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  UK Withdrawal from the EU - Delay to Avoid Leaving Without a Withdrawal Agreement
  
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  @ MP voted aye to delay the UK's withdrawal from the EU in order to avoid leaving without a withdrawal agreement and to allow additional time for MPs to find an alternative approach a majority of them could agree on.  
  
  
  @ MP voted no not to delay the UK's withdrawal from the EU. The rejected proposal for a delay was intended to avoid leaving without a withdrawal agreement and to allow additional time for MPs to find an alternative approach a majority of them could agree on.  
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to delay the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union. The rejected proposal for a delay was intended to avoid leaving without a withdrawal agreement and to allow additional time for MPs to find an alternative approach a majority of them could agree on.  
  
  
  MPs were considering a motion stating:
  
  :That this House:
  
  :(1) notes the resolutions of the House of [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2019-03-12b.207.3 12] and [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2019-03-13b.383.0 13 March], and accordingly agrees that the Government will seek to agree with the European Union an extension of the period specified in [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A12012M050 Article 50(3)];
  
  :(2) agrees that, if the House has passed a resolution approving the negotiated withdrawal agreement and the framework for the future relationship for the purposes of [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/16/section/13 section 13(1)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018] by 20 March 2019, then the Government will seek to agree with the European Union a one-off extension of the period specified in Article 50(3) for a period ending on 30 June 2019 for the purpose of passing the necessary EU exit legislation; and
  :(3) notes that, if the House has not passed a resolution approving the negotiated withdrawal agreement and the framework for the future relationship for the purposes of section 13(1)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 by 20 March 2019, then it is highly likely that the European Council at its meeting the following day would require a clear purpose for any extension, not least to determine its length, and that any extension beyond 30 June 2019 would require the United Kingdom to hold European Parliament elections in May 2019.
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment (e), leave out paragraphs (2) and (3) and add:
  
  :â(2) notes that this House has decisively rejected the Withdrawal Agreement and Framework for the Future Relationship laid before the House and the proposition that the UK should leave the European Union without a Withdrawal Agreement and a Framework for the Future Relationship; and
  
  :(3) therefore instructs the Prime Minister to seek an extension to Article 50 in order to avoid exiting the EU on 29 March without a ratified Withdrawal Agreement and a Framework for the Future Relationship; and to provide parliamentary time for this House to find a majority for a different approach.â
  
  The exit day had been set as 29 March 2019 at 11.00 p.m. by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018[1].
  
  * [1] [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/16/section/20 Section 20, European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, Legislation.gov.uk]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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