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| 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 | Antoinette Sandbach | Mr Jonathan Djanogly | Tim Farron | Jo Swinson | Robert Neill | Joanna Cherry | Jamie Stone | Dr Rupa Huq | Layla Moran | Helen Hayes | Susan Elan Jones | Dr Paul Williams |
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| | To move the following Clause— |
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| | (1) | It shall be the objective of an appropriate authority to take all necessary steps to |
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| | implement an international trade agreement which enables the UK to participate |
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| | after exit day in a customs union with the EU in the same terms as existed before |
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| | (2) | Exit day shall have the meaning set out in section 14 of the European Union |
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| | To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Review of the impact on the UK economy |
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| | (1) | Before the end of the initial five year period, the Secretary of State must publish |
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| | and lay before both Houses of Parliament an assessment of the impact of all |
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| | international trade agreements implemented under section 2 of this Act on— |
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| | (a) | the economy of the United Kingdom, |
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| | (b) | the economy of the different parts of the United Kingdom and different |
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| | (c) | individual economic sectors. |
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| | (2) | The assessment in subsection (1) must so far as practicable analyse the expected |
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| | difference in outcomes between the international trade agreements implemented |
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| | under section 2 of this Act and those international trade agreements to which the |
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| | United Kingdom would have been a signatory had it continued to participate in |
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| | “the initial five year period” has the same meaning as in section 2(8)(a), |
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| | “parts of the United Kingdom” means— |
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| | “regions of England” has the same meaning as that used by the Office for |
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| Mr David Lammy | Patrick Grady | Joanna Cherry | Wera Hobhouse | Tom Brake | Stephen Doughty | Helen Hayes |
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| | To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Free trade agreements: Parliamentary scrutiny and consent |
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| | (1) | The Secretary of State shall not commence negotiations relating to a free trade |
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| | (a) | a Minister of the Crown has laid before Parliament a sustainability impact |
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| | assessment conducted by a credible body independent of government |
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| | following consultation with— |
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| | (i) | each devolved authority, |
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| | (ii) | public bodies, businesses, trade unions and non-governmental |
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| | organisations which, in the opinion of the Minister, have a |
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| | | and the assessment shall include both qualitative and quantitative |
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| | assessments of the potential impacts of the proposed trade agreement, |
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| | including social, economic, environmental, gender, human rights, labour, |
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| | development and regional impacts, |
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| | (b) | a Minister of the Crown has laid before Parliament a draft of a negotiating |
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| | mandate relating to the proposed trade agreement, setting out— |
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| | (i) | all fields and sectors to be included in the proposed negotiations, |
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| | (ii) | the principles to underpin the proposed negotiations, |
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| | (iii) | any limits on the proposed negotiations, and |
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| | (iv) | the desired outcomes from the proposed negotiations, and |
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| | (c) | the House of Commons has approved by resolution a motion, drafted in |
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| | terms which permit amendment, setting out a proposed negotiating |
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| | mandate and authorising the Secretary of State to enter negotiations on |
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| | the proposed trade agreement on the basis of that mandate, and the House |
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| | of Lords has approved a resolution in the same terms as that approved by |
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| | (2) | The United Kingdom may not become a signatory to a free trade agreement |
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| | (a) | during the course of the negotiations, the text of the trade agreement as |
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| | so far agreed or consolidated has been made publicly available within ten |
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| | working days of the close of each negotiating round, |
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| | (b) | between each round of negotiations, all documents relating to the |
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| | negotiations have been made available for scrutiny by select committees |
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| | in both Houses of Parliament, |
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| | (c) | upon conclusion of the negotiations, the House of Commons has |
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| | approved by resolution a motion, drafted in terms which permit |
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| | amendment, setting out the text of the trade agreement as negotiated and |
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| | authorising the Secretary of State to sign the proposed agreement, and the |
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| | House of Lords has approved a resolution in the same terms as that |
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| | 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 |
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| | operation and impacts of the agreement no later than ten years after the |
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| | day on which the agreement comes into force.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This new clause would ensure that all new free trade agreements are subject to parliamentary |
