根据坎特伯雷大主教罗旺•威廉姆斯的观点，“所有的沉迷都是精神的枷锁”，他以极出乎寻常的干涉在上议院对计划投了他的反对票。
"All addictions are imprisonments for the soul," according to Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who made a rare intervention to cast his vote in the Lords against the plan.
正如所期待的，下议院通过了提议，但是上议院出乎所有人意料的以3票否决了它。
As expected, the House of Commons passed the motion, but the Lords surprised everyone, defeating it by just three votes.
年度预算案只要下议院就能通过，但所有的附加条款都要上议院通过。
The annual budget needs simply to pass the lower house. But all sorts of supplementary bills need upper-house approval.
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