Brexit news - live: Three ministers resign as MPs vote to seize control over EU exit from May

Alistair Burt, the foreign office minister, has resigned, government sources have confirmed.

It seems now that health minister Steve Brine has also resigned from the government so he could back the Letwin amendment.

Here are the 30 Tory rebels, who voted in favour of the Letwin amendment. 

The government DEFEATED the Beckett amendment by 311 votes to 314, which aimed to give MPs had a say on a no deal.

MPs are now voting on the motion as amended - ie with the Letwin amendment on it.

Here are your Labour rebels, who voted against the Letwin amendment.

Lots of sadness about the resignation of Alistair Burt, who was widely regarded at the Foreign Office and well liked across parliament.

That's it for tonight's votes, as the main motion, as amended by Sir Oliver Letwin, passed by 327 votes to 300.

The Brexit department said the vote on Sir Oliver Letwin's amendment set a "dangerous, unpredictable precedent" for the future.

"It is disappointing to see this amendment pass, as the government made a clear commitment to provide a process to find a majority in parliament for a way forward this week," a spokesman said.

"This amendment instead upends the balance between our democratic institutions and sets a dangerous, unpredictable precedent for the future.

"While it is now up to parliament to set out next steps in respect of this amendment, the government will continue to call for realism - any options considered must be deliverable in negotiations with the EU.

"Parliament should take account of how long these negotiations would take and if they'd require a longer extension which would mean holding European Parliamentary elections."

Guy Verhofstadt, the European parliament's Brexit coordinator, is straight out of the blocks.

So what's going on now? Basically, MPs have voted to take control of the Commons timetable on Wednesday so they can hold a series of indicative votes on different Brexit options.

It's controversial because the government is normally in charge of the parliamentary agenda - but MPs have tonight voted to tear up the rule book.

The folk at the Institute for Government have produced a very helpful explainer on the votes.