Anne Main urges fellow MP, Dominic Grieve, to push amendments to send a strong signal to unelected Lords.
Since the referendum over 18 months ago, some Peers have suggested that they will seek to water down, or block, Brexit. Mrs Main wants the unelected House to scrutinise the Bill, and not play politics in order to scupper the will of the British people.
My right hon. and learned Friend says that he does not wish to divide the House. However, if he had tabled an amendment and divided the House, and then that vote had been lost, it would have sent a powerful message to their lordships not to mess with the Bill and that the will of the House had been firmly expressed. There would have been an advantage in his position, if he had maintained it.
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