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| Peers in the House of Lords have started the lengthy process of scrutinising Theresa May’s flagship Brexit legislation. | Peers in the House of Lords have started the lengthy process of scrutinising Theresa May’s flagship Brexit legislation. |
| It comes after an influential committee in the Lords warned that the legislation – in its current form – is constitutionally unacceptable and will need to be substantially rewritten. | It comes after an influential committee in the Lords warned that the legislation – in its current form – is constitutionally unacceptable and will need to be substantially rewritten. |
| More than 180 members are already lined up to speak during the two-day debate on the Bill’s second reading. Expect impassioned interventions from both prominent Leave and Remain voices in the upper chamber. | More than 180 members are already lined up to speak during the two-day debate on the Bill’s second reading. Expect impassioned interventions from both prominent Leave and Remain voices in the upper chamber. |
| But the crucial stage in the progress of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill in Parliament follows a leak of the Government’s impact assessments of Brexit, claiming that Britain will be worse off after leaving the bloc regardless of the deal – or lack of deal – struck with Brussels. | But the crucial stage in the progress of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill in Parliament follows a leak of the Government’s impact assessments of Brexit, claiming that Britain will be worse off after leaving the bloc regardless of the deal – or lack of deal – struck with Brussels. |
| It is another headache for the Prime Minister who is travelling to China today in a bid to intensify the UK’s push to secure a lucrative post-Brexit deal with Beijing. | It is another headache for the Prime Minister who is travelling to China today in a bid to intensify the UK’s push to secure a lucrative post-Brexit deal with Beijing. |