The UK Parliament is set to discuss and vote on a crucial bill which will give Prime Minister Theresa May the authority to officially trigger Brexit and start negotiations for leaving the 28-member European Union.<br/><br/>The European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill will have its final debate and vote later tonight to allow the Prime Minister to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to begin a two-year period of negotiations for the UK's new deal as a non-member of the European Union (EU) by 2019. <br/><br/>The Commons will debate the last set of amendments to the bill, including on key principles for the negotiation process, before the bill goes to its third and final reading for the vote. So far, the bill has passed two days of debate in the Lower House of the UK Parliament without being altered.<br/><br/>The Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has instructed his MPs to vote in favour of the bill whether any amendments are made or not.
News On AIR | February 8, 2017 9:09 PM
Brexit trigger bill set for final vote in Parliament