The government’s bid to extract the UK from EU law in time for Brexit on Monday passed its first Parliamentary test.
The EU Withdrawal Bill was backed by MPs by 326 to 290 in a late-night vote despite critics saying it represented a “power-grab” by the government.
The bill, which will end the supremacy of EU law in the UK, now moves onto its next Parliamentary stage.
Ministers sought to reassure MPs by considering calls for safeguards over their use of new powers.
Previously referred to as the Great Repeal Bill, the EU Withdrawal Bill overturns the 1972 European Communities Act which took the UK into the then European Economic Community.
It will also convert all existing EU laws into UK law, to ensure there are no gaps in legislation on Brexit day.
Britain in a referendum in 2016 voted to leave the European Union.
With agency reports.
