U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will test out his new parliamentary majority today by putting his Brexit bill to a new vote in the House of Commons.
Lawmakers agreed to the bill in principle in October but rejected a short timeframe to ratify it, which ultimately led to last week’s general election.
The “second reading” of the bill today will be followed by a vote at around 3:00 p.m. London time and it would then require further debate in both chambers early next year. If passed into law, it would mean that the U.K. would leave the EU on January 31, three-and-a-half years after the 2016 referendum. This would tighten the gap that Britain has to agree on a trade deal with the EU — increasing the chances of a no-deal Brexit.