LONDON
\nBritain\u2019s House of Lords inflicted another defeat on the government on Monday over its flagship Brexit Bill, sending it back to MPs and setting up a fresh showdown between Prime Minister Theresa May and her pro-European rebels.<\/p>\n
Unelected peers in the Upper House voted by 354 to 235 to support a rebel amendment on the role Parliament should play if the government fails to secure a deal with the European Union before Britain leaves the bloc in March 2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to ensure that Parliament does have a meaningful vote and I don\u2019t want to see that left to chance,\u201d said Lord Hailsham, the member of May\u2019s Conservative Party who proposed the motion.<\/p>\n
The amendment to the EU Bill was drawn up in consultation with pro-European MPs in the lower House of Commons, who will have a chance to vote on it themselves on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
They had threatened to rebel on the same issue when they debated the Bill last week, but held off following personal assurances from May that she would heed their concerns.<\/p>\n
However, her compromise amendment fell short of their expectations, and peers agreed to back an alternative so the MPs could vote again when the Bill returns to them, in a process known as “ping-pong\u201d.<\/p>\n
May earlier warned that any attempt by Parliament to take control of the Brexit negotiations would weaken her hand. \u201cOf course we have been listening to concerns about the role of parliament,\u201d she told reporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we need to make sure that Parliament can\u2019t tie the government’s hands in negotiation and can\u2019t overturn the will of the British people.\u201d Despite the stuttering progress in the talks with Brussels, both sides still hope to reach a deal in October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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