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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ben Glaze & Mikey Smith

Brexit: No 10 confirms plan for Parliament to sit on Saturday

Number 10 have confirmed plans for Parliament to sit on Saturday to decide the next steps on Brexit .

A motion will be tabled for both Houses to sit on Saturday, which would be the first weekend sitting since the Falklands War in 1982.

The Commons and the Lords will sit whether Boris Johnson returns from the continent with or without a deal.

MPs will be asked to approve any deal he brings back from Brussels.

But if he comes back empty handed, they will be expected to vote on the next steps.

(UK PARLIAMENTARY RECORDING UNIT HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/REX)

The Houses of Parliament have only sat on a Saturday on four occasions since 1939.

MPs debated the outbreak of World War II in 1939. A Saturday sitting took place to discuss summer adjournment debates in July 1949.

On 3 November 1956 MPs sat to debate the Suez Crises.

And the most recent weekend session was to discuss the invasion of the Falkland Islands in 1982.

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