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LONDON \u2014 Ministers believe MPs could defeat the government in a crunch House of Commons vote expected in the coming weeks, designed to force the U.K. to join a customs union with the EU after Brexit.<\/p>\n

Amendments to two upcoming pieces of Brexit legislation \u2014 one aimed at keeping the U.K. in the EU customs union, and the other aimed at binding May to negotiating a new customs union with the EU \u2014 have become the government\u2019s biggest short-term domestic concern, one minister said, speaking on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n

The second of the two amendments<\/a>, attached to the government\u2019s upcoming Trade Bill and backed by Conservative Brexit rebels Anna Soubry and Ken Clarke, is of most concern, as its support for \u201ca\u201d rather than \u201cthe\u201d customs union is in line with the Labour party\u2019s emerging position on the issue.<\/p>\n

A number of Labour shadow cabinet members have in recent days reiterated the party\u2019s support for a customs union, arguing the arrangement could help solve the problem of avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland.<\/p>\n

Leader Jeremy Corbyn told delegates at the EEF manufacturers\u2019 organization\u2019s conference in London on Tuesday that \u201cwe have to have a customs union that makes sure we can continue \u2026 trade, particularly between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. That is key to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The government has yet to announce when the Customs Bill and Trade Bill, to which the two amendments are attached, will return to the House of Commons for their report stage and third reading.<\/p>\n

Leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom will lay out business for the week ahead on Thursday but MPs believe the government may delay the bills until after May\u2019s anticipated speech setting out her vision for the future relationship with the EU, expected next week.<\/p>\n

One senior Conservative MP said colleagues were waiting to see what commitments were in the speech, and in other Brexit speeches from ministers due next week, before deciding which amendments to back.<\/p>\n

The minister said that despite the concern, until the Labour leadership came out in support for one of the amendments, the government could easily defeat them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are a concern, but we have to wait and see what Labour does,\u201d the minister said. \u201cIf Corbyn decides to back one of them then it\u2019s a different ball game.\u201d<\/p>\n

One senior Labour MP said the issue could be explosive for the government. \u201cIt could be the end of May,\u201d the MP said, pointing out that, if the government were to be forced into supporting a customs union, it would infuriate backbench Conservative Brexiteers who insist the U.K. must not be restricted in its ability to strike free trade agreements with non-EU countries, and have the numbers to force a vote of no confidence<\/a> in May.<\/p>\n

The Labour leadership will not make a final decision on how to whip its MPs on amendment votes until it is known when the bills will be returning to the House of Commons, a senior aide said.<\/p>\n

But in a further sign of the importance being attached to a potential customs union vote, the chairs of the House of Commons Treasury and Home Affairs select committees, Conservative Brexit rebel Nicky Morgan and Labour\u2019s Yvette Cooper, have jointly organized a briefing for MPs and peers from business and manufacturing leaders, including the Confederation of British Industry, which recently called for a post-Brexit customs union.<\/a><\/p>\n

CBI Director-General Carolyn Fairbairn will address the cross-party gathering of MPs and peers on Wednesday morning in a House of Commons committee room, an aide to Cooper said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor manufacturing areas across the North and Midlands the customs union is really important in keeping the costs and burdens of trade low,\u201d Cooper said ahead of the meeting. \u201cThe country and parliament may still be divided on other aspects of Brexit, but I think there would be a nationwide and parliamentary majority in favor of a good customs union deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Morgan, who was instrumental within the group of Conservative MPs who rebelled against the government in December and forced a guarantee of a \u201cmeaningful vote\u201d on the final Brexit withdrawal agreement, said the government\u2019s desire for \u201ctrade to be as frictionless as possible is right.\u201d<\/p>\n

But she added: \u201cMPs need now to understand what that really means and that is why it is important their local businesses have a chance to share their thoughts with us in Westminster.\u201d<\/p>\n

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