"Government agrees to split crunch Commons debate on Brexit over two days after fury at attempt to hold 15 votes in a single day The Tory chief whip Julian Smith told MPs they will still only get 12 hours to discuss the amendments made by the Lords to Theresa May’s flagship legislation – but Parliament will now not being sitting until gone midnight next Tuesday. Mr Smith, who is also chair of the 1922 committee, said he was “disappointed” that peers had been given less than an hour for their first reading and warned it would be “a very bad day@@ It appears Mr Smith, the PM’s chief enforcer, has listened to the concerns – altering the House of Commons schedule to split the debate over next Tuesday and Wednesday."
"Government agrees to split crunch Commons debate on Brexit over two days after fury at attempt to hold 15 votes in a single day The Tory chief whip Julian Smith told MPs they will still only get 12 hours to discuss the amendments made by the Lords to Theresa May’s flagship legislation – but Parliament will now not being sitting until gone midnight next Tuesday. Among the amendments to the EU withdrawal bill be voted on are motions to keep Britain tied to the single market and customs union after Brexit, as well as enshrining EU human rights law in UK statute. It appears Mr Smith, the PM’s chief enforcer, has listened to the concerns – altering the House of Commons schedule to split the debate over next Tuesday and Wednesday."