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| Owen Smith | Bill Esterson | Judith Cummins | Stephanie Peacock |
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| | To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Convention about Parliament legislating on devolved matters |
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| | (1) | Regulations made under section 1(1) by a Minister of the Crown, may not |
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| | normally make provision which would be within the devolved competence of a |
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| | devolved authority unless— |
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| | (a) | so far as they contain provision which would be within the devolved |
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| | competence of the Scottish Ministers (within the meaning given in |
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| | paragraph 7 of Schedule 1), the Scottish Ministers consent, or |
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| | (b) | so far as they contain provision which would be within the devolved |
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| | competence of the Welsh Ministers (within the meaning given in |
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| | paragraph 8 of Schedule 1), the Welsh Ministers consent, or |
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| | (c) | so far as they contain provision which would be within the devolved |
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| | competence of a Northern Ireland department (within the meaning of |
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| | paragraph 9 of Schedule 1), unless the Northern Ireland department has |
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| | (2) | Regulations made under section 2(1) by a Minister of the Crown, may not |
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| | normally make provision which would be within the devolved competence of a |
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| | devolved authority unless— |
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| | (a) | so far as they contain provision which would be within the devolved |
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| | competence of the Scottish Ministers (within the meaning given in |
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| | paragraph 7 of Schedule 1), the Scottish Ministers consent, or |
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| | (b) | so far as they contain provision which would be within the devolved |
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| | competence of the Welsh Ministers (within the meaning given in |
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| | paragraph 8 of Schedule 1), the Welsh Ministers consent, or |
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| | (c) | so far as they contain provision which would be within the devolved |
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| | competence of a Northern Ireland department (within the meaning given |
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| | in paragraph 9 of Schedule 1), unless the Northern Ireland department |
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| | (3) | This paragraph does not apply to regulations made by the Secretary of State |
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| | (a) | section 35 or 58 of the Scotland Act 1998 (as amended), |
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| | (b) | section 82 or 114 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (as amended), or |
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| | (c) | section 25 or 26 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (as amended).” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This new clause would ensure that regulations made by a Minister of the Crown within devolved |
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| | competence require the consent of Ministers in devolved authorities in accordance with the |
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| | convention about Parliament legislating on devolved matters while making clear that this does not |
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| | alter the current powers of Ministers of the Crown in respect of international agreements. |
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| Stephen Hammond | Jo Swinson | Heidi Allen | Jeremy Lefroy | Mr Chris Leslie | Stephen Doughty | Robert Neill | Stephen Kinnock | Kerry McCarthy | Tulip Siddiq | Dame Margaret Hodge | Dr Rupa Huq | Mr Kenneth Clarke | Antoinette Sandbach | Helen Hayes | Susan Elan Jones |
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| | To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Implementation of a customs union with the EU |
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| | (1) | It shall be the objective of an appropriate authority to take all necessary steps to |
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| | implement an international trade agreement which enables the UK to participate |
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| | after exit day in a customs union with the EU. |
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| | (2) | Exit day shall have the meaning set out in section 14 of the European Union |
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| Stephen Hammond | Mr Chris Leslie | Heidi Allen |
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| | To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Regulations: Parliamentary procedure |
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| | (1) | If the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to proceed with the making of |
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| | regulations of a type which fall under section 2(4A)(a) or (b)), he or she must lay |
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| | (a) | a draft of the regulations, and |
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| | (b) | an explanatory document. |
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| | (2) | The explanatory document must— |
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| | (a) | explain under which power or powers in this Act the provision contained |
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| | in the regulations is made; |
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| | (b) | introduce and give reasons for the provision; |
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| | (c) | identify and give reasons for— |
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| | (i) | any functions of legislating conferred by the regulations; and |
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| | (ii) | the procedural requirements attaching to the exercise of those |
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| | (d) | contain a recommendation by the Secretary of State as to which of the |
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| | following should apply in relation to the making of regulations pursuant |
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| | to the draft regulations— |
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| | (i) | the negative resolution procedure (see subsection (6)) or |
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| | (ii) | the affirmative resolution procedure (see subsection (7)); and |
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| | (e) | give a reason for the Secretary of State’s recommendation. |
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| | (3) | Where the Secretary of State’s recommendation under subsection (2)(d) is that |
