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Dominic Grieve has been on the centre of negotiations between would-be rebels and ministers
Tory Brexit insurgent Dominic Grieve has insisted he's in search of a "sensible compromise" to forestall a fresh showdown within the Commons over Parliament's role.
On Wednesday, MPs will vote on how a lot of a say they'll haveafter friends once more defeated the federal government.
Mr Grieve mentioned MPs ought to have the ability to "sensibly" specific their views if there was no exit deal agreed with the EU.
But he insisted he was not attempting to "micromanage" the negotiations or threatening to carry down Theresa May.
While the previous lawyer common mentioned he believed Brexit was a "bad idea", he instructed the BBC it was "almost certain" to occur.
Downing Street mentioned it couldn't settle for the "meaningful" vote" amendment backed by the Lords as it would "bind" Theresa May's hands in her negotiations and change the "constitutional" steadiness between authorities and Parliament in international coverage and treaty issues.
The UK is because of depart the European Union on 29 March, 2019. And negotiations have been happening over the phrases of its departure.
But there's an ongoing row about what occurs if Parliament votes to reject the ultimate deal reached between the 2 sidesor if no deal is reached.
One facet says Parliament ought to intervene to forestall the UK from "crashing out" of the EU with out a dealhowever critics say the prospect of this taking place would undermine the UK's negotiating hand.
Peers selected Tuesday that MPs ought to must approve no matter the federal government determined to do subsequent if there was no ultimate settlement with the EU.
They backed, by 354 votes to 235, an modification to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill designed to strengthen the phrases of the "meaningful vote" that Theresa May has promised to offer Parliament.
The 119 majority was 28 greater than the final time friends voted on the problem.
'Not micromanaging'
Last week, the prime minister averted defeat on the problemhowever the would-be rebels mentioned they weren't pleased with the concessions they had been subsequently supplied in return for not voting in opposition to the federal government.
Mr Grieve instructed BBC Radio four's Today programme he hoped Downing Street would be aware of the Lords vote and that the 2 sides may resolve their variations in a approach that "honoured" the belief that he and different MPs had positioned in Theresa May following their assembly together with her final week.
"I am hopeful the government will listen to what has come back from the Lords and we may be able to achieve some form of sensible compromise," he mentioned.
"The variations between us isn't very nice, however it's a important distinction.
"It is absolutely right Parliament cannot micromanage the government's negotiating. To be absolutely clear, if this amendment was carried in the Commons, it would not force the government to do something."
What the Lords voted for
Lord Hailsham described his modification as "Grieve Two", which means it was a new model of proposals tabled final week by former Attorney General Dominic Grieve, who desires Parliament to get extra of a say over Brexit.
It would apply in three situations:
- If MPs vote down the UK-EU Brexit deal
- If Theresa May publicizes earlier than 21 January 2019 that no deal has been reached
- If 21 January passes with no deal being struck
Under these circumstances, the federal government has mentioned, a minister will make a assertion in Parliament, setting out the federal government's subsequent steps.
The authorities had supplied MPs the prospect to vote "on neutral terms" on this assertion. But the modification backed by the Lords on Monday goes additional, saying the assertion must be authorized by MPs.
If the UK regarded like leaving the EU with out a deal, he mentioned it could be a second of "national crisis".
Asking Parliament to precise its opinion in such a situation via an "amendable but not mandatory" movement may, he recommended, defuse fairly than escalate tensions.
"It has been recommended I need to collapse the federal government, I don't.
"By having a mechanism by which the Commons can express a view without, for example, moving to a motion of no confidence which could collapse the government, that can give us time to both influence the government and think what best to do next."
Jacob Rees-Mogg, the chair of the influential European Research Group of Conservative MPs, has accused the Lords of being "cavalier" in the direction of the UK's structure and in search of to "obstruct" Brexit.
"An unamendable motion is parliamentary accountability. An amendable motion could be used to stop Brexit."