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		</div><p>Boris Johnson is urging MPs to back his Brexit deal as he launches a final bid to force through legislation in time for the UK to leave the EU with an agreement on October 31.</p>
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<p>UK ministers have insisted they are confident they have the numbers to get the Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB) through the Commons, despite their defeat in Saturday’s special sitting.</p>
<p>However they face a fierce parliamentary struggle after announcing plans to fast-track it through the lower House in three days, potentially paving the way for the Lords to consider it over the weekend.</p>
<p>They will need MPs to approve a “programme motion” setting out the timetable for its passage through the Commons, setting up a crunch vote this evening.</p>
<p>Many British MPs are deeply unhappy that there is so little time for detailed scrutiny of a such an important Bill, which runs to 110 pages with another 124 pages of explanatory notes.</p>
<p>However, Leader of the House Jacob Rees-Mogg warned yesterday that the programme motion was essential if they were to meet the Halloween deadline.</p>
<p>“People who do not vote for the programme motion will not be voting for Brexit on October 31,” he said.</p>
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<figure id="attachment_142482" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-142482" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-142482" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/70E07CD8-656D-4AC3-BE12-D9715E0DD84F.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-142482" class="wp-caption-text">Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg has warned against rejecting the current deal</figcaption></figure>
<p>The British Prime Minister also received support from former Tory leader William Hague, who said it was “time to make a clear decision on a deal that has been exhaustively negotiated”.</p>
<p>Mr Hague wrote in The Daily Telegraph: “There will be scarcely be one of us who does not have some fear about the consequences – in my case that any form of Brexit will slowly unravel the United Kingdom itself.</p>
<p>“But a failure to implement the democratic verdict of the electorate altogether would be an even greater threat to the future cohesion of the country.”</p>
<p>Failure to get the motion through would open up the prospect that Mr Johnson will be forced to accept another lengthy delay to Britain’s departure – something he has vowed not to do.</p>
<figure id="attachment_142484" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-142484" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-142484" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/065341FC-8B44-45E7-AFE0-78D198E6CDE4.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-142484" class="wp-caption-text">Former Tory leader William Hague has thrown his support behind Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal</figcaption></figure>
<p>The first vote today will be on the Bill’s “in principle” second reading.</p>
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<p>Despite the opposition of the DUP over arrangements for the North, ministers believe they have the support of pro-Leave Labour rebels and former Tory MPs now sitting as independents who would rather leave with Mr Johnson’s deal than no deal at all.</p>
<p>If they get through the second reading, the British Government will hope it gives the momentum to carry through the programme motion as well.</p>
<p>If that passes, under the proposed timetable, the Bill would then move to the committee stage – which will continue on into Wednesday – when MPs will have the opportunity to put down amendments.</p>
<blockquote><p>The public doesn’t want any more delays, neither do other European leaders and neither do I</p></blockquote>
<p>These are expected to include attempts to keep the UK more closely aligned with the EU through a customs union and to stage a second referendum.</p>
<p>Both are bitterly opposed by the British Government, raising the possibility that it could pull the Bill altogether if either gets through.</p>
<p>Ahead of the debate, Mr Johnson called on MPs to get behind the agreement, warning that the public did not want any further delay.</p>
<p>“We have negotiated a new deal so that we can leave without disruption and provide a framework for a new relationship based on free trade and friendly co-operation,” he said in a statement. “We are leaving the European Union but we will always be European.</p>
<p>“The public doesn’t want any more delays, neither do other European leaders and neither do I. Let’s get Brexit done on October 31 and move on.”</p>
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<figure id="attachment_142485" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-142485" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-142485" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/DC68636A-FA36-40FB-BD19-1663104E2DF5.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-142485" class="wp-caption-text">Keir Starmer</figcaption></figure>
<p>For Labour, shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer accused Mr Johnson of trying to “bounce” MPs into supporting a plan that was “deeply flawed”.</p>
<p>“It is outrageous to deny Parliament the chance to scrutinise this incredibly important legislation properly,” he said.</p>
<p>“Ministers are trying to bounce MPs into signing off a Bill that could cause huge damage to our country. We can’t trust this Prime Minister.”</p>
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