Citing a convention that dates back to 1604, Bercow said that the government could no repeatedly put the same motion before lawmakers if it had been previously rejected.
May's deal suffered a second, crushing defeat last week when it was rejected by a 149-vote margin.
"What the Government cannot legitimately do is resubmit to the House the same proposition -- or substantially the same proposition -- as that of last week, which was rejected by 149 votes," Bercow said in an unannounced statement on Monday.
Last week, after Members of Parliament rejected May's deal for a second time, they voted for the prime minister to seek an extension to the legal process of withdrawing from the European Union.
More details soon...
No comments:
Post a Comment