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MPs have rejected all five amendments to the Brexit withdrawal agreement bill which were proposed by the House of Lords.
The tweaks to Boris Johnson’s plans were formulated by peers and brought the withdrawal agreement back to the Commons, despite it having already passed the lower House.
However, due to the PM’s 80 strong majority, the government was able to rally those in the Commons to reject all of the suggested changes.
The bill will now again return to the Lords for consideration.
This could prompt further parliamentary back and forth, though it is seen as likely they will now pass it following the amendments falling.
Among the votes was the Lord Alf Dubs amendment, which seeks to restore the right of unaccompanied child refugees in the EU to be reunited with their families in the UK after Brexit.
Lord Dubs fled the Nazis as a child on the Kindertransport, and has urged ministers not to use the children as “bargaining chips”.
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