The FOURTEEN times Lords have waded in

THE Government has been defeated 14 times in the Lords at the report stage of the EU Withdrawal Bill. Peers backed a series of amendments that include keeping the EU charter of fundamental rights, scrapping the fixed exit date and now staying in the European Economic Area.

AMENDMENT 1: Requires the Government to make a statement on its efforts to negotiate a customs union

AMENDMENT 11: Insists changes to employments, equality, health and safety, consumer standards and environmental law can only be made by primary legislation

AMENDMENT 15: Incorporates the EU’s controversial Charter of Fundamental Rights into UK law

AMENDMENT 18: Ends ministers’ ability to specify when individuals are allowed to challenge EU law kept after Brexit

AMENDMENT 19: Creates a right to bring court cases if the UK fails to comply with the general principles of EU law

AMENDMENT 31: Limits the scope of socalled ‘Henry VIII’ powers that will allow ministers to re-write EU laws as they are copied into British law

AMENDMENT 49: Removes Theresa May’s ability to walk away from Brexit talks without a vote of Parliament

AMENDMENT 51: Stops ministers implementing the deal unless Parliament has approved a mandate for negotiations about the future relationship.

AMENDMENT 59: Maintains Dublin Regulations allowing asylum seekers who reach Europe to join family already in Britain

AMENDMENT 70: Creates a parliamentary committee to decide on whether extra scrutiny is needed on certain regulations

AMENDMENT 88: Enshrines support for the Good Friday Agreement in the Bill

AMENDMENT 93: Allows Government to stay in EU agencies or mirror EU rules

AMENDMENT 95: Removes the 29 March 2019 fixed Brexit date from the Bill

AMENDMENT 110A: Forces the Government to negotiate continued membership of the European Economic Area