The others are said to be a meaningful vote on the Brexit deal, as planned, or a "conditional vote" on legal advice by the Attorney General. Remain-backing junior minister Tobias Ellwood today said he is "encouraging" a delay if there's no deal.
"If we cannot get this deal across the line, we are facing the prospect of having to extend," he told the BBC. He refused to rule out Theresa May announcing a delay herself in the House of Commons this week. "That I don't know - I'm encouraging that to happen", he said. "The Prime Minister is listening and is recognising the fact that we have tried very, very hard in order to secure a deal." Mr Ellwood said the damage of no deal now "overshadows" any leverage it had in negotiations with the EU, and slammed the Tory ERG of Brexiteers for keeping it on the table. "There's been a bloc voice in our party that has hindered the prime minister getting this across the line," he added. Tory ministers are in open warfare over whether to delay Brexit. Over the weekend Cabinet ministers Amber Rudd, David Gauke and Greg Clark publicly demanded a delay if there is no agreement. That prompted fury from Cabinet Brexiteers, while grassroots Tories backed a motion saying a delay would "betray" voters and "damage democracy" at the National Conservative Convention. If Mrs May does announce a delay, she could claim it is needed to head off a rebellion by MPs this week.
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