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Debate on final Brexit deal could use rare Commons procedure

Opponents fear ministers will use multiple choice system to pick their preferred answer

MPs debating Theresa May’s final Brexit deal could have a succession of options put before them in a rare procedure that second referendum campaigners fear will be used by ministers to select the answer that suits them best.

The clerk of the House of Commons has suggested that if ministers held to their insistence that no amendments could be put to May’s final deal for legal reasons, “stand-alone consecutive motions” could be debated instead.

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