UK House of Commons Passes Brexit Bill

The United Kingdom House of Commons voted 330-231 in favor of final passage of the U.K. Withdrawal Amendment bill on Jan. 9. The passage on the “third reading” means that the bill will now go to the House of Lords, then to the queen for royal assent before it becomes law, presuming the upper house makes no amendments that would return the bill to the House of Commons, the BBC said in a report. The bill provides that the U.K. will leave the European Union on Jan. 31, and sets an end-2020 deadline for negotiations over a permanent EU-U.K. arrangement.