Lord Krebs, who instigated the move, argued that while EU rules would be carried over into UK law, environmental principles underpinning them would not. The UK ' ’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 protection after Brexit . Other defeats have come over the customs union , the Irish Constitution and removing the precise Brexit date of 29 March 2019 from the calendar . MPs now have to debate the amendments on a day yet to be decided .
The UK ' ’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 protection after Brexit . Other defeats have come over the customs union , the Irish Constitution and removing the precise Brexit date of 29 March 2019 from the calendar . MPs now have to debate the amendments on a day yet to be decided .