Chaos in the Lords after Labour suffers Chagos humiliation but Speaker and Chief Whip intervene to halt decisive vote

Labour peers suffered a bruising afternoon in the House of Lords on Monday during Third Reading of the Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill, facing a succession of forensic speeches that attacked the Government’s case on security, cost, self determination and the environment. The Labour Government ultimately secured passage of the … Continue reading Chaos in the Lords after Labour suffers Chagos humiliation but Speaker and Chief Whip intervene to halt decisive vote