Despite the major blow given to
Mrs May by the House of Lords on Wednesday, Theresa May’s government have come
out to express how confident they are in actualising their Brexit plans by the
end of March.
The Government said such a vote by
the House of Lords was “disappointing”, thus, are fighting to ensure such a
move is reversed by the House of Commons.
According to spokesman for the
Brexit Department: "The bill has a straightforward purpose - to enact the
referendum result and allow the Government to get on with the
negotiations."
With seven rebel Conservative
peers voting for the amendment along with 78 independent crossbenchers,
opposition parties urged ministers to take the opportunity to rethink their
position on EU nationals.
The Government has always maintained
that while it wanted to secure the future rights of EU citizens in the UK, it
needed to be able to secure reciprocal rights for British citizens living in
the EU at the same time.
The bill is now expected to return
to the Commons on 13 and 14 March.
A similar amendment has already
been rejected by MPs, and if they do so again, the amendment will then
"ping pong" back to the Lords.
However, Senior opposition parties
have indicated they will not seek to defeat the Government again, potentially
allowing the PM to invoke Article 50 on 15 March.
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