Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Theresa May’s statement to MPs about Brexit and MPs voting on whether parliament should take control of the processGovernment could ignore indicative Brexit votes, says Liam FoxNo 10 refuses to confirm next meaningful vote will take place this weekEU says it is ‘increasingly likely UK will leave without deal on 12 April’Today’s amendments tabled so far 1.53pm GMT On the World at One the housing minister Kit Malthouse dismissed the Letwin plan for indicative votes on Brexit, echoing what Number 10 said about it earlier. (See 1.28pm.) Matlhouse said:I hope members across the house realise that it has significantly detrimental constitutional implications and will vote it down so that we can continue with an orderly, iterative process of reaching consensus across the house rather than a kind of X Factor. 1.46pm GMT From a reader BTLSilly question: why would Bercow accept to put back the Meaningful Vote back to Parliament given what happened last week? Its content hasn’t changed. Continue reading…
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