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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given up to and including

Wednesday 21 February 2018

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance

Amendments tabled since the last publication: NC3

Consideration of Bill (Report Stage)

Trade Bill

Note

This document includes all amendments tabled to date and includes any

withdrawn amendments at the end. The amendments have been arranged in the

order in which they relate to the Bill.

Anna Soubry

Mr Kenneth Clarke

Mr Chris Leslie

Kate Green

Rushanara Ali

Chuka Umunna

Mr Ben Bradshaw

Stephen Doughty

Wes Streeting

Caroline Lucas

Mr David Lammy

Wera Hobhouse

Heidi Alexander

Ian Murray

Liz Kendall

Gareth Thomas

Martin Whitfield

Maria Eagle

Ruth Cadbury

Darren Jones

Alison McGovern

Tulip Siddiq

Stella Creasy

Angela Smith

Ann Coffey

Peter Kyle

Phil Wilson

Seema Malhotra

Mike Gapes

Stephen Kinnock

Geraint Davies

Stephen Timms

Mrs Madeleine Moon

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Neil Coyle

Mary Creagh

Catherine McKinnell

Anna Turley

Mrs Louise Ellman

Tom Brake

Kerry McCarthy

Daniel Zeichner

Dame Margaret Hodge

Catherine West

Luciana Berger

Liz Saville Roberts

Hywel Williams

Ben Lake

Jonathan Edwards

Mr Dominic Grieve

Stephen Hammond

Jeremy Lefroy

Antoinette Sandbach

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

NC1

To move the following Clause—

“EU customs union

(1)    

It shall be the objective of an appropriate authority to take all necessary steps to

implement an international trade agreement which enables the UK to participate

after exit day in a customs union with the EU in the same terms as existed before

exit day.

(2)    

Exit day shall have the meaning set out in section 14 of the European Union

(Withdrawal) Act 2018.”

Wera Hobhouse

NC2

To move the following Clause—

“Review of the impact on the UK economy

(1)    

Before the end of the initial five year period, the Secretary of State must publish

and lay before both Houses of Parliament an assessment of the impact of all

international trade agreements implemented under section 2 of this Act on—

(a)    

the economy of the United Kingdom,

(b)    

the economy of the different parts of the United Kingdom and different

regions of England, and

(c)    

individual economic sectors.

(2)    

The assessment in subsection (1) must so far as practicable analyse the expected

difference in outcomes between the international trade agreements implemented

under section 2 of this Act and those international trade agreements to which the

United Kingdom would have been a signatory had it continued to participate in

the EU Customs Union.

(3)    

In this section—

 “the initial five year period” has the same meaning as in section 2(8)(a),

“parts of the United Kingdom” means—

(a)    

England,

(b)    

Scotland,

(c)    

Wales, and

(d)    

Northern Ireland

 “regions of England” has the same meaning as that used by the Office for

National Statistics.”

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Caroline Lucas

Kerry McCarthy

Hannah Bardell

Liz Saville Roberts

Kate Green

Mr David Lammy

Patrick Grady

NC3

To move the following Clause—

“Free trade agreements: Parliamentary scrutiny and consent

(1)    

The Secretary of State shall not commence negotiations relating to a free trade

agreement unless—

(a)    

a Minister of the Crown has laid before Parliament a sustainability impact

assessment conducted by a credible body independent of government

following consultation with—

(i)    

each devolved authority,

(ii)    

public bodies, businesses, trade unions and non-governmental

organisations which, in the opinion of the Minister, have a

relevant interest, and

(iii)    

the public,

and the assessment shall include both qualitative and quantitative

assessments of the potential impacts of the proposed trade agreement,

including social, economic, environmental, gender, human rights, labour,

development and regional impacts,

(b)    

a Minister of the Crown has laid before Parliament a draft of a negotiating

mandate relating to the proposed trade agreement, setting out—

(i)    

all fields and sectors to be included in the proposed negotiations,

(ii)    

the principles to underpin the proposed negotiations,

(iii)    

any limits on the proposed negotiations, and

(iv)    

the desired outcomes from the proposed negotiations, and

(c)    

the House of Commons has approved by resolution a motion, drafted in

terms which permit amendment, setting out a proposed negotiating

mandate and authorising the Secretary of State to enter negotiations on

the proposed trade agreement on the basis of that mandate, and the House

of Lords has approved a resolution in the same terms as that approved by

the House of Commons.

