and finally an amendment from labour's yvette cooper noting the commitments made by theresa may on aful vote, a vote on no deal, and a vote on delaying brexit was passed with a thumping majority. the ayes to the right 502. the noes to the left, 20. so where does all of this leave us? theresa may is now committed to giving mps a vote on any revised deal by march 12th. if it is rejected, they will vote the next day on whether or not to back no deal. and if that is rejected, they'll finally vote on the 14th on extending the timetable for the uk to leave the eu. to chew over the parliamentary implications, i turned to two experts, professor anand menon is director of the think tank uk in a changing europe. and maddy thimontjack is from the institute for government. we began by talking about the labour party. its amendment calling for the uk to stay in some form of customs union was defeated on wednesday's vote so where did that leave labour? what was very interesting this week was that on monday, labour actually significantly shifted its position, it said that it was going to table an am

yvette cooper has just half an hour if that happens.ho will be summing up this debate in the next few minutes, has to say before she decides if she will move that amendment on behalf of caroline spelman. there will be pressure on the government to make it clear exactly what it is going to do if its own motion passes to convince these backbenchers not to take matters out of their own hands. these comments will be important because potentially the government could lose control of this tonight? exactly and that has always been the danger of this. and the psychology, promising the free vote at the last minute, it was always going to be difficult. you cannot predict how these amendments fall, but it does affect the mood of the house and that has been the problem, theresa may, she cannot communicate well with the house at the moment because of her sore throat, that is the bit thatis of her sore throat, that is the bit that is the danger, it looks like it has gone out of the government's hands even more so than yesterday. we felt they were ral

yvette cooper presented herself well. i don't know...own, we are in the month of march now, where are we headed? we have less than four weeks to sort this out. i would not be surprised if there is an extension. but not a year long, because basically this would mean that the uk needs to organise european elections, and this is out of the question for may. this means three months, three months extension. what can you achieve in three months? the other possibility is she gets her deal through. there are two conditions. labour says, ok, but we need a second referendum on your deal. so how would they tailor their question in the referendum? because the remain option is probably not what corbyn wants. the other thing is that the tory party says, we will vote for your deal, but tell us when you are going to go, because we want you out. those are the three options. you're really sitting on the fence. is anybody coming off the fence? grege says he thinks the deal will get through on the 12th. i sort of think that theresa may has a strategy which

you have yvette cooper and nick bowles have been paring up on amendments. caroline spelman as well.of thatis alliances forming. whether any of that is enough to really push something through, it hasn't been up until this point. something through, it hasn't been up untilthis point. because something through, it hasn't been up until this point. because of the wording that was used last night, if you've not got an agreement by the 12th of april, come back to us with another proposal. isn't that taking the pressure off them to get a solution. the canned can be kicked down the road if necessary into a much longer delay. in some ways, we a lwa ys much longer delay. in some ways, we always hear that the eu read our newspapers and follow what is going on but i don't know if they quite understood how things play out in parliament because having that deadline of the 29th of march, in some ways, it really helped her. she can say to the less extreme breaks its supporters, you don't want to crush out. let's look at this cartoon. a number of people who % — assembled for the breaks it indicative v

big humiliating defeat for the prime minister this week was laid down by a back bencher called yvette cooper who resigned from corbin's front bench never before have you seen how out of step the labor leadership is with these backbenchers you don't see these as the sinister triangulations of corbin's team chambers will the that your newspapers be a pretty i let me tell you and i'm very well never jeremy corbin's team don't talk to most of the m.p.'s on their own benches because they're in a bunker and they're a cult and a small sect and that's why we've seen some m.p.'s defecting to these new independent groups and i think more will because this problem about the second referendum is a huge problem for a lot of labor m.p.'s remember when he became labor leader comrade corbin he said that the party conference will be the platform a policy is made we won't have policies made on the on the downing street sofa which is the way tony blair did it the party conference labor last year said never really general election you want to second referendum he's ignoring he's well he said if a general electi

