Corbyn comments: Where this government has failed, this House will succeed
|The opposition leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has made a statement following the government's defeat where MPs voted to seize control of indicative votes process from the government by a majority of 27.
- The government must take this process seriously.
- This house must now find a solution.
- This house must consider whether any deal should be put to the people for a vote.
- Where this gov has failed, this house will succeed.
Here is the full text of what Jeremy Corbyn said in his point of order.
Mr Speaker, I would like to congratulate the house for taking control.
The government’s approach has been an abject failure and this house must now find a solution.
So I pay tribute to [Oliver Letwin and Hilary Benn] and others, who have worked to achieve tonight’s result.
The government must take this process seriously. We do not know what the house will decide on Wednesday. But I know there are many members of this house who have been working for alternative solutions, and we must debate those to find a consensus.
And this house must also consider whether any deal should be put to the people for a confirmatory vote.
Where this government has failed, this house must, and I believe will, succeed.
The main motion has now been passed by 327 votes to 300 - a majority of 27 which reinforces the Letwin vote, because the main motion is now basically the Letwin amendment.
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