The appointment of Lord Ricketts, the former ambassador to France, as chairman of the Lords European Affairs Committee was criticised by former Tory minister Lord Hamilton, a vocal Leave campaigner.
The British government has suffered defeats in the House of Lords over plans to scrap certain EU laws by the end of the year, reports BBC. Peers backed an amendment which would give Parliament greater scrutiny over which rules should be ditched and also voted to give devolved governments, rather than Westminster ministers, the final say on whether EU rights should be kept.
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