caroline spelman jack dromi amendments that was in the end moved by yvette cooper. of the labor policy on means that thatt is not legally bindi. so we're in a situation where one commons has expressed what it doesn't want. unser m mps twice t tonight in e lost hoffer now. have said that they do not want a no deal they do not want the united kingdom crashing out. on the twenty ninth of march without a deal but there is a statement that statement in those remarks by the prime minister. she is a busy taking that into account -- and she is saying that what she would prefer a is actually having a short technical. extension of sorts technical delay be on the twenty ninth of march because she does not want a long extension. so that's a very big warning to to break the tears vote from ideal on the big. thinking apparently around westminster is that the prime minister is in active nenetiations. almost as we speak except she's in thehe house of commons -- but s she has been and is goingo continue t to be with t the democratic unionist party on who she realized to push legisla

big humiliating defeat for the prime minister this week was to play down by a backbencher code yvette cooper who resigned from corbin's front bench never before have you seen how out of step the labor leadership is with these backbenchers you don't see these as the sinister triangulations of corbin's team chambers will the that your newspapers be operating i let me.

the last time yvette cooper tried this sort of procedural move, a lot of people worried that she envisagede people who think this could be resolved quite quickly will probably vote for this extension, and the people who want a longer extension for the uk, maybe to get a people's vote, might not wa nt to get a people's vote, might not want that reinsertion into the hilary benn motion. that is the rub. a three—month extension gives you time to debate options, even time for a general election, but not time for a general election, but not time for a general election, but not time for a referendum. people for a general election, but not time fora referendum. people think for a general election, but not time for a referendum. people think it will take 6—8 months to organise a referendum properly, so one of the reasons for the powell amendment is to signal clearly to the electorate amongst others that this is not about reversing brexit, or about having a referendum, it is about figuring out a way forward to do brexit well. i think that is the importance of this amendment, to make it clear that th

wonder if you have had enough to ta ke i wonder if you have had enough to take stock, i notice yvette cooperuld have gotten to discuss train door safety! on the one hand the government is saying this is very different and we are not allowed to have even 24 hours to consider it but actually we don't believe it's particularly different from that which we voted on previously. the main document actually has not changed and the issues remain the same and i expect you put the same thing back to the same group of mps you will get the same group of mps you will get the same answer this evening and it will bea same answer this evening and it will be a rejection of this deal. does that include labour mps from the voting constituencies who have been wooed by theresa may to vote for her deal? she needs to work on her weaving technique if that was ever her plan because the money that was suggested could be part of that attempt to win people over was derisory and has been ridiculed by many people. and should never have been part of this consideration. those towns and those communities like the one i repre

this option is backed by a group of mps from both main parties, including labour s yvette cooper, thebe negotiated. option k is the official labour party plan. its been moved by the opposition labour party plan. the goal here is for the uk to secure a permanent customs union with the eu and commit to close alignment on the single market. here s the shadow brexit secretary keir starmer the pillars are a comprehensive and permanent customs union with the eu. close alignment with a single market, dynamic rights and protections accompanied by a much stronger commitment on agencies and securities. we had never pretended this would be easy or painless to negotiate. it involves compromise and negotiation, but we do believe it can be negotiated and it would form the basis of a deal that protects jobs, rights and the economy. this proposal is supported by labour s shadow cabinet, and doesn t have any official support from other party s mps. labour wants to open up the withdrawal agreement with the eu for negotiation. something the eu says it won t do. we cannot agree to anything which threaten

however i know yvette cooper and others, and the eu themselves have said, if you extend this, you mayif you have a general election or a second referendum. things will get really tricky tomorrow. if they go long, that will make brexiteers have more of a second thought because their dream is being kicked longer and longer into the distance. another amendment is peter carr's amendment which is we vote to pass your deal but you put it to the public. i think that ship may have sailed. stay with us because i want to go back to katya adler in brussels. the commons has voted for a tougher motion, i guess the british government that the european summit on the 20th of march is coming to us for an extension of article 50 because at the moment thatis article 50 because at the moment that is all that is left. the eu is warning tonight as it did yesterday that regardless of how the vote turns out, and the panel mentioned it, it does not take no deal off the table, this is not legally binding. even though it is morally binding on the government, the fact is, says the government, the fact is, says t

