May’s Brexit bill flawed, say peers
The EU withdrawal bill is fundamentally flawed and needs to be rewritten in several ways, peers have said, as the House of Lords prepares to debate the legislation this week.
The Lords constitution committee said that the bill as it currently stands risked undermining legal certainty and should be substantially changed, even though it already been voted through the House of Commons.
The bill will be subject to fierce debate when it reaches the Lords on Tuesday and Wednesday, with remain-supporting peers expected to vote for a motion of regret that the public is not getting another say over Brexit.
Ahead of that battle, the committee recommended major changes that could be debated at a later stage of the bill’s passage through the second chamber.
The purpose of the...