Starmer urged to put the EU trade deal to Commons vote

THE Prime Minister has been urged to put the EU trade deal to a Commons vote.

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The UK and the EU have reached a new agreement setting out post-Brexit relations on areas including fishing rights, trade and defence, farming exports and passport e-gates at European airports.

Labour MP and chairwoman of the foreign affairs select committee Dame Emily Thornberry told the Commons yesterday: “The government is rightly confident that these deals will be popular and that they will provide great benefits to our country.

“So can I ask the Prime Minister this, why not take this opportunity to fix a glaring hole in our democ-

racy and simply put those agreements to the vote to allow them to be scrutinised by this place? I can assure him they will be passed.”