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		</div><p>Ministers will not be able to ignore demands by MPs for a second EU referendum if Theresa May’s Brexit deal is voted down in the Commons, pro-Remain campaigners have warned.</p>
<p>A report drawn up by the cross-party People’s Vote campaign said that if a majority of MPs were prepared to vote for a fresh referendum, they could force the Government’s hand.</p>
<p>The warning comes amid widespread expectations the Government is heading for defeat in next week’s “meaningful vote” on the deal, with opposition from both pro-Leave and pro-Remain Tories.</p>
<blockquote><p>There is a viable third option: we could retain the deal we already have as a full member of the EU. Parliament can step in to insist that the people should have the right to decide</p></blockquote>
<p>While it acknowledged there was not yet a majority in the Commons for another referendum, the report said support was growing, with MPs from all parties having rejected a no-deal Brexit.</p>
<p>Under the terms of the EU (Withdrawal) Act, if the deal is rejected MPs will then vote on a further motion setting out how the Government intends to proceed, most likely in mid February.</p>
<p>This, the report said, would be the point at which an amendment calling for a second referendum – including an option to remain in the EU – would have the “optimal chance” of success.</p>
<p>Although it acknowledged such an amendment would not be legally binding, the report said it would “in practice be politically binding on the Government”.</p>
<p>In the “unlikely event” ministers tried to ignore such a vote and and force a “last-minute capitulation” by MPs or leave the EU without a deal, the report said MPs would have a range of mechanisms to make them back down.</p>
<p>These could include tabling further amendments to other bills needed in preparation for Brexit, blocking new regulations and staging votes of confidence in individual ministers.</p>
<p>“So, far from the Government being able to resist pressure for a People’s Vote, the reality is that if a majority of MPs are prepared to vote for it, they will have a series of opportunities to encourage or even force the Government to produce the necessary legislation,” the report said.</p>
<p>The report was backed by Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, a former head of the diplomatic service who helped draft the Article 50 withdrawal process, who said he believed the EU would “willingly” agree to a postponement of the March 29 Brexit date to allow a fresh referendum.</p>
<p>“There now is a withdrawal deal on the table and it hasn’t been well received. Parliament has made it clear that it will intervene to prevent a no-deal Brexit,” he said.</p>
<p>“There is a viable third option: we could retain the deal we already have as a full member of the EU. Parliament can step in to insist that the people should have the right to decide.</p>
<p>“If the UK now seeks the necessary postponement of the March 29 deadline in order to hold a People’s Vote, the EU27 would willingly agree.</p>
<p>“These are facts MPs of all parties might wish to keep in mind as they consider the options the Government is now offering.”</p>
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