1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: Now it's time for our daily Bloomberg Law Brief, exploring 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: legal issues in the news, and the lab Brief is 3 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:09,319 Speaker 1: brought to you by American Arbitration Association, International Trade or 4 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 1: Business Dispute Resolve Faster with the International Center for Discute Resolution, 5 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: the leader in alternative dispute resolution around the world i 6 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: c d R dot org. Today Bloomberg, Laho, stun Grasso 7 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: and Michael Best discussed the first parliamentary defeat for UK 8 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: Prime Minister Theresa May's bill to trigger Brexit. They speak 9 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: with Stephen Pierce, a professor at the University of Essex 10 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:33,159 Speaker 1: School of Law, and Katherine Bernard, a professor at the 11 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: University at Cambridge School of Law. Catherine, what is the 12 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: significance of the vote by the House of Lords on 13 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 1: this bill. It's significant because there was an important judgment 14 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:50,560 Speaker 1: of our Supreme Court um in January saying that they're 15 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: needed to be an Act of Parliament to trigger the 16 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: Article fifty process. That's the process that will take the 17 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: UK out of the European Union. And the bill went 18 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: through the House of Commons very easily. There was a 19 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: number of amendments proposed that they all rejected and now 20 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: the House of Lords are scrutinizing it, and Dave raised 21 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,320 Speaker 1: concerns about a number of issues that particularly about protecting 22 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:18,639 Speaker 1: the rights of EU nationals who already here. And actually 23 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:21,479 Speaker 1: there's quite a lot of cross party support for giving 24 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: rights to EU nationals, but the question is how and when, 25 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: and the big question is should it be done in 26 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: advance of Article fifty being triggered or should it be 27 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: part of the Brexit negotiations because trees are May says 28 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: we don't want to give entitlements to EU nationals in 29 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,040 Speaker 1: the United Kingdom now because we want to secure the 30 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: position of British nationals living in the EU. And this 31 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: has led to complaints that EU nationals in the UK 32 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 1: are being used as bargaining chips and they say this 33 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: is not fair. Stephen. The House of Commons will be 34 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: debating the amended bill where May is Conservative party has 35 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: a slender majority. Is the vote likely to go along 36 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: party lines? Well it did. When the House of Commons 37 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: first looked at this bill. There were only a few 38 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: Conservative MPs who switched and voted with the opposition, and 39 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 1: they are actually one or to labor MPs who switched 40 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 1: a body with the Conservatives and then there when people 41 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,799 Speaker 1: like Shin Fame from Northern Irelands who don't take their seats. 42 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: So unless about ten Conservatives switch or something like that, 43 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: that because they have aust Unionists on this side, so 44 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 1: ten fifteen Conservatives would have to switch in order to 45 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 1: defeat the government and that maybe um probably a politically 46 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: unrealistic but we'll see Stephen Pierce, a professor at the 47 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,239 Speaker 1: University of Essex School of Law, and Catherine Bernard, a 48 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: professor at the University of Cambridge School of Law, speaking 49 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: at Bloomberg Lahoe, student Grasso and Michael Best. 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