The amendment proposed by Hilary Benn to Ms May's Dec 11 motion specifically rules out a no- deal .The amendment is winning support from a cross -party group of pro-remain MPs ;it would if passed be a "staging post to a new referendum" according to Jack Straw . If Theresa May’s motion fails and Benn’s amendment is carried , “parliament essentially takes over from the executive" according to the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg.Reading between the lines of an article in the UK’s Independent during the week, Benn’s parliamentary move may have been initiated the other end of Pall Mall :ihttps://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-deal-vote-no-theresa-may-jeremy-corbyn-queen-remain-mps-new-coalition-government-a8