It is due to be voted on in the coming weeks as the existing EU withdrawal bill goes through its committee stage, although a firm date has not yet been set. They said the offer amounted to a take-it-or-leave-it vote for parliament, under which the alternative would mean crashing out without any agreement. The prominent Brexiter Owen Paterson asked Davis for reassurance that the UK would leave the EU on 29 March 2019 even if parliament rejected the final deal in the debate on the proposed bill. Some MPs said they feared the proposed vote for MPs could be delayed until after Brexit had already taken place. Giving parliament a vote after the deal is signed and done is worthless,” he said.

Source: The Guardian November 13, 2017 17:50 UTC