(2)    

The United Kingdom may not become a signatory to a free trade agreement

unless—

(a)    

during the course of the negotiations, the text of the trade agreement as

so far agreed or consolidated has been made publicly available within ten

working days of the close of each negotiating round,

(b)    

between each round of negotiations, all documents relating to the

negotiations have been made available for scrutiny by select committees

in both Houses of Parliament,

(c)    

upon conclusion of the negotiations, the House of Commons has

approved by resolution a motion, drafted in terms which permit

amendment, setting out the text of the trade agreement as negotiated and

authorising the Secretary of State to sign the proposed agreement, and the

House of Lords has approved a resolution in the same terms as that

approved by the House of Commons, and

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(d)    

the text of the trade agreement includes provision for a review of the

operation and impacts of the agreement no later than ten years after the

day on which the agreement comes into force.”

Member’s explanatory statement

This new clause would ensure that all new free trade agreements are subject to parliamentary

scrutiny and consent.

Wera Hobhouse

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Clause  2,  page  2,  line  29,  at end insert—

“(4A)    

Regulations under subsection (1) may make provision for the purpose of

implementing an international trade agreement only if:

(a)    

the provisions of that international trade agreement do not conflict with,

and are consistent with—

(i)    

the provisions of the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by

the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015,

(ii)    

international human rights law and international humanitarian

law,

(iii)    

the United Kingdom’s obligations on workers’ rights and labour

standards as established by but not limited to the commitments

under the International Labour Organisation’s Declaration on

Fundamental Rights at Work and its Follow-up Conventions,

(iv)    

the United Kingdom’s environmental obligations in

international law and as established by, but not limited to, the

Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework

Convention on Climate Change, the Convention on International

Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES),

and the Convention on Biological Diversity, including the

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety,

(v)    

existing standards for food safety and quality as set and

administered by the Department of Health, the Food Standards

Agency and any other public authority specified in regulations

made by the Secretary of State,

(vi)    

the United Kingdom’s obligations as established by the

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination

Against Women and by the Convention on the Rights of the

Child, and

(vii)    

the sovereignty of Parliament, the legal authority of UK courts,

the rule of law and the principle of equality before the law.

(b)    

the provisions of that international trade agreement do not in any way

restrict the ability to determine whether public services at a national or

local level are delivered by public sector employees, and

(c)    

the Secretary of State has laid before Parliament an assessment that

considers the potential economic, social, human rights and

environmental impacts of the international trade agreement on the

contracting parties.”

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Jeremy Corbyn

John McDonnell

Mr Nicholas Brown

Barry Gardiner

Bill Esterson

Judith Cummins

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Clause  2,  page  2,  line  40,  at end insert—

“(7A)    

No regulations made under subsection (1) shall preclude the United Kingdom

from participating in a customs union with the European Union following exit

day.”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment allows for the implementation of international trade agreements while leaving

open the possibility of negotiating a customs union with the EU.

Mr Chris Leslie

Caroline Lucas

Tom Brake

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Clause  6,  page  4,  line  10,  at end insert—

“(aa)    

the conduct of trade within a customs union within the meaning of

section 31 of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018,”

Wera Hobhouse

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Schedule  2,  page  12,  line  5,  leave out “or 2(1)”

Wera Hobhouse

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Schedule  2,  page  12,  line  6,  at end insert—

“(1A)    

A statutory instrument containing regulations of a Minister of the Crown under

section 2(1) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before,

and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.”

Order of the House [9 January 2018, As Amended 17 January 2018]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Trade Bill:

Committal

1.    

The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

2.    

Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 1 February 2018.

3.    

The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

which it meets.

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Proceedings on Consideration and up to and including Third Reading

4.    

Proceedings on Consideration and any proceedings in legislative grand

committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which

proceedings on Consideration are commenced.

5.    

Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

6.    

Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

proceedings on Consideration and up to and including Third Reading.

Other proceedings

7.    

Any other proceedings on the Bill may be programmed.