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MPs in the House of Commons voted narrowly by 312 votes to 308 on Wednesday night to take a no-deal Brexit off the table.
The vote is non-binding and regarded as meaningless.
It was followed by a second vote when UK prime minister Theresa May's government was again defeated, essentially on the same thing - keeping a no-deal Brexit off the table. It was defeated by 321 votes to 278.
MPs also voted against the Malthouse Compromise by 374 votes to 164, which proposed a 21-month transition to a no-deal and a guarantee of rights of EU citizens in the UK, subject to agreement from EU27.
Commons votes 164 to 374 to reject @DamianGreen's Amendment (f) to the #NoDealBrexit debate motion.
— UK House of Commons (@HouseofCommons) March 13, 2019
This proposed a 21-month transition to no deal and a guarantee of rights of EU citizens in the UK, subject to agreement from EU27. If no agreement, no deal #Brexit on 22 May 2019. pic.twitter.com/00dNvxe5BC
On Wednesday, the UK government announced tariff rates in the event of a no-deal Brexit, which would cost €611m for Irish agri-food exports to the UK.
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