maybe that is the decision that richard harrington has taken.house, it is filling up now, benches on both sides, standing room only now. at the back of its... and i can see the tellers coming towards their positions. we should get a result in a minute. while we wait for this, we are hearing the view from brussels. the view that no deal is increasingly likely... so difficult at the moment to read the prime minister, she stood up today and... here we go... order! order. the ayes to the right, the noes 529, to the left, 502. the ayes to the right, 529, the noes to the left, 502. so, the ayes have it, the ayes have it. unlock! we come now, to amendment f, f for freddie. i invite margaret beckett to move the amendment which stands in her name. the question is, that amendment f for freddie be made. those to the contrary, no... division. clearthe lobby! seven days away from leaving without a deal, government must move a motion within two sitting days to leave without a deal or request extension, that is what they are voting on at the moment and on the

some breaking news, richard harrington, the business minister, has resigned.nst the government position and if he has resigned it would suggest he's going to vote for letwin to get it over the line. government unity has been fractured over the last few weeks. i think the expectation has to be that this resignation might be enough to push this over the line because we remember the benn amendmenta because we remember the benn amendment a couple of weeks ago came close to passing and the direction of travel is only one direction in parliament, really. i'm losing track of all these boats! here we are again, laura, another minister resigning, another night potentially when the government is defeated. how much longer can this go on?|j when the government is defeated. how much longer can this go on? i don't think it will go on too much longer. it is interesting richard harrington has resigned because we as journalists have been writing about this for a long time that he might be one that goes, and what is interesting is to see what other ministers of his mindset do t

margojames, richard harrington and and milton. and milton. all abstaining. of sarah newton, a junior minister in the work and pensions department voting against and she has resigned tonight because of that decision that she has taken. let's go to the lobby and speak to our chief correspondent vicki young. everyone trying to absorb what's going on tonight, dozens absorb what's going on tonight, d oze ns of absorb what's going on tonight, dozens of ministers and mps going against their orders but one ministerial resignation and edge of your just jealous of her ministerial resignation and edge of yourjustjealous of her that voted against the deal last night, a brexiteer saying now the stark choice he is facing is over the deal which he thinks is dreadful or there will be no brexit whatsoever. let's speak to anna from the independent group. are you surprised by the numbers tonight? i did not think we would win the first vote on the caroline spelman amendment because it was all organised very last minute because we thought there was go

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three government ministers — richard harrington, alistair burt and steve brine — resigned so they could—party amendment, which passed with a majority of 27. there will now be a series of votes this week on what kind of brexit the commons will support. our political correspondent nick eardley explains. this was supposed to be the week the uk left the eu but instead, what brexit looks like it is still up in the air. last night, the government suffered another defeat in parliament. the ayes to the right, 329. the noes to the left, 300 and two. there could be a closer trading relationship with europe and a customs union. it could mean replacing our current relationship with a free trade deal. leaving without a deal or another referendum on leaving at all. it was far from clear whether mps here could agree on anything. it's possible nothing at all will get a majority and even if it does, the prime minister says that she might not implemented. when we have tried this kind of thing in the past, it's produced contradictory outcomes or no outcome at all. there is a further risk when it comes to

this amendment a, laid down by tories, closer to the resignation of the business minister, richard harrington's aa is to give broader range of what we are looking at, a second referendum, --rowing the amended deal let's get back to our guest. is it interesting you are seeing an interesting -- this throws open the door to put a wider range of options, far less moderate than we were a day ago. i agree the potential outcomes are less binary but what this might do is open the door for some type of agreement or deal that would get global markets through this time of deep uncertainty. investors around the world have flagged brexit as a key downside risk that could spark broad financial tightening, liquidity issues and anything that suggests the risk has diminished could be risk positive, growth positive as well as kind of steer things in that direction. --di: is this one of the seeing this reaction with the global bond market, i want to throw up this chart, looking at negative yielding debt, back to levels we haven't seen in a couple of years now. is this overdone the sense we are seeing issues lik

three government ministers — steve brine, alistair burt and richard harrington — resigned so they couldport the cross—party amendment. there will now be a series of votes this week on what kind of brexit the commons will support. the government says it sets a dangerous precedent. our political correspondent nick eardley explains. this was supposed to be the week the uk left the eu but instead, what brexit looks like is still up in the air. last night, the government suffered another defeat in parliament. the ayes to the right — 329. the noes to the left — 302. this one allows mps to take some control over what happens next. tomorrow, they'll consider their own brexit ideas. that could include things like a closer trading relationship with europe in a customs union. it could mean replacing our current relationship with a free trade deal, leaving without a deal or another referendum on leaving at all. but it's far from clear whether mps here can agree on anything. it's possible nothing at all will get a majority and even if it does, the prime minister says she might not implement it. when

some hard—core remain more likely mike, like richard harrington —— some hard—core remainers.that motion has just been passed and there will be a big sigh of relief in downing street. do you feel the pressure has released a little? you can see in the chamber, the chief whipjulian smith appeared to first bump. by far, this is the best thing that has happened to the government this week. it is not saying that much. the government have had an awful week. in order to get to this point, they had to promise indicative votes at some point, but as sam touches on, the important thing is that it is at on, the important thing is that it isata on, the important thing is that it is at a time of the government's choosing, meaning they can put all theirenergy into choosing, meaning they can put all their energy into trying to get to reason my's deal to pass the commons once more, or twice reason my's deal to pass the commons once more, ortwice more if reason my's deal to pass the commons once more, or twice more if it fails. there is still a huge amount of pressure on the government, so it h

three government ministers — steve brine, alistair burt and richard harrington — resigned last night support the cross—party amendment to allow the votes, with mr harrington accusing the government of "playing roulette with the lives "and livelihoods" of britons. our political correspondent nick eardley has been looking at the options available to mps. this was supposed to be the week the uk left the eu — but instead, what brexit looks like is still up in the air. last night, the government suffered another defeat in parliament. the ayes to the right — 329. the noes to the left — 302. this one allows mps to take some control over what happens next. tomorrow, they'll consider their own brexit ideas. that could include things like a closer trading relationship with europe in a customs union. it could mean replacing our current relationship with a free trade deal, leaving without a deal or another referendum on leaving at all. but it's far from clear whether mps here can agree on anything. it's possible nothing at all will get a majority and even if it does, the prime minister says she m

richard harrington was a business minister.ion letter he said "i regret that the government's approach to brexit is playing roulette with the lives and livelihoods of the vast majority of peope in this country." he's spoken too. as a democratic person, my aim as a politician was to try and deliver what the public voted for, but that is not at the price of suicide. now, parliament has to decide. alistair burt was a foreign office minister. he says "now is the moment when the pm has to listen and try something else — says he has other colleagues still in government willing to walk if no ten resists a compromise." but it's important to note, even if the prime minister is listening — these indicative votes aren't legally binding and the prime mininster doesn't need to act on them. here's the leader of the house on that. the prime minister has set out the facts, which is that parliament will set out its views, but as government, we can't necessarily deliver on it. the prime minister has always been clear. it is a negotiation between