May planned to open the Brexit debate by insisting Britain is on course for a better future outside the European Union. She said her deal "takes back control of our borders, laws and money."
With MPs from her own Conservative benches threatening to join opposition politicians by voting against her deal, May faces the prospect of a humiliating defeat in the Dec.11 vote.
Political commentators said that the result of the debate will determine the fate of Brexit, but so far nobody knows precisely what will happen if MPs reject the deal.
Possible outcomes include a confidence vote in the government, leading to a general election to a second referendum on EU membership.
Also on Tuesday, an attempt by British ministers to refer the whole issue to a committee of MPs was defeated earlier by four votes.
The debate began after an intervention by House of Commons Speaker John Bercow.
The move came after opposition parties led by Labor and the Democratic Unionist party attacked ministers for publishing only a summary of the Brexit advice, despite a vote on Nov. 13 demanding full publication.
Bercow said there was an "arguable case that a contempt has been committed" and set aside time on Tuesday to debate the issue -- just as members of parliament were meant to be beginning a five-day debate on Brexit itself before their historic vote on the divorce agreement on Dec. 11.
Last month, the House of Commons unanimously passed a Labor motion calling for the release of any legal advice in full that had provided to ministers on the proposed withdrawal agreement and framework for the future EU-UK relationship.
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