The Prime Minister urged MPs to read the Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB) before deciding to reject it. But she faced a barrage of fury from Brexiteer backbenchers - and even scepticism MPs who previously backed her deal. Mrs May replied: "The second reading of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill will be brought to the House after the Whitsun recess." Former Brexit minister David Jones said: "Introduction of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill would be ... a futile, Quixotic exercise. A No 10 spokesman told a Westminster briefing: "Our commitment to have the second reading of that Bill in that week remains."

Source: Daily Mirror May 22, 2019 13:37 UTC