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Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered yet another Commons defeat after he lost a key vote on his Withdrawal Agreement Bill on October 22.

Johnson loses Bill timetable vote

Mr Johnson had hoped to push his Brexit Bill through the Commons in super-fast speed in order to get Brexit done and dusted by the end of the month.

MPs though had other ideas and the key vote on the timetable of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill was lost by Mr Johnson's administration by 322 votes to 308.

MPs on both side of the house were frustrated by the lack of time to scrutinise the Brexit deal bill.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the Commons had refused to be "bounced" into accepting Johnson's timetable on the deal.

Earlier in the day Mr Johnson had threatened to pull the bill and call a general election if he lost the key vote.

But he appears to have gone back on his word, telling MPs he would “pause” legislation not pull it, as a result of losing the programme motion.

Mr Johnson will now wait to see what EU chiefs say about a Brexit extension before deciding what to do next.

The Withdrawal Agreement Bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons by 329 votes to 299.

With that vote the Commons effectively backed Mr Johnson's Brexit deal after months of haggling with Brussels as well as his own backbenchers.

But the key vote on the timetable of the bill was yet to come.

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