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Originally Posted by Dave42
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He's only saying that to get MPs in to line and scare them in to voting for May's deal.
A Senior Clark of the House who knows the Commons Parliamentary procedure to the letter and says there is no move Parliament can make to force a stop to no deal Brexit, would not matter if MPs held a vote or any number of votes, the fundamental principle remains, a Bill would have to be presented by the Executive, that's the Government of the day, to change the Statute that is in place, remember, a new statute can only overrule statute.. No amount of pushing for votes or amendments will alter the current law.
That law shows the clock is ticking, we leave the EU on 29th March.
Parliament cannot dictate to the Minister of the Crown, to cancel or retract Article 50 regardless of how many votes they have.