UK's House of Lords rejects PM May's BREXIT Bill

ANI  |  London [United Kingdom] 

Britain's on Monday rejected Theresa May's version of the Bill by a landslide vote.

The MPs will now vote on Wednesday to decide how much of a say the should have on a deal.

Members of the were debating over an amendment on the wording of what would be a meaningful vote on a final deal with the (EU), reported.

May and her senior Brexit ministers didn't want to be trapped with the words in the Brexit bill that would make their negotiations with difficult.

Over 22 Conservatives reportedly voted against May's government.

The went back on an agreement reached with May last week when he supported the government in the House of Commons, Grieve said.

Lord Hailsham, who led the anti-government rebellion in the Lords described Brexit as a national calamity for Britain, adding that the government's offer failed to deliver a promised meaningful vote.

On June 6, The suggested that the would handle better than

Brexit is the prospective withdrawal of the from the EU.

On June 23, 2016, in a referendum, 51.9 percent of the participating UK electorate voted to leave the EU, out of a turnout of 72.2 percent.

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First Published: Tue, June 19 2018. 12:15 IST