British MPs vote to seize control of Commons agenda from government as ministers resign

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>MPs have approved the amended Government motion allowing Parliament to seize control of the Commons agenda to hold a series of indicative votes by 327 votes to 300&comma; majority 27&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The MPs dramatically seized control of the Brexit agenda from Theresa May – potentially paving the way for a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;softer” deal that keeps the UK closer to Brussels&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Minutes earlier&comma; the Commons voted by 329 to 302 – a majority of 27 – for a cross-party amendment to enable MPs to stage a series of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;indicative votes” on alternatives to the Prime Minister’s deal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Guy Verhofstadt&comma; the European Parliament’s Brexit coordinator&comma; said&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Parliament takes control&period; An opportunity to build a cross-party cooperation leading to an enhanced political declaration &amp&semi; a closer future relationship&excl; &num;Brexit”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Parliament takes control&period; An opportunity to build a cross-party cooperation leading to an enhanced political declaration &amp&semi; a closer future relationship&excl; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;Brexit&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;Brexit<&sol;a><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;4NhRkeGQ72">https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;4NhRkeGQ72<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Guy Verhofstadt &lpar;&commat;guyverhofstadt&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;guyverhofstadt&sol;status&sol;1110313476768047105&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">March 25&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The vote came as pro-EU ministers Richard Harrington and Alistair Burt announced they were quitting the Government&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Harrington&comma; a Business Minister&comma; accused the Government of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;playing roulette” with the lives and livelihoods of the people of Britain in its handling of Brexit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The result is another humiliation for Mrs May&comma; who earlier warned MPs not to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;overturn the balance of our democratic institutions” which means the Government normally controls business of the House&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She made clear she would not feel bound by the result of any indicative votes – which could include a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;softer” Norway-style deal&comma; 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