The House of Lords has defeated the Government once again on the latest iteration of the so-called ‘meaningful vote’ amendment to the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill by 354 to 235 votes. The Remain-dominated House delivered a majority of 119 in favour of Viscount Hailsham’s ‘meaningful vote’ amendment to the Bill which would effectively give Parliament a veto on any Brexit deal. MPs will be asked to reverse the amendment, an adapted and lengthier version of Dominic Grieve’s amendment, on Wednesday. Grieve, who tabled the initial amendment, was at the bar of the House to watch proceedings along with other anti-Brexit MPs including Anna Soubry, Antoinette Sandbach and Chris Leslie. Lord Hailsham, who described his amendment as “Grieve 2”, said it would kick in if there was no agreement by 21st January 2019, forcing the Government to make a proposal as to how they wished to proceed which MPs would then vote on. “The Government’s amendment not only fails to deliver the promised meaningful vote. That would be an act of omission and bad enough,” he said. “But this is far worse. The Government is seeking to make the promised meaningful vote impossible and that is an act of commission contrary to what ministers have promised.” Hailsham said peers should back his amendment because the Government had failed to deliver on its promise and because it was in the national interest to do so. He also called the triggering of Article 50 before there was “a firm policy” a “serious error of judgement”. However, the Leader of the Lords, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park – who spoke for the Government – said she was disappointed to see Lord Hailsham’s amendment to the Bill and added that it wasn’t right that Lords could have a veto on the deal. She said Hailsham’s amendment was a replication of Dominic Grieve’s amendment which she said contained “major flaws”. She added: “Importantly we removed Parliament’s power to give binding negotiation directions to the Government. As discussed at length this would represent a profound constitutional shift in terms of which branch of the state holds the right to act in the international sphere.” There were some tense exchanges in the chamber after it was put to Hailsham by Lord Robathan that he was trying “at all costs to destroy Brexit”, to which Hailsham admitted: “I don’t believe in Brexit… I think it’s a national calamity”. Lord True told Hailsham that people outside Parliament were “getting tired of the Parliamentary games” and wanted to know when Brexit will be delivered. He tabled his own amendment which would not have allowed any motion or resolution debated under the meaningful vote procedure to be binding on the Government or to prevent or delay Brexit, but withdrew it at the Government’s request. Peers who voted for the Hailsham/Grieve amendment: ======================================== Bishops voting for the amendment (3) ==================== Durham, Bishop Lincoln, Bishop Worcester, Bishop ================================= Conservatives voting for the amendment (22) Altmann, Baroness Arbuthnot of Edrom, Lord Balfe, Lord Bowness, Lord Cooper of Windrush, Lord Cormack, Lord Deben, Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint, Lord Hailsham, Viscount Heseltine, Lord Higgins, Lord Inglewood, Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate, Lord Livingston of Parkhead, Lord McIntosh of Pickering, Baroness Northbrook, Lord Patten of Barnes, Lord Prior of Brampton, Lord Tugendhat, Lord Warsi, Baroness Wheatcroft, Baroness Willetts, Lord =================================== Crossbenchers voting for the amendment (82) Aberdare, Lord Alton of Liverpool, Lord Berkeley of Knighton, Lord Bichard, Lord Bilimoria, Lord Birt, Lord Blair of Boughton, Lord Boothroyd, Baroness Broers, Lord Brown of Cambridge, Baroness Butler of Brockwell, Lord Butler-Sloss, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton, Baroness Carlile of Berriew, Lord Clancarty, Earl Collins of Mapesbury, Lord Colville of Culross, Viscount Cork and Orrery, Earl