The government has been defeated on ‘New Clause 17’, an amendment to force the government to participate fully in the EU’s ‘medicines regulatory network’ after Brexit:
To loud cheers from the Labour benches, tellers announced that the amendment had passed by 305 votes to 301.
MPs are voting now on the big amendment of the night – the customs union amendment moved by Tory rebels in revenge for the Theresa May’s surrender to extreme-Brexiters.
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