Historic Brexit bill for UK's EU exit finally cleared in House of Commons

The UK government's bill for Britain's exit from the European Union (EU) on January 31 finally cleared the House of Commons on Thursday as MPs voted for it 330 votes to 231.

The EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill, or the Brexit Bill, passed its third reading in the Commons with a majority of 99 for Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who had won a landslide election last month with a promise to leave the 28-member economic bloc by the latest end-January deadline.

It marks a historic moment for the bill which has been repeatedly defeated in Parliament in its various forms in the past, creating parliamentary gridlock over Brexit.

The bill will now go to the House of Lords on Monday for voting before royal assent from Queen Elizabeth II to become law.

It is my sincere hope that their lordships will now give due regard to the clear majorities we have seen during the committee stage and establish their endorsement of this bill in a similar, timely, fashion, said UK Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay ...