The European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 is due to be debated today in the house of commons and is widely expected to be voted through (HERE). There are a lot of amendments including one from the second people's challenge that I have written to my MP about but none are expected to halt progress of the bill.
Mrs May expects the whole bill to have passed through both houses by March 7th.
I also see that there are steps being taken by MEP's in Brussels (HERE) to block any deal unless Britain signs up to environmental regulations after brexit. I don't believe this is unreasonable but since they would expect us to accept some sort of legal oversight, perhaps from the ECJ or another body, this might take a bit of swallowing.
Yesterday Mrs May was in Cardiff to meet the heads of the UK's devolved administrations but no agreement was reached and Nicola Sturgeon is once again threatening another referendum if Scotland is forced out of the single market.
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