the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. This measure would circumvent the Fixed-term Parliaments Act without amending it. The Labour leadership supports the bill in principle, satisfied that the extension to 31 January (now confirmed) has taken the prospect of a no-deal Brexit "off the table". A government attempt to prevent non-government amendments fails, and an amendment from opposition parties to alter the date to 9 December is defeated. Amendments from opposition parties to reduce the voting age from 18 to 16 and to allow resident EU nationals to vote are ruled out by the Deputy Speaker (chairing) as not within the "scope" of the bill; the government had threatened to withdraw the bill if they were allowed. MPs pass the bill unamended by 438 votes to 20, with more than 100 Labour members abstaining and 11 voting against. 30–31 October: The Early Parliamentary General Election Bill is passed unamended by the House of Lords and, upon receiving royal assent the following day, becomes law as the Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019. 6 November: Parliament dissolved. 12 December: General election held. 13 December: The Conservative Party gains a landslide 80-seat majority in parliament. Boris Johnson is invited to form his second government by The Queen, beginning his second term and allowing Brexit to be completed. 20 December: The Withdrawal Agreement passes its second reading in the House of Commons in a 358–234 vote. 2020 22 January: the Withdrawal Agreement Bill proposed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson passes the UK parliament after several amendments proposed by the House of Lords were rejected by the House of Commons in a vote of 342–254. The Lords later decided not to propose further amendments, thereby allowing passage of the bill to the Queen to receive royal assent. 23 January: the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 receives royal assent. 23 January: The constitutional committee in the European Parliament backs the withdrawal agreement, setting the expectation that it would be approved by the entire parliament. 24 January: Ursula von der Leyen, Charles Michel, and Boris Johnson sign the withdrawal agreement. Von der Leyen and Michel signed the agreement in the Europa Building in Brussels and then sent the agreement in a diplomatic bag to 10 Downing Street in London for Johnson to sign the agreement. 28 January: Chris Pincher becomes the last UK Minister to attend an EU meeting in Brussels when he was present at