Speaking in the House of Commons after the defeat, the Prime Minister told lawmakers she "profoundly regrets" the vote against her deal. If a no deal is rejected, the House of Commons will vote on an extension to the March 29 withdrawal date. No deal loomsBut EU officials have warned that rejecting May's withdrawal agreement has raised the stakes for a hard Brexit. Ahead of Tuesday's vote, some members of the ruling Conservative party called for the Prime Minister to trigger a general election should her Brexit deal fail. Hours before the vote, the 10 lawmakers from Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party [DUP], which props up May's minority government, announced that it would not back May's deal.

Source: CNN March 12, 2019 19:36 UTC