British parliament must have vote on final Brexit deal: senior lawmaker

[WorldNews]

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Britain's parliament must have a vote on an eventual agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union on leaving the bloc, said a senior lawmaker who is chairman of parliament's Brexit committee. Prime Minister Theresa May has said she will invoke Article 50 by the end of March next year, starting a two-year divorce procedure. Hilary Benn, an opposition Labour Party lawmaker who will chair a newly formed committee set up to scrutinize government policy on leaving the EU, said on Thursday that it was "inconceivable" that lawmakers would not have a vote on the UK's final EU exit deal.

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