ONLY one amendment to the General Election Bill has been selected to be voted on.
MPs are due to vote this evening on whether or not to hold a General Election in December.
Amendments had been put forward, though the only one to be selected is that of Jeremy Corbyn, which to Monday, December 9.
LibDem leader Jo Swin son has also signed the amendment.
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The government’s bill calls for the election to be held on December 12. It is opposed to holding the election on December 9 as it would mean Parliament being prorogued on a Thursday, making it hard for the government to pass legislation
Amendments to lower voting age and to extend the vote to EU citizens were not selected.
A Number 10 source had warned that the Government would pull the bill if those amendments succeeded.
Meanwhile, the bill to bring about a pre-Christmas General Election has cleared its first Commons hurdle.
MPs backed Boris Johnson's Early Parliamentary General Election Bill at second reading without a formal vote.
Commons Speaker John Bercow said it was clear an "overwhelming majority" of MPs were in support of the legislation at second reading.
But MPs could seek to amend the bill as it undergoes further scrutiny in the Commons this evening.
The Prime Minister's official spokesman said earlier in the day that a December 9 poll would not be "logistically possible".
If the bid for a December 9 election succeeds, Parliament would have to be dissolved on Friday morning.
However, Parliament would be dissolved on November 6 if the Government's Bill for a December 12 election passes unamended
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