LONDON, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Speaker of the British House of Commons John Bercow on Monday chose four Brexit proposals out of nine for lawmakers to vote late in the day.
Lawmakers are expected to vote on in the second round of "indicative vote", which will begin at 20:00 BST, and it is intended to see what outcome, if any, commands a majority in the parliament, which has rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal three times since January.
The four proposed options include the British membership of a single market and the customs union.
On Sunday night, May warned that a soft Brexit will shatter her Conservative Party.
The first round of unbinding "indicative vote" was conducted on March 27, in which none of MPs' eight proposed options secured a majority, but among them, the proposed options about a customs union with the European Union and a referendum on any deal received most support from the lawmakers.
Many of those eight options have returned for round two, but some have been replaced with new alternatives.
The prime minister, who is struggling to hold her party together, warned Sunday night that she faced resignation and a split in the Conservative Party if she agrees to pursue a "soft" Brexit this week.
Britain has until April 12 to decide whether it will seek a longer extension of Article 50 from Brussels.
Just hours before the start of the vote, MPs began a debate in the parliament on Brexit-related petitions, including the one which calls on the British government to halt Brexit and revoke Article 50. The petition already passed six million signatures on Sunday morning.
The Revoke Article 50 petition, due to be debated by MPs on Monday, is the biggest petition in the history of the House of Commons and government's e-petitions website.
The Article 50 letter can be withdrawn by Britain unilaterally, without the need for EU agreement, leaving the country free to continue as a member on its current terms.
