Topic summary
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill
Extracted from the Wikipedia article European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019.
Legislative history
The legislation was introduced to the House of Commons by Labour MP Hilary Benn as the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill on the following day. The Government made clear its opposition to the bill from the beginning, and said that, were it to pass through the House of Commons, the prime minister, Boris Johnson, would immediately bring forward a motion under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act for a general election. The bill passed second reading by 329 votes to 300. The bill was amended once at the committee stage, by a Stephen Kinnock amendment that would allow the Withdrawal Agreement to be discussed again, which passed as there were not any 'no' tellers provided for the division. The bill passed its third reading on the same day, by 327 votes to 299.