House of Lords pass Brexit Bill allowing it to receive the Royal Assent.

House of Lords pass Brexit Bill allowing it to receive the Royal Assent.

The House of Lords have finally passed the Brexit Bill after making two changes to it which were then defeated by the House of Commons.

The Bill can now receive the Royal Assent allowing it to become an Act.

The result of the Act means that the Prime Minister can now trigger Article 50 to begin the official discussions with the EU concerning conditions for the UK to leave the EU.

The House of Lords had originally made two ammendments.
1. This concerned protecting the rights of EU citizens in the UK.
2. Which pushed for requiring a meaningful parliamentary vote on the final deal.
Both ammendments were defeated by MP’s in the House of Commons and were removed from the final Bill.

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