Coussins, Baroness D’Souza, Baroness Dykes, Lord Eames, Lord Elystan-Morgan, Lord Falkland, Viscount Finlay of Llandaff, Baroness Freyberg, Lord Greengross, Baroness Grey-Thompson, Baroness Hannay of Chiswick, Lord Harries of Pentregarth, Lord Haskins, Lord Hayman, Baroness Hennessy of Nympsfield, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Hogg, Baroness Hollins, Baroness Hope of Craighead, Lord Howe of Idlicote, Baroness Hylton, Lord Janvrin, Lord Jay of Ewelme, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, Lord Kidron, Baroness Krebs, Lord Lane-Fox of Soho, Baroness Listowel, Earl Lisvane, Lord Loomba, Lord Low of Dalston, Lord Macpherson of Earl’s Court, Lord Mair, Lord Malloch-Brown, Lord Mar, Countess Masham of Ilton, Baroness Meacher, Baroness Mitchell, Lord Morgan of Drefelin, Baroness Neuberger, Baroness O’Donnell, Lord O’Neill of Bengarve, Baroness Ouseley, Lord Pannick, Lord Patel, Lord Prashar, Baroness Rees of Ludlow, Lord Richardson of Calow, Baroness Ricketts, Lord Russell of Liverpool, Lord Sandwich, Earl Somerset, Duke Stern of Brentford, Lord Stern, Baroness Turnbull, Lord Turner of Ecchinswell, Lord Vaux of Harrowden, Lord Warner, Lord Watkins of Tavistock, Baroness Waverley, Viscount Wilson of Dinton, Lord Wilson of Tillyorn, Lord Woolf, Lord Young of Hornsey, Baroness ============================= Labour voting for the amendment (147) Adonis, Lord Allen of Kensington, Lord Alli, Lord Anderson of Swansea, Lord Andrews, Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top, Baroness Bach, Lord Bassam of Brighton, Lord Beecham, Lord Berkeley, Lord Bhattacharyya, Lord Billingham, Baroness Blood, Baroness Blunkett, Lord Boateng, Lord Bradley, Lord Bragg, Lord Brennan, Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe, Lord Brookman, Lord Browne of Ladyton, Lord Campbell-Savours, Lord Carter of Coles, Lord Cashman, Lord Chakrabarti, Baroness Chandos, Viscount Christopher, Lord Clark of Windermere, Lord Cohen of Pimlico, Baroness Collins of Highbury, Lord Corston, Baroness Crawley, Baroness Cunningham of Felling, Lord Davidson of Glen Clova, Lord Davies of Oldham, Lord Davies of Stamford, Lord Donaghy, Baroness Donoughue, Lord Drake, Baroness Drayson, Lord Dubs, Lord Elder, Lord Evans of Watford, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, Lord Faulkner of Worcester, Lord Foulkes of Cumnock, Lord Gale, Baroness Giddens, Lord Goldsmith, Lord Gordon of Strathblane, Lord Goudie, Baroness Grantchester, Lord Griffiths of Burry Port, Lord Hain, Lord Hanworth, Viscount Harris of Haringey, Lord Haskel, Lord Haworth, Lord Hayter of Kentish Town, Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill, Baroness Henig, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon, Baroness Hollick, Lord Howells of St Davids, Baroness Hughes of Woodside, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, Lord Irvine of Lairg, Lord Jay of Paddington, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, Baroness Jones, Lord Judd, Lord Kennedy of Cradley, Baroness Kennedy of Southwark, Lord Kennedy of The Shaws, Baroness Kingsmill, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead, Baroness Kinnock, Lord Knight of Weymouth, Lord Layard, Lord Lea of Crondall, Lord Leitch, Lord Lennie, Lord Levy, Lord Liddell of Coatdyke, Baroness Liddle, Lord Lister of Burtersett, Baroness Livermore, Lord MacKenzie of Culkein, Lord Massey of Darwen, Baroness Maxton, Lord McAvoy, Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale, Lord McDonagh, Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall, Baroness McKenzie of Luton, Lord Monks, Lord Morgan of Huyton, Baroness Morgan, Lord Morris of Handsworth, Lord Morris of Yardley, Baroness Murphy of Torfaen, Lord Nye, Baroness Parekh, Lord Pendry, Lord Pitkeathley, Baroness Plant of Highfield, Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede, Lord Prescott, Lord Primarolo, Baroness Prosser, Baroness Quin, Baroness Radice, Lord Ramsay of Cartvale, Baroness Rea, Lord Rebuck, Baroness Reid of Cardowan, Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, Lord