Still, May only defeated an amendment to trade legislation by six votes.

The General Synod narrowly defeated an amendment to introduce legislation implementing these proposals from May until November.

The House of Representatives last week narrowly defeated an amendment to a spending bill that would have limited the NSA's scope to collect electronic information.

MPs narrowly defeated an amendment tabled by the veteran Labour backbencher Dame Margaret Beckett to seek to permanently block a no-deal Brexit without parliament's consent.