Now that Parliament has control of the order paper... on Wednesday Parliament could award itself another day and so on and so forth. MPs have taken the unprecedented step of taking control of the referendum process and launched a series of indicative votes on alternative strategies after the government suffered a 329 - 302 majority defeat . Prime Minister Theresa May offered the MPs votes on her own series of alternatives , but the majority of them backed an amendment by Conservative Sir Oliver Letwin to give MPs a bigger input . They could then vote on alternatives including a softer Brexit , a customs union or another referendum . Parliament was also expected to discuss Brexit from 29 March to at least 12 April .
MPs have taken the unprecedented step of taking control of the referendum process and launched a series of indicative votes on alternative strategies after the government suffered a 329 - 302 majority defeat . Prime Minister Theresa May offered the MPs votes on her own series of alternatives , but the majority of them backed an amendment by Conservative Sir Oliver Letwin to give MPs a bigger input . They could then vote on alternatives including a softer Brexit , a customs union or another referendum . Parliament was also expected to discuss Brexit from 29 March to at least 12 April .