BORIS JOHNSON suffered his first three Parliamentary defeats since the general election after the House of Lords voted to demand changes to the Prime Minister’s Brexit bill.
Mr Johnson was defeated in Parliament’s second chamber as peers backed amendments to the Government’s Withdrawal Agreement Bill. In a close vote, the Lords demanded the EU citizens be given physical documentation of their right to live in the UK post-Brexit.
Peers voted for the amendment by 270 votes to 229 – a majority of 41.
Those in favour of the change to the Government bill argue the decision was made to try and prevent “another Windrush”.
The House of Lords rejected ministers’ claims the move would amount to “ID card creep”.
The second vote was to amend Mr Johnson’s proposal to hand powers to British judges in lower courts to overturn rulings by the European Court of Justice after Brexit.
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