Brexit bill passed by UK Parliament

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Brexit bill passed by UK Parliament Britain's Parliament has passed the 'Brexit bill', which means that British PM Theresa May can now negotiate the deals of UK's exit from the European Union.
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House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, had suggested some amendments in the bill, which were all rejected by the House of Commons, the lower house.

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The amendments included calling the government to protect the status of EU nationals within three months of the start of Brexit talks, which was rejected by 335 votes to 287. Other than this, the calls for Parliament to have a meaningful vote on any Brexit deal were also dismissed by 331 to 286 votes.

In other words, the EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill passed the House of Commons without any changes, following which the bill was passed unamended by the House of Lords, by 274 votes to 118.

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The bill would now need to receive Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, after which it would become a law. May would then be able to trigger the negotiations, which she has committed to trigger by the end of March.

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Over the weekend, Britain's Brexit Secretary David Davis had urged the Parliament to not block the bill any longer.

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