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		</div><p>Proposals to give UK Prime Minister Theresa May the power to start formal Brexit talks have cleared the House of Commons following overwhelming support from MPs.</p>
<p>The European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill was given a third reading by 494 votes to 122 &#8211; a majority of 372.</p>
<p>The text of the short Bill was not changed by MPs following three days of debate to consider suggestions.<br />
One MP was heard to shout &#8220;shame&#8221; after the result was announced, while there was some applause from the Tory benches.</p>
<p>A series of amendments were earlier defeated by the British Government, including measures requiring Britain to unilaterally guarantee the rights of EU nationals living in the country.</p>
<p>The Bill will now progress to the House of Lords for further scrutiny by peers.<br />
Mrs May hopes to start the formal Brexit talks by the end of March.</p>
<p>Meanshile, shadow business secretary Clive Lewis has quit Jeremy Corbyn&#8217;s shadow cabinet in order to defy the Labour leader&#8217;s orders and vote against the Brexit Bill.<br />
Mr Lewis said last week he would vote against the Bill at third reading if Labour amendments to safeguard against a &#8220;hard Brexit&#8221; were not passed.</p>
<p>And with the Bill coming through committee stage unamended, the senior frontbencher quit to vote against the Bill after Mr Corbyn imposed a three-line whip on his MPs to back it.</p>
<p>Mr Lewis said he could not back the Bill given Norwich, in which his constituency lies, voted 56.2% to 43.8% to remain in the EU in June&#8217;s referendum.</p>
<p>&#8220;When I became the MP for Norwich South, I promised my constituents I would be &#8216;Norwich&#8217;s voice in Westminster, not Westminster&#8217;s voice in Norwich&#8217;,&#8221; he said.<br />
&#8220;I therefore cannot, in all good conscience, vote for something I believe will ultimately harm the city I have the honour to represent, love and call home.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is therefore with a heavy heart that I have decided to resign from the shadow cabinet.<br />
&#8220;It has been a privilege to work with Jeremy Corbyn and be part of the shadow cabinet. I will continue to support our party and our leader from the backbenches to the very best of my ability.&#8221;<br />
Mr Corbyn said he was looking forward to working with Mr Lewis in the future.<br />
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