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19 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
🚨 Government defeats in the House of Lords 🚨

Our website has been updated with two government defeats yesterday in the House of Lords on the UK Internal Market Bill.

To check out summaries of their effect and voting breakdowns see our website ⬇️⬇️ ucl.ac.uk/constitution-u…
These are in addition to the three record-breaking defeats on the Bill the government at second reading and committee stage ⬇️⬇️

Two more days of report stage for the UK Internal Market Bill are to come next week. The government was also defeated on two amendments to the Fire Safety Bill earlier this week, and are currently debating Commons amendments to the Private International Law Bill.
Unit Director Meg Russell will explore the role and reform of the House of Lords on 24 Nov with @MileEndInst You can sign up below ⬇️⬇️

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