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UK: I. Benn amendment. Voting in progress

A cross-party group of senior backbenchers have submitted an amendment that, if

passed, would allow the Commons to debate next steps on Brexit on Wednesday next

week. The motion, handed in a few minutes before the 10.30am deadline, is signed

by Labour's Hilary Benn and Yvette Cooper and Conservatives Oliver Letwin and

Dominic Grieve, as well SNP, Liberal Democrat and Plaid Cymru MPs. The amendment

says it is designed "to enable the House of Commons to find a way forward that

can command majority support" by effectively allowing MPs to wrest control of

parliamentary time from Theresa May's government.

- There is also an amendment to this amendment, from Labour's Lucy Powell,

changing the timing, which Bercow also allowed.