A group of backbench Labour MPs have put forward a Commons motion to throw out the government’s bill to trigger article 50, arguing they cannot support Theresa May’s plan to take Britain out of the EU’s single market.
Tabled by the former shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander, and supported by 18 fellow Labour backbenchers, the proposal would, if passed, see the bill that would set in motion departure from the EU stopped entirely early next week.
Alexander has tabled what is officially known as a reasoned amendment, something that throws out a bill at its second reading in the Commons, the first time MPs have a chance to debate it.
The proposal calls for the bill’s demise on the grounds that the government has failed to “safeguard British interests in the single market” or offer proper guarantees on whether parliament or the electorate should decide on leaving the single market.
The full list of MPs to support the amendment is: Heidi Alexander, Owen Smith, Ben Bradshaw, Meg Hillier, Angela Smith, Ian Murray, David Lammy, Stella Creasy, Mike Gapes, Peter Kyle, Karen Buck, Helen Hayes, Neil Coyle, Ann Coffey, Tulip Siddiq, Geraint Davies, Rushanara Ali, John Woodcock and Jim Dowd.
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