May's Brexit Bill Faces New Obstacle After Lords Demand Changes
- Bill gives ministers unprecedented powers to deliver Brexit
- Lords committee proposes limiting those ministerial powers
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U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May faces fresh difficulties getting her flagship Brexit bill through parliament after lawmakers in the upper House of Lords demanded changes to its provisions for scrutiny.
The House of Lords Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee said Thursday that the European Union (withdrawal) Bill, which is designed to copy EU rules and regulations into British law, should be adapted so a panel of lawmakers chooses which ones need to be approved by Parliament.