Rogers of Riverside, Lord Rooker, Lord Rosser, Lord Royall of Blaisdon, Baroness Sherlock, Baroness Simon, Viscount Smith of Basildon, Baroness Snape, Lord Soley, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, Lord Stone of Blackheath, Lord Taylor of Bolton, Baroness Thornton, Baroness Tomlinson, Lord Touhig, Lord Triesman, Lord Tunnicliffe, Lord Turnberg, Lord Warwick of Undercliffe, Baroness Watson of Invergowrie, Lord Watts, Lord Wheeler, Baroness Whitaker, Baroness Whitty, Lord Williams of Elvel, Lord Winston, Lord Wood of Anfield, Lord Woolmer of Leeds, Lord Young of Norwood Green, Lord Young of Old Scone, Baroness ============================ Liberal Democrats voting for the amendment (87) Addington, Lord Alderdice, Lord Allan of Hallam, Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, Lord Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, Baroness Barker, Baroness Beith, Lord Benjamin, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury, Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted, Baroness Bradshaw, Lord Brinton, Baroness Bruce of Bennachie, Lord Burnett, Lord Burt of Solihull, Baroness Campbell of Pittenweem, Lord Chidgey, Lord Clement-Jones, Lord Cotter, Lord Dholakia, Lord Doocey, Baroness Featherstone, Baroness Foster of Bath, Lord Fox, Lord Garden of Frognal, Baroness German, Lord Glasgow, Earl Goddard of Stockport, Lord Grender, Baroness Hamwee, Baroness Harris of Richmond, Baroness Humphreys, Baroness Hussain, Lord Hussein-Ece, Baroness Janke, Baroness Jolly, Baroness Jones of Cheltenham, Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope, Lord Kramer, Baroness Lee of Trafford, Lord Ludford, Baroness Maclennan of Rogart, Lord Maddock, Baroness Marks of Henley-on-Thames, Lord McNally, Lord Miller of Chilthorne Domer, Baroness Newby, Lord Northover, Baroness Paddick, Lord Palmer of Childs Hill, Lord Parminter, Baroness Pinnock, Baroness Purvis of Tweed, Lord Randerson, Baroness Razzall, Lord Rennard, Lord Roberts of Llandudno, Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank, Lord Scott of Needham Market, Baroness Sharkey, Lord Sheehan, Baroness Shipley, Lord Shutt of Greetland, Lord Smith of Newnham, Baroness Steel of Aikwood, Lord Stephen, Lord Stoneham of Droxford, Lord Storey, Lord Strasburger, Lord Stunell, Lord Suttie, Baroness Taylor of Goss Moor, Lord Teverson, Lord Thomas of Gresford, Lord Thomas of Winchester, Baroness Thornhill, Baroness Thurso, Viscount Tope, Lord Tyler of Enfield, Baroness Tyler, Lord Vallance of Tummel, Lord Verjee, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, Lord Wallace of Tankerness, Lord Walmsley, Baroness Willis of Knaresborough, Lord Wrigglesworth, Lord Others voting for the amendment (13) Bhatia, Lord Blackstone, Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice, Baroness Filkin, Lord Jones of Moulsecoomb, Baroness Lipsey, Lord Macdonald of River Glaven, Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay, Lord Smith of Finsbury, Lord Tonge, Baroness Truscott, Lord Uddin, Baroness Wigley, Lord And the Peers who voted against the amendment and with the Government: Conservatives opposing the amendment (197) Agnew of Oulton, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Lord Anelay of St Johns, Baroness Arran, Earl Ashton of Hyde, Lord Astor of Hever, Lord Astor, Viscount Attlee, Earl Baker of Dorking, Lord Bamford, Lord Barker of Battle, Lord Bates, Lord Berridge, Baroness Bertin, Baroness Black of Brentwood, Lord Blackwell, Lord Blencathra, Lord Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist, Baroness Borwick, Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth, Lord Brabazon of Tara, Lord Brady, Baroness Bridgeman, Viscount Brougham and Vaux, Lord Browning, Baroness Buscombe, Baroness Byford, Baroness Caine, Lord Caithness, Earl Callanan, Lord Carrington of Fulham, Lord Cathcart, Earl Cavendish of Furness, Lord Chadlington, Lord Chalker of Wallasey, Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen, Baroness Coe, Lord Colgrain, Lord Colwyn, Lord Cope of Berkeley, Lord Courtown, Earl