Brexit: MPs vote to force government to publish no-deal plans and advisers' messages - live news
Source: The Guardian
MPs have backed the Grieve motion requiring the release of some no-deal planning documents, and private messages from Number 10 officials about prorogation, by 311 votes to 302 - a majority of nine.
Here is the text of Dominic Grieves motion.
That a humble address be presented to Her Majesty, that she will be graciously pleased to direct ministers to lay before this House, not later than 11.00pm Wednesday 11 September, all correspondence and other communications (whether formal or informal, in both written and electronic form, including but not limited to messaging services including WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Facebook messenger, private email accounts both encrypted and unencrypted, text messaging and iMessage and the use of both official and personal mobile phones) to, from or within the present administration, since 23 July 2019 relating to the prorogation of Parliament sent or received by one or more of the following individuals: Hugh Bennett, Simon Burton, Dominic Cummings, Nikki da Costa, Tom Irven, Sir Roy Stone, Christopher James, Lee Cain or Beatrice Timpson; and that ministers be further directed to lay before this House no later than 11.00pm Wednesday 11 September all the documents prepared within Her Majestys government since 23 July 2019 relating to operation Yellowhammer and submitted to the cabinet or a cabinet committee.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/sep/09/brexit-latest-news-eu-no-deal-bill-royal-assent-boris-johnson-parliament-politics-live
wryter2000
(46,016 posts)I wish we had a few Republicans with spines to do the right thing here.
Miguelito Loveless
(4,438 posts)"requiring the release of some no-deal planning documents..."
crazytown
(7,277 posts)Baclava
(12,047 posts)Is 0ct 31 still a hard deadline?
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)said documents, I suppose Cummings/de Pfeffel Johnson can claim.
Nitram
(22,671 posts)bad the situation will really be after brexit. The public was lied to.