THE UK Government has “got the numbers” to get its Brexit deal through the UK Parliament by October 31, Dominic Raab, the Foreign Secretary, has claimed.

He expressed confidence that Britain would be out of the EU by October 31 despite Boris Johnson acceding to MPs’ command that he formally request from the EU an extension to Brexit beyond that date.

Decrying the “shenanigans in Parliament,” a reference to Saturday’s Commons defeat, Mr Raab declared: “We believe we’ve got the numbers.”

He told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show: “The EU is fed up with this now, we’re fed up with this now. What a lot of people say: ‘You’ve got a new deal, get on, get to through the House of Commons and let’s move on.’ That’s overwhelmingly whether people who voted Leave or Remain now want to see happen and that’s what Parliament should do next week.”

It is thought the Prime Minister has got all 287 Tory MPs on board together with some 20 former Conservatives who left the party or had the whip removed, together with around eight Labour MPs and three Independents, making a total of 318; achingly close to the 320, which would give him an assured victory.

Last night, it was suggested the EU27 would be prepared to grant another extension to February if the Government could not get its legislation through Westminster by the October 31 deadline.

But Michael Gove was adamant the Government would succeed in getting its Brexit bill through Westminster by Hallowe’en.

The Cabinet Office Minister told Sky News's Sophy Ridge On Sunday: "We are going to leave by October 31. We have the means and the ability to do so.”

Noting how some people on Saturday voted to delay and frustrate the process, the Scot stressed: “The mood in the country is clear and the Prime Minister's determination is absolute and I am with him in this; we must leave by October 31."

Asked if Mr Johnson should resign if the UK failed to leave by Hallowe’en, Mr Gove replied: "We're going to deliver by October 31, we are going to ensure we get this deal done and I'm confident with the support of good people, with whom we may have disagreed in the past but who respect democracy, we will get this deal done."

The Cabinet Minister suggested the passing of the Letwin amendment on Saturday – requiring the Brexit legislation to be passed before the deal is ratified to avoid a crash-out – actually increased the risk of a no-deal as there was no guarantee that by October 31 the EU would grant an extension.

He revealed he would chair a Cabinet committee meeting to ensure the next stage of the Brexit preparations and the country’s preparedness for no-deal was “accelerated”.

Mr Gove explained: "It means we are triggering Operation Yellowhammer…We are preparing to ensure that if no extension is granted we have done everything possible to prepare to leave without a deal."

The Government defeat on Saturday means that the new Withdrawal Bill will have to complete its passage through Westminster by Hallowe’en before the new UK-EU deal is formally ratified by Parliament.

Section 13 1(b) of the 2018 European Union Withdrawal Act requires MPs to have a “meaningful vote” on any Brexit deal for it to be ratified.

Today, John Bercow, the Commons Speaker, after consulting his legal team, will announce whether he will grant the Government its request to have a meaningful vote on the deal. The expectation last night was that he would not.

Earlier this year, he prevented Theresa May from holding repeat votes on broadly the same question as she failed to secure support for her Brexit deal.

On Tuesday, the legislative process is due to begin with the Second Reading of the new Withdrawal Bill. Government sources have made clear it will do everything possible, including sitting through the night and over weekends, to get the bill through by October 31. One senior Conservative MP boasted that the Government would “break” the Opposition on this.

After Saturday’s vote, the Government is working from a base of 306 but already Downing St sources are suggesting that more MPs would rally behind the PM’s deal.

Sir Oliver Letwin, the eponymous author of the Brexit amendment, made clear he would back the legislation as did Amber Rudd, the former Home Secretary, who said: “Theresa May’s deal was the right deal but this is not as good but I will, nevertheless, support it.

“My biggest concern about it is about the Union and the major parties from Scotland and Northern Ireland both heavily oppose but, nevertheless, we should go ahead with it.”

It has been estimated some eight Labour MPs are set to back the deal. Lucy Powell, who represents Manchester Central, suggested she could be one of them, telling Sky News: “I probably wouldn’t have voted for it if we had had a straight up and down vote on it over the weekend but I do think now that we’ve got to move forward.”

She was one of 19 Labour MPs who wrote to the European Commission last week, saying they would back a deal. The remaining 11 are still thought to be undecided but if any did come over to back the Government this could secure Mr Johnson and his colleagues a victory.

In Brussels, officials are pressing ahead with the process of ratifying the new Brexit deal despite the upheaval at Westminster.

Donald Tusk, the European Council President, is consulting EU leaders on the PM’s reluctant request for a Brexit extension but it is unlikely Brussels would make a decision until the legislative process in London becomes clearer. Any push for yet another delay is likely to mean another European summit just before the Hallowe’en deadline.

A meeting of EU ambassadors yesterday did not discuss the extension issue but rather focused on the ratification process.

Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, told them that the Commons vote represented a “delay not a rejection”.