Full list of MPs who abstained on vote to cancel cuts to Universal Credit
"The staggering contempt that Tories show for the working class - not even bothering to TURN UP to the Opposition Debate," Jack Monroe said.
"The staggering contempt that Tories show for the working class - not even bothering to TURN UP to the Opposition Debate," Jack Monroe said.
The amendment to continue existing arrangements had been successfully moved in the House of Lords by refugee campaigner and Labour peer Lord Dubs, who fled the Nazis as a child on the Kindertransport.
The Covert Human Intelligent Sources Bill would allow public bodies - ranging from MI5 to the Food Standards Agency - to authorise agents to commit potentially egregious crimes while undercover.
Here's a full list of MPs who voted to strip the amendment from the bill.
There are several notable exemptions.
Only two Tory MPs - Sir Roger Gale and Andrew Percy – voted against the Bill.
"But it's ok because every year they shine a green light on Downing Street", David Schneider said.
Caroline Lucas put forward the amendment, calling for "red lines in the negotiations" rather than more "warm words and nice rhetoric".
Amendments to the Immigration Bill to protect lone children and call for a time limit to immigration detention were defeated by the government.
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