A proposed anti-terrorism law in Britain that would allow terror suspects to be put under house arrest without trial survived a vote in the lower house of parliament, foiling attempts by the opposition to derail the bill, Xinhua reports.

Lawmakers Wednesday voted 309 to 233 in the House of Commons in favour of the Prevention of Terrorism Bill, which would also allow imposing curfews, tagging or bans on telephone and Internet use for terror suspects.

However, the bill faces further debate in the house next Monday before being passed on to the House of Lords, where a rougher ride is expected for the government.

The new legislation was introduced after the House of Lords ruled in January that holding foreign terror suspects in detention without trial was a breach of human rights law.

Opponents of the bill say only judges, not politicians, should be able to order curbs on liberty, especially as the provisions of proposed law for the first time also covers British citizens.

Defending the bill in the Commons, Home Secretary Charles Clarke said Britain was faced with a different order of terrorist threat, global in scale and aimed at mass murder, and stressed that measures were needed where prosecution was impossible.