UK Government Promises Parliament Brexit Vote 'as Soon as Possible' in January
A vote in the British parliament on the Brexit deal will take place well before January 21 but not before Christmas, a government spokeswoman said Thursday.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 13th December, 2018) A vote in the British parliament on the Brexit deal will take place well before January 21 but not before Christmas, a government spokeswoman said Thursday.
"The 'meaningful vote' will not be brought to Parliament before Christmas," she was quoted as saying by public broadcaster BBC.
She assured reporters that the vote, which was called off this Tuesday, would come "as soon as possible" next month, obviously before January 21.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May postponed the vote indefinitely and went off to Brussels in search of further assurances from 27 EU leaders after it became clear that the Commons would not pass the deal in its current form. The parliament is set to reconvene on January 7.