The end to the stalemate came after the Tories accepted a compromise offered by Prime Minister Tony Blair, who promised to allow MPs to review the bill in a year's time.
While accepting the prime minister's offer of a compromise that will deal with his concerns over the anti-terror bill, Tory leader Michael Howard said Tony Blair's pledge to give MPs a chance to review the law in a year's time was a "sunset clause in all but name," said the BBC.
Earlier, Peers had refused to give up amendments that would put a 12-month time limit on the bill and place a higher standard of proof on suspects.
Blair told reporters his plan to break the deadlock was "our best attempt to get this legislation on the statute book" - and he
If they had genuine concerns about the legislation, "this way through meets it", he said.
"If what they are actually doing is watering down the legislation in the interests of playing daft games with the nation's security then this will flush it out," he said.
But Howard said "He's (Blair) agreed to a sunset clause in everything but name.
"Everyone agrees that terrorism is a real threat to our country - the point of difference has always been how we most effectively tackle it.
"If only he'd been less arrogant,these sensible changes could have been agreed to in a quicker and more dignified manner," he said.
The passage of the Bill comes as five foreign terror suspects were freed on conditional bail from Belmarsh Prison after being detained for up to three years, said the BBC.
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