Couttie, Baroness Crathorne, Lord Cumberlege, Baroness De Mauley, Lord Deighton, Lord Dixon-Smith, Lord Dobbs, Lord Duncan of Springbank, Lord Dundee, Earl Dunlop, Lord Eaton, Baroness Eccles of Moulton, Baroness Eccles, Viscount Elton, Lord Evans of Bowes Park, Baroness Fairfax of Cameron, Lord Fairhead, Baroness Fall, Baroness Farmer, Lord Faulks, Lord Fellowes of West Stafford, Lord Fink, Lord Finkelstein, Lord Finn, Baroness Flight, Lord Fookes, Baroness Forsyth of Drumlean, Lord Framlingham, Lord Fraser of Corriegarth, Lord Freud, Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Lord Gardner of Parkes, Baroness Garel-Jones, Lord Geddes, Lord Gilbert of Panteg, Lord Glendonbrook, Lord Gold, Lord Goldie, Baroness Goodlad, Lord Goschen, Viscount Griffiths of Fforestfach, Lord Hague of Richmond, Lord Hamilton of Epsom, Lord Hanham, Baroness Harding of Winscombe, Baroness Harris of Peckham, Lord Hayward, Lord Helic, Baroness Henley, Lord Hill of Oareford, Lord Hodgson of Abinger, Baroness Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, Lord Holmes of Richmond, Lord Home, Earl Hooper, Baroness Horam, Lord Howard of Lympne, Lord Howard of Rising, Lord Howe, Earl Howell of Guildford, Lord Hunt of Wirral, Lord James of Blackheath, Lord Jenkin of Kennington, Baroness Keen of Elie, Lord King of Bridgwater, Lord Kirkham, Lord Lamont of Lerwick, Lord Lang of Monkton, Lord Lawson of Blaby, Lord Leigh of Hurley, Lord Lexden, Lord Lindsay, Earl Lingfield, Lord Liverpool, Earl Lothian, Marquess Lucas, Lord Lupton, Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Magan of Castletown, Lord Mancroft, Lord Manzoor, Baroness Marland, Lord Marlesford, Lord Maude of Horsham, Lord McColl of Dulwich, Lord McGregor-Smith, Baroness McInnes of Kilwinning, Lord Montrose, Duke Morris of Bolton, Baroness Moynihan, Lord Naseby, Lord Nash, Lord Neville-Rolfe, Baroness Newlove, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, Baroness Noakes, Baroness Norton of Louth, Lord O’Cathain, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness O’Shaughnessy, Lord Patten, Lord Pidding, Baroness Popat, Lord Price, Lord Rawlings, Baroness Redfern, Baroness Ribeiro, Lord Ridley, Viscount Risby, Lord Robathan, Lord Rock, Baroness Rotherwick, Lord Ryder of Wensum, Lord Sassoon, Lord Scott of Bybrook, Baroness Seccombe, Baroness Selborne, Earl Selkirk of Douglas, Lord Selsdon, Lord Shackleton of Belgravia, Baroness Sheikh, Lord Shephard of Northwold, Baroness Sherbourne of Didsbury, Lord Shinkwin, Lord Shrewsbury, Earl Smith of Hindhead, Lord Spicer, Lord Stedman-Scott, Baroness Sterling of Plaistow, Lord Strathclyde, Lord Stroud, Baroness Sugg, Baroness Suri, Lord Swinfen, Lord Taylor of Holbeach, Lord Tebbit, Lord Trefgarne, Lord Trenchard, Viscount Trimble, Lord True, Lord Ullswater, Viscount Vere of Norbiton, Baroness Vinson, Lord Wakeham, Lord Waldegrave of North Hill, Lord Wasserman, Lord Wei, Lord Whitby, Lord Wilcox, Baroness Williams of Trafford, Baroness Wolfson of Aspley Guise, Lord Wyld, Baroness Young of Cookham, Lord Young of Graffham, Lord Younger of Leckie, Viscount ======================== Crossbenchers opposing the amendment (24) Bew, Lord Cameron of Dillington, Lord Craig of Radley, Lord Craigavon, Viscount Cromwell, Lord Dannatt, Lord Deech, Baroness Erroll, Earl Fellowes, Lord Green of Deddington, Lord Greenway, Lord Hogan-Howe, Lord Judge, Lord Kakkar, Lord Lytton, Earl Mawson, Lord Mountevans, Lord Palmer, Lord Powell of Bayswater, Lord Slim, Viscount St John of Bletso, Lord Thurlow, Lord Trevethin and Oaksey, Lord Wolf of Dulwich, Baroness ================================== Labour opposing the amendment (1) ========================= Mallalieu, Baroness ======================== Liberal Democrat opposing the amendment (1) Falkner of Margravine, Baroness Other peers who opposed the amendment (12) Browne of Belmont, Lord Empey, Lord Hay of Ballyore, Lord Kalms, Lord Morrow, Lord Owen, Lord Pearson of Rannoch, Lord Rogan, Lord Stevens of Ludgate, Lord Stoddart of Swindon, Lord Stowell of Beeston, Baroness Willoughby de Broke, Lord