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EU customs union motion passes, with backing of 13 Labour MPs, after David Lammy comments
A tied vote led Deputy Speaker Caroline Nokes to cast the deciding vote for a Lib Dem bill urging UK-EU customs union talks, highlighting divisions within Labour MPs.
- On Tuesday, the Liberal Democrats' ten-minute-rule UK‑EU Customs Union bill advanced after a 100-100 Commons tie with Deputy Speaker Caroline Nokes casting the deciding vote, moving to a further Commons stage.
- Al Pinkerton, the Lib Dems' Europe spokesman, tabled the bill to press for a bespoke UK-EU customs union, targeting Labour divisions after David Lammy's comments last week and gaining support from backbenchers.
- As parliamentary practice goes, ten-minute-rule bills rarely become law but allow MPs to record support, and Al Pinkerton urged colleagues to `find the courage` to call Brexit an `abject economic failure`.
- Although it progressed, the bill is highly unlikely to become law without government support, and the episode has embarrassed Downing Street after David Lammy's comments, though a Labour source said rebels would not be punished.
- Longer term, analysts note UK GDP estimates show a 4 per cent loss outside the customs union, while Starmer's reset would add about 0.3 per cent, but rejoining means scrapping trade deals and accepting EU rules.
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Political opinion: Sussex Lib Dem MPs claim win in Parliament on debate on return to EU Customs Union
On Tuesday, 9th December, Sussex Lib Dem MPs for Mid Sussex, Chichester, Horsham, Lewes and Eastbourne backed a Liberal Democrat bill requiring the government to begin negotiations on joining a bespoke customs union with the EU.
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Bill proposing new customs union with EU passes first stage in Commons
A bill requiring the government to begin negotiations on joining a bespoke customs union with the European Union has passed the first stage in the House of Commons. On Tuesday, the Customs Union (Duty to Negotiate) Bill was tabled by the Liberal Democrats’ Europe spokesman Al Pinkerton. Surprisingly, the vote ended in a 100-100 tie, the first instance of a tie since 2019, the BBC reports. READ NEXT: 2016 Leave majority ‘has literally died out’, …
·London, United Kingdom
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Leaning Left5Leaning Right2Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution42% Left, 42% Center
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42% Center
L 42%
C 42%
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