Remain supporters wave flags and hold a sign with the photo of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson outside the gates of Parliament in London, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. (Photo: AP)

LONDON, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- British lawmakers on Wednesday voted in favour of a bill to stop a no-deal Brexit at the end of October, a second heavy blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson in two days.

The bill was passed in its final reading in the House of Commons by 327 votes to 299.

It means the government has to extend the Brexit deadline beyond Oct. 31, if a deal has not been agreed with the EU.

It now goes to the House of Lords, which must give its assent.

The vote was cast after the rebel Tories and opposition won the control of the parliamentary business on Tuesday.

In response, Johnson dubbed it a "surrender bill" that would "cut his legs off" for negotiations on a new deal, minus the controversial backstop, which is aimed at avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland.

Johnson, who vowed to take his country out of the European Union on Oct. 31 with or without a deal, called upon MPs to back his plan to hold an early general election on Oct. 15.

The prime minister has laid a motion in the House of Commons to secure the snap election. To succeed, it needs the support of two-thirds of MPs.

The bill passed all its stages in the House of Commons in one day, with the support of most opposition parties and Tory rebels, as they tried to push it through ahead of the parliament being suspended next week.

Peers are currently debating a business motion on how to move forward with the bill on Thursday, but pro-Brexit MPs have laid down more than 100 amendments to derail its progress.

At present, the debate on whether to go to polls is under way in the House of Commons. A vote on it is expected at 21:15 BST.

Speaking to MPs in the House of Commons as he introduced the motion, Johnson said the bill approved to block a no-deal "hands control to Brussels", and "scuppers any serious negotiations".

He said it would force him to "surrender" to the European Union.

"I refuse to do this and it is clear there is only one way forward for the country," the prime minister said. "In my view, and in the view of this government, there must now be an election on Tuesday 15 October."

But the leader of opposition Labour, Jeremy Corbyn, told MPs that Johnson's offer of an election was "a bit like an offer of an apple to Snow White from the Wicked Queen... offering the poison of a no deal."

"Let this bill (to block a no deal) pass and gain Royal Assent, then we will back an election so we do not crash out," Corbyn added.

Johnson on Tuesday night said that he would ask the parliament to support a snap election next month after suffering a humiliating defeat in his first House of Commons vote as the prime minister.

He lost the historic vote, his first as the prime minister, by 328 to 301, a convincing majority of the rebels of 27.

Former cabinet ministers, including Philip Hammond and David Gauke, were among 21 Tory rebels who banded together with opposition MPs to seize the control of the legislative agenda.

The move was intended to pave the way for the rebel bill, designed to block a no-deal Brexit, forcing the prime minister to request an extension of Article 50 if he cannot strike a reworked deal with the EU.

"The House has voted repeatedly to leave the EU but it has also voted to delay actually leaving," Johnson said. "Today, I'm afraid it has voted to scupper any serious negotiations."

"There aren't any," shout opposition MPs in response.