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| | the negative resolution procedure should apply, that procedure shall apply unless, |
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| | within the 20-day period, either House of Parliament requires that the affirmative |
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| | resolution procedure shall apply, in which case that procedure shall apply. |
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| | (4) | For the purposes of this paragraph a House of Parliament shall be taken to have |
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| | required a procedure within the 20-day period if— |
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| | (a) | that House resolves within that period that that procedure shall apply; or |
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| | (b) | in a case not falling within subsection (4)(a), a committee of that House |
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| | charged with reporting on the draft regulations has recommended within |
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| | that period that that procedure should apply and the House has not by |
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| | resolution rejected that recommendation within that period. |
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| | (5) | In this section the “20-day period” means, for each House of Parliament, the |
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| | period of 20 days on which that House sits, beginning with the day on which the |
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| | draft regulations were laid before Parliament under subsection (1). |
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| | (6) | For the purposes of this section, the “negative resolution procedure” in relation to |
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| | the making of regulations pursuant to a draft of the regulations laid under |
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| | subsection (1) is as follows— |
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| | (a) | the Secretary of State may make regulations in the terms of the draft |
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| | regulations subject to the following provisions of this subsection; |
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| | (b) | the Secretary of State may not make regulations in the terms of the draft |
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| | regulations if either House of Parliament so resolves within the 40-day |
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| | (c) | for the purposes of this paragraph regulations are made in the terms of the |
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| | draft regulations if they contain no material changes to the provisions of |
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| | the draft regulations; and |
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| | (d) | in this subsection the “40-day period” means, for each House of |
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| | Parliament, the period of 40 days on which that House sits, beginning |
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| | with the day on which the draft regulations were laid before Parliament |
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| | (7) | For the purposes of this section the “affirmative resolution procedure” in relation |
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| | to the making of regulations pursuant to a draft of the regulations being laid under |
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| | subsection (1) is as follows— |
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| | (a) | the Secretary of State must have regard to— |
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| | (ii) | any resolution of either House of Parliament; and |
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| | (iii) | any recommendations of a committee of either House of |
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| | Parliament charged with reporting on the draft regulations, made |
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| | during the 40-day period with regard to the draft regulations; |
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| | (b) | if, after the expiry of the 40-day period, the Secretary of State wishes to |
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| | make regulations in the terms of the draft, he must lay before Parliament |
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| | (i) | stating whether any representations were made under subsection |
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| | (ii) | if any representations were so made, giving details of them; |
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| | (c) | the Secretary of State may after the laying of such a statement make |
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| | regulations in the terms of the draft if they are approved by a resolution |
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| | of each House of Parliament; |
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| | (d) | if, after the expiry of the 40-day period, the Secretary of State wishes to |
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| | make regulations consisting of a version of the draft regulations with |
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| | material changes, he must lay before Parliament— |
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| | (i) | revised draft regulations; and |
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| | (ii) | a statement giving details of— |
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| | (a) | any representations made under subsection (7)(a)(i); and |
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| | (b) | the revisions proposed; |
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| | (e) | the Secretary of State may, after laying revised draft regulations and a |
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| | statement under sub-paragraph (d), make regulations in the terms of the |
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| | revised draft if they are approved by a resolution of each House of |
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| | (f) | for the purposes of sub-paragraph (e) regulations are made in the terms |
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| | of the draft regulations if they contain no material changes to the |
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| | provisions of the draft regulations; and |
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| | (g) | in this paragraph the “40-day period” has the meaning given by |
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| | (8) | The provisions of this section shall apply to all agreements for which regulations |
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| | would be of a type which falls under section 2(4A)(a) or (b)), notwithstanding |
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| | that they constitute retained EU law and may be governed by the provisions of the |
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| | European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 or any other legislation with regard to |
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| | Parliamentary scrutiny of regulations under this Act. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This new clause would set up a triage and scrutiny system under the control of Parliament for |
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| | determining how Orders under Clause 2 will be dealt with, in circumstances when the new UK |
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