The House of Lords will not “sabotage” Brexit, the Speaker of the House of Lords says today, as he urges Theresa May not to create peers to ensure Parliament approves the triggering of Article 50.

The Supreme Court is expected to rule later this month that Parliament should be given a veto over the Prime Minister’s decision to take Britain out of the European Union.

This has prompted speculation that peers in the Lords – where the Conservatives do not have a majority – will seek to frustrate the process of leaving which involves triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.

However, in a comment article for The Telegraph, Lord Fowler, who was elected by peers to be Lord Speaker last Autumn, insists that peers “recognise the primacy of the Commons”.