# UK Government Defeated as House of Lords Backs a Mandatory Digital Assets Strategy

Peers passed Amendment 88 by 194 votes to 138, which would require the Treasury to publish and consult on a crypto strategy within 12 months of the bill becoming law.

- Published: 2026-09-12T05:48:50.167Z
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The House of Lords passed Amendment 88 to the Financial Services and Markets Bill by 194 votes to 138, defeating the Labour government's opposition. The amendment, introduced by the Conservative peer Baroness Neville-Rolfe, would oblige the…

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