. the've told the public not to approach him. security has been stepped up at airports in the area, with schools and mosques also told to shut their doors, as the terror threat was raised to the highest level. naomi grimley has this report. a city on the highest level of alert. this was utrecht in the aftermath of today's shooting. heavily armed