They have rejected a Labour call for another vote on the withdrawal deal by 27 February by 322 votes to 306.

The Commons also rejected an SNP call to delay Brexit by at least three months by 315 votes to 93 votes, after Labour abstained in the vote.

Conservative backbencher Anna Soubry has withdrawn her amendment calling for official papers on the impact of a no-deal Brexit to be published.

Brexit Minister Chris Heaton-Harris indicated that Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington would meet Ms Soubry and would be publishing some information.

Ms Soubry welcomed the move and said she reserved the right to lay the amendment again at end of February.

The Labour amendment called for a vote on the withdrawal deal by 27 February, or for the government to allow Parliament to decide what happens next.

Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer had argued that would "ensure a hard stop" to prevent the prime minister "running down the clock" in a bid to force MPs to back her deal.

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