British Prime Minister pushes Brexit's customs plans by only six votes

Theresa May saw a major challenge to her Brexit plans, thwarting a rebellious conservative movement that could have forced her to try to keep Britain in a customs union with the EU.

But the British Prime Minister has come down to defeat a separate amendment to his flagship project, Trade Bill, which will require him to seek the UK's continued involvement in the drug regulatory system of the United States. EU after Brexit.

In drama scenes in the British House of Commons The effort to repel defeat by proposing to introduce in the House of Lords amendments that would address the "essence" of the Conservatives' concerns rebels regarding future customs arrangements.

But despite the rejection of the rebels from this overture, Ms. May came out triumphantly with a margin of only six votes, as the Commons rejected the key amendment by 307-301.

The amendment would have forced the government to adopt a negotiating objective aimed at keeping the UK in a "customs union" with the EU after Brexit, unless it has managed to negotiate a "Downing Street insisted that it would have violated Ms. May's red line, set out in Lancaster House's speech last year and consecrated in the Checkers Council's agreement, to get Britain out of the free trade zone. The Customs Union

But former Minister Stephen Hammond, who joined five other Conservative backbenchers, insisted that his provisions were " wholly compliant "to Mrs. May's Brexit White Paper

. defeat by 305-301 on the regulation of drugs.

About 12 Conservatives – Mr. Hammond, Heidi Allen, Kenneth Clarke, Jonathan Djanogly, Dominic Grieve, Phillip Lee, Jeremy Lefroy, Nicky Morgan, Bob Noill, Antoinette Sandbach, Anna Soubry and Sarah Wollaston – joined the MPs of opposition to vote the measure.

The successful amendment requires Ms. May to make it an objective in the negotiations with Brussels to ensure that the UK can continue to participate in the regulation. network run by the European Medicines Agency

The EMA is transferred from London to Amsterdam following the Brexit

Votes were preceded by a frantic activity in the House of Commons , with live negotiations in the House. while government bads led by Julian Smith approached rebel deputies

– Press Association