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11.36pm GMT
Following the defeat of key parts of proposed Brexit legislation in the Lords, a government spokesperson said:
We are disappointed that the House of Lords has voted to remove clauses from the UK internal market bill, which was backed in the House of Commons by 340 votes to 256 and delivers on a clear Conservative manifesto commitment.
We will retable these clauses when the bill returns to the Commons.
11.24pm GMT
This is from the BBC's Nick Eardley
Govt: We've been consistently clear that the clauses represent a legal safety net to protect the integrity of the UK's internal market and the huge gains of the peace process." https://t.co/vAWGDss92a
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