Tonight: Votes on Amendments after May's Stitch-Up Promise which might nerf the crucial Cooper-Boles amendment as its now deemed 'unnecessary'. I think voting starts very shortly. (They are just summing up now)
A - Corbyn's Brexit deal
K - SNP's, banning No Deal
C - Cooper-Letwin bill paving amendment (which they hope not to move)
B - Alberto Costa's EU citizens rights
F - Spelman/Dromey's to enshrine PM's Brexit extension promise
Corbyn's amendment. You can ignore. Its going to fail.
The SNPs amendment should in theory pass, but with the vote on the 13th March and the government whip, it might fail today.
Cooper-Letwin (or Cooper-Boles whichever you prefer) needs to pass to ensure May can't worm her way out of the current timetable but it looks unlikely to pass. If it does it would come into effect on the 13th March.
Costa's amendment is interesting as he was forced to resign in order to table it (and protect his parents who are EU citz) even though the government have now backed his amendment. His speech was striking in how he stressed it was about people not party politics.
Looking like Spelman has been withdrawn. So possible there will be no vote on it, as May has promised a vote on extension on the 14th March.
The battle now turns to how long the (almost inevitable) a50 extension will be.
March 12th (or earlier): Second vote on May deal.
Its still unlikely to pass.
Which would lead to Cooper-Boles coming into effect (if it passes) though it now has effectively been accepted by May though she might renege.
We now face a vote rejecting no deal on March 13th. Which should ban no deal.
This makes the all important vote effectively on March 14th which will be about the extension. The detail and amendments on this are important and will affect what happens next.
March 29th is probably no longer important as we won't be leaving then.
If we only are able to get a short extension (which the EU might refuse and insist on a longer one! But I doubt it) then the end of April begining of May is crucial. If we don't pass the legislation to take part in EU elections then May can dictate to the HoC and force her deal through as the only alternative to No Deal.
The EU elections fall on May 23-26.
The new parliament starts on the July 1st. This is now effectively the cliff edge if May has her way.
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/eu_referendum_2016_/3492426-Westministenders-Abbreviation
Abbreviation thread.