Decision on recalling Scottish Parliament deferred after PM’s Brexit defeat

&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;"2">&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>A decision on whether to recall the Scottish Parliament has been deferred after Boris Johnson was forced to put his plans to leave the EU on October 31 on hold&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Scottish Government had requested Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh recall the Scottish Parliament ahead of its scheduled return day on October 29 to debate giving consent for a new Brexit deal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However Mr Macintosh said on Tuesday that given the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;ongoing lack of clarity” around the timetable for the European Union Withdrawal Agreement Bill&comma; he has deferred his decision on recalling Parliament&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>MPs on Tuesday voted by 322 to 308 to reject Mr Johnson’s plan to push legislation approving his Brexit deal through the Commons in just three days&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">In light of developments at Westminster this evening&comma; I am not minded at this point to recall the Scottish Parliament&period; I will of course continue to monitor developments closely for any material change that would necessitate Members being brought back early&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;o0fbEFAoEx">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;o0fbEFAoEx<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; PO Ken Macintosh MSP &lpar;&commat;KenMacintoshMSP&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;KenMacintoshMSP&sol;status&sol;1186738484331057153&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">October 22&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><&excl;--Ads2--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Prime Minister told MPs he would now &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;pause” the Withdrawal Agreement Bill until the EU takes a decision on whether to grant another Brexit delay&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a message to MSPs&comma; Mr Macintosh said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Given the ongoing lack of clarity around the timetable for the European Union &lpar;Withdrawal Agreement&rpar; Bill&comma; I have deferred my decision on a recall of the Scottish Parliament&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I want to ensure that the Parliament has the opportunity to express its view on the on the Bill but there is no longer an immediate need to do so&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I can also assure you that I have spoken to all the Party Business Managers this evening and all are in agreement&period;  I will continue to monitor developments at Westminster and update Members if necessary&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads4--><&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-69024bbdcaf0d">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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