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Tory minister: Article 50 could be extended

Digital Minister Margot James said that Article 50 could be extended if MPs reject Theresa May’s Brexit deal next deal.

But she added it was not likely that Parliament would "stare down the barrel of that particular gun”.

Speaking on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Politics Live, the Conservative MP said that if it proved β€œimpossible” for MPs to β€œcoalesce around a reasonable deal” than β€œwe might have to extend Article 50”, but would not give a timescale.

She was debating with Labour's Emily Thornberry and SDP MEP Patrick O'Flynn about Brexit timetable, with the UK due to leave the EU on 29 March.

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