Brexit means Brexit, but unfortunately the EU withdrawal bill – which actually does the legislative job of taking Britain out of the EU – is somewhat trickier to get to grips with. The original bill is 60 pages long, and there are now 470 amendments – running to some 200 pages – and counting. The House of Commons library predicts the bill will be ‘one of the largest legislative projects ever undertaken in the UK’. All of this will keep MPs – and the government, as it fights off the backbench rebels – very busy indeed over the coming weeks. Two days each week for the next month have been set aside to cover the committee stage of the bill, where MPs are given a chance to scrutinise the bill line-by-line and attempt to make changes. It all starts today. Here is the Coffee House guide to what happens now:
Tuesday 14th November:
Today’s committee stage kicks off at 3pm, with votes expected at 7pm and 11pm.
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