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Lords Brexit bill debate enters second day

The House of Lords' debate on the Brexit bill has entered its second day, with 190 peers expected to speak on the European Union (Notification Of Withdrawal) Bill's second reading during the debate.

The legislation would allow the Prime Minister to trigger the formal two-year Brexit process and has already cleared the Commons unamended with big majorities,

However, the Government does not have an in-built majority in the upper chamber and a number of peers are believed to be ready to rewrite the Bill.

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Hague hits out at Blair's 'rise up' call in Brexit debate

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair's call to "rise up" to fight Brexit was "a great mistake", William Hague has said during his speech in the House of Lords Brexit bill debate.

The former foreign secretary - who said that although he voted against leaving the EU he now planned to back the government's bill - used his speech to criticise Mr Blair's comments.

Noting that Mr Blair had defeated him in the 2001 general election, Mr Hague said: "If nine months after that [election] I had asked people to rise up against the result, Mr Blair would not have been very amused ... he would have told me to listen to the voters."

Mr Blair called for Remain voters to "rise up" during a speech made to the pro-European campaign group Open Britain last week.

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