although you are the propose of that amendment, caroline spelman, you decide not to put it to a vote, yvette cooper vote in my party and it would have revealed the true size of the majority in parliament that is against a majority in parliament that is againsta ten majority in parliament that is against a ten brexit. how did you react when you saw mrs may get up afterwards and say, in effect, that although the house had voted to take no deal of the off the table, the default position still remained leaving on march 29th? festival, i felt sorry for her with her sore throat, i think that is natural empathy for a colleague. but she was stating the facts, that is the position in law. but as a result, of the house of commons voting three times with the majority that clearly shows the will of parliament that we do not want a no—deal brexit, it has effectively taken the no—deal brexit orange the table on march 29th and when the government asked for an extension to stay, that will become quite clear. are you confident no—deal on march 29th has absolutely been taken off the table because some brexiteers see

what is going on in the house of commons because the movers are still speaking for top labour's yvette cooperng this process to rest parliamentary control to mps from the government's cans, she is speaking. former leader ed miliband behind her. hilary bennjust on speaking. former leader ed miliband behind her. hilary benn just on the right listening to the speech. we hope to speak to mr benn in just a few minutes' time when he leave the chamber. what i would like to do is ta ke chamber. what i would like to do is take a closer look at some of those indicative votes, as they are called, which were selected by the speaker earlier this afternoon. the voting on them will take place at around 7pm. to explain a little more, our reality check corresponded chris morris with me once again stop chris, just to start with the options, what are they actually talking about? we started today with 16 potential options, the speaker has whittled them down to eight. it is that quite a lot of them are about where we might end up in the future, the future economic relationship, not about, future, the future econo

yvette cooper, nick knowles, these type of people. i am cooper, nick knowles, these type of people.today we will be much further forward, it is extending uncertainty. you have backed trees that may‘s deal. you still do. you wa nt to that may‘s deal. you still do. you want to bring it back here as soon as possible? yes, for sure. all of these options that we have in front of us, well, likely options, we do not know what the speaker will select, but there is one that is fully formed that the eu can agree to. bear in mind, anything we talk about, it still goes back to the eu, they must sign it off, the eu parliament must ratify, then we are ready to go, and respect the referendum. but a lot of what is being discussed is not about the divorce settlements, it is about the future relationship. there is a lot of confusion about what is now being talked about and what is not. of confusion about what is now being talked about and what is notm of confusion about what is now being talked about and what is not. it is confusion that has been deliberately set as well. there are three amendments t

taking off no deal on the 29th of march and we can see some amendments, one by caroline spelman and yvette cooperoliticians who want to take no deal off the table entirely. last night was a huge defeat but fell to the public as if nothing had changed but i think what has happened is that theresa may has lost control over the direction of what happens next, thatis the direction of what happens next, that is clear. mps do have something they can do here and it depends a lot onjohn bercow and the amendments he selects. there is also the malthouse amendment that steve was talking about. there is a huge divide now because there will be a free vote on the government's motion on stopping no deal and they will whip against all amendments and there is an argument over that because some eurosceptics in the cabinet want a free vote on the malthouse amendment and others will wa nt malthouse amendment and others will want a free vote on the spelman amendment. let's have a look on the government motion, because theresa may promised last week that in the event her deal was rejected, she would then give the comm

the reason yvette cooper says it would bea reason yvette cooper says it would be a straight up lie isme minister said at the dispatch box that there would be a vote on my deal and no deal and a vote on article 50. but the maths, frankly, looks extraordinarily daunting for mrs may that the reishi decides to go down. there has been no real sign of softening of opinion amongst the brexiteers. the attempts to woo labourmps, brexiteers. the attempts to woo labour mps, they haven't picked up more than a few labour mps and there is just no momentum more than a few labour mps and there isjust no momentum behind the prime minister's deal. leading breaks here, mark francois, was asked about here, mark francois, was asked about her chances of getting the deal through. here is his response. unlikely. to use a favourite phrase, nothing has changed. the house voted it down by 230 votes. it was the biggest defeat for a government and parliament in parliamentary history. because negotiations seem to installed, unless geoffrey cox comes up installed, unless geoffrey cox comes up on something amazing o

reuters says the uk labour lawmaker, yvette cooper, says the government should come up with plans fornstead. we will talk about that in a moment with christian. the conservative former brexit minister steve baker is threatening to do what he could to defeat future meaningful votes on theresa may‘s deal. i want your help, christian. similarly correspondence are saying theresa may will try to bring her deal back. one former brexit minister is saying, please don‘t? one former brexit minister is saying, please don't? what george freeman told us just a short while ago, and if you think about what the chancellor said in the house, we need to reach across the aisle and find some consensus, i think there isa find some consensus, i think there is a bulk of the conservative party that now sees they need to find a compromise with labour. there are risks inherent in that for theresa may, people saying why won‘t she reach across? if she does, she might lose at least a third of her party in the erg. but what she was setting out sounds interesting, clearly tomorrow we are moving towards indicative v

