BORIS JOHNSON’s Brexit deal is expected to pass its final parliamentary hurdle today, paving the way for Britain to finally leave the EU.
The Withdrawal Agreement Bill – the legislation needed to make Brexit happen on January 31 – is set to be passed by MPs in the House of Commons.
They are expected to vote to remove changes made by peers as the draft law enters the “ping pong” process which will see it go back and forth between the Commons and the House of Lords until both houses can agree to what is in it.
The final parliamentary showdown comes after the Government suffered a fourth defeat in the Lords yesterday as peers backed a move to protect help for refugee children after Brexit.
The upper chamber voted by 300 to 220, a majority of 80, in favour of an amendment designed to protect the rights of unaccompanied refugee children to be reunited with family members living in the UK.
However, the Government is adamant it will not accept any of the changes to the WAB.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said the Government will seek to overturn all of the amendments imposed by the upper chamber.
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