Government suffers a second defeat on its Brexit Bill in the Lords
MPs will now have to decide whether to overturn both defeats when the Bill goes back before them next week.
Peers have inflicted a second defeat on the Government’s Brexit Bill by demanding a “meaningful” parliamentary vote on the final divorce deal.
Voting was 366 to 268, majority 98, at the end of a passionate and sometimes bad tempered three-hour debate in a crowded House of Lords.
The amendment to the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill was approved with Labour, Liberal Democrat and some Tory backing and greeted with cheers.
Ministers have already suffered a heavy defeat over the rights of EU nationals living in the UK to remain post-Brexit.
The latest reverse represents a double blow for Theresa May and could put at risk her timetable to start talks on quitting the EU later this month.
MPs will now have to decide whether to overturn both defeats when the Bill, which will allow the Government to trigger the Article 50 process of leaving the EU, goes back before them next week.