will be a cross— party hearing that there will be a cross—party move next week also, oliver n, yvette cooperarliament back in the driving seat for all of this with a series of addictive votes. —— oliver n. this with a series of addictive votes. -- oliver n. what is important is to build on the work thatis important is to build on the work that is going on, that deprive most is doing. lets support... we have to drop this to go to the speaker. so that the house's will could be tested. that brought a smile to the face of the right audible gentleman. today he is disappointed that his amendment, or that of others which he supports, has not been chosen. he is right to say that numbers are a factor, and he simply repeats what isa factor, and he simply repeats what is a matter of fact, the range of parties from which its signatories are drawn. the chair has to make a judgment on a variety of criteria, numbers are not the only factor. breadth of support is a factor. this place works on the assumption that the chair does his or her best to facilitate debate and to allow the house to speak. i have trie

mps will force their hand, basically, with an idea that's going to be voted on, we expect, from yvette coopere a chance to vote on things like labour's a brexit plan, a closer relationship with the european union, or potentially even with no deal, or options we've discussed many times, things like a norway style arrangement, canada style, they are a closer relationship that would involve a customs union and single market, and canada means a free trade agreement. all of those are just options. none of them are guaranteed to succeed, they will need to be discussed with they will need to be discussed with the european union. one of the question says, will government ministers, conservative mps, if that happens, be allowed to vote not only whip, but on what they think is best. we had an interesting comment in the last few minutes the brexit minister let's listen. but if it does not go through, and then there are indicative votes, will they be free votes, so that everybody outside this chamber can truly see that we are acting in the way to try and find the best way forward under the circumstances?

the government have put down a motion which they will be various amendments, one is the one from yvette cooperaningful vote, that is the indication we are getting from government figures, it might change in the last couple of minutes! if that plan to hold indicative votes passes that happens on wednesday so another busy week, we will see you done on the green. thank you. well let's now speak to liberal democrat mp for westmorland and lonsdale, tim farron. good afternoon, i think everyone is asking what would be the least messy way to progress with this? there are those that are saying it is to vote for it theresa may's deal because we know the timetable. we should not be where we are but we are so lets move from here. the danger is that people feel so fed up, and ifeel it myself, so frustrated, they want to get this off the news and talk about something else that we end up picking something damaging and that will not contain the issue of the table. the deal, if we pass it, worst of all we lose control and the european union gets to decide the nature of the customs union we belong to, risk the

monday as emotion has to go down from the government, i think rosie another attempt by people like yvette cooperotes on all the other option is to show there is something that parliament is in favour of time is very short, the idea of doing that legally is now impossible and at the end of all of that of parliament says we have all come to the conclusion that we do not want no deal, we want a long extension and delay, are the able to order and mandate and tell the prime minister to go to brussels again to ask for a long delay to brexit even though she has said very clearly that she will not do it, it is not what she wants. we had any situation where as ever no what she wants. we had any situation where as ever no one what she wants. we had any situation where as ever no one really knows what is going on and how it is going to work for deal does not or through. staying in westminster,, we can speak to a policy analyst and director of occasions for people votes uk. where do you think we are the theresa may spoke last night, as there a change in the mood as to very ahead? i think the speech did back

issue and take it out of the prime minister and the government's hands by getting through this yvette cooperet aside time to delay brexit. we are getting very close to the finish line. maybe, unless there is an extension. but maybe it is forcing to people to think. there is still a lot of maybes. let's have another look at what is supposed to happen in the coming days. tomorrow mps will get another chance to vote on the prime minister's withdrawal agreement. in the previous vote in january the government was defeated by 230 votes. but if this time it passes — the major barrier to the uk leaving the eu on 29th march will have been cleared, although further legislation will be required to ensure a smooth exit. if mps vote against the deal again, the government is due to table further votes for this week. starting with a vote on wednesday, in which mps will be asked if they support leaving the eu without a withdrawal agreement and a framework for a future relationship on 29 march. this is essentially giving mps the opportunity to decide whether to back — or rule out — the uk leaving the eu with