The UK government’s Brexit bill has returned to EU after 15 defeats in the House of Lords , over environmental protection, and a Labour peer has told Theresa May to be “pragmatic” about the proposed changes. The final defeat came because peers wanted the government to maintain the House of Lords environmental standards after Brexit . Other defeats have come over the customs union, the Irish border and removing the precise Commons date of 15 a day from the legislation. MPs now have to debate the amendments on a day yet to be decided.
The UK government’s Brexit bill has returned to the House of Commons after 15 defeats in the House of Lords, over environmental protection, and a Labour peer has told Theresa May to be “pragmatic” about the proposed changes. The final defeat came because peers wanted the government to maintain EU environmental standards after Brexit. Other defeats have come over the customs union, the Irish border and removing the precise Brexit date of 29 March 2019 from the legislation. MPs now have to debate the amendments on a day yet to be decided.