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World|politics|February 8, 2017 / 12:36 PM
Brexit bill set for final vote in House of Commons

AKIPRESS.COM - The bill empowering the government to begin the formal process of leaving the European Union is due to reach its final stages in the Commons later, BBCreported.

MPs will debate further amendments to the Brexit bill - allowing Article 50 to be triggered - for up to seven hours before a final vote due at 20:00 GMT.

The vote could cause more Labour rifts - with its MPs told to back the bill.

On Tuesday night, the government saw off attempts to add conditions to the bill as a Tory rebellion was avoided.

The vote means the government has now cleared two days of debate in the Commons without the bill being amended.

The Commons will debate the final set of amendments later, including on key principles for the negotiation process, before the bill goes to its third and final reading in the Commons.

The final debate will then end with a vote by MPs, which could expose further rifts within Labour.

Jeremy Corbyn has ordered his MPs to support the government's bill, whether his party's amendments are accepted or not, as he believes it would be undemocratic to ignore the will of the people, as expressed in last June's EU referendum.

However, shadow business secretary Clive Lewis has vowed to oppose the bill unless Labour amendments are passed in the Commons.

Once the bill passes the Commons, it will be debated in the House of Lords after it returns from recess on 20 February.

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