The bill will now have to pass the House of Lords.
Even if it makes it pass there, it will likely face many legal challenges before it could become fully legal.
But it is a significant step taken by Parliament.
It also showed that Prime Minister David Cameron can only count on half of his own party supporting him, in fact he only garnered just over a third of them.
Cameron had come out supporting the bill, but many Conservatives broke ranks with him and voted against it, others yet simply abstained.
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