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| To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Duty to support basic means of living |
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| | The Prime Minister must make, and lay before Parliament, arrangements to |
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| | ensure that everyone in the United Kingdom has access to the basic means of |
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| | living including food, water, fuel, clothing, income and housing, employing all |
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| | available statutory and prerogative powers.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This new clause sets an overarching responsibility for the Government to use all its powers to |
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| | ensure that everyone in the United Kingdom has access to the basic means of living throughout the |
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| | present coronavirus emergency. |
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| To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Guidance on identification, support and assistance for victims of slavery or |
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| | human trafficking during the coronavirus emergency |
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| | (1) | The Secretary of State must issue guidance to such public authorities and other |
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| | persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate about continuing the |
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| | process for identifying persons in the United Kingdom who may be a victim of |
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| | slavery or human trafficking during the coronavirus emergency. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State must issue guidance to such public authorities and other |
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| | persons in England and Wales as the Secretary of State considers appropriate |
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| | about continuing arrangements for providing assistance and support to persons |
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| | during the coronavirus emergency where there— |
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| | (a) | are reasonable grounds to believe the person may be a victim of slavery |
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| | or human trafficking; and |
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| | (b) | is a conclusive determination that the person is a victim of slavery or |
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| | (3) | The guidance in subsection (2) must include— |
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| | (a) | whether a victim who is on immigration bail must remain at an address |
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| | where another occupant is experiencing the coronavirus disease; |
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| | (b) | on-going provision of a support worker to victims and the ability of the |
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| | victim to receive financial support, where either a support worker or a |
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| | victim has the coronavirus disease or has had to self-isolate; |
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| | (c) | provision of accommodation for victims who may need to leave current |
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| | accommodation because of concerns about the coronavirus disease; and |
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| | (d) | provision of accommodation for victims who have the coronavirus |
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| | (4) | The Secretary of State must liaise with the Northern Ireland Executive and |
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| | Scottish Ministers about how the guidance issued under subsection (2) may have |
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| | relevance for the support and assistance of victims in those jurisdictions. |
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| | (5) | For the purposes of subsection (2)— |
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| | (a) | there are reasonable grounds to believe that a person is a victim of slavery |
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| | or human trafficking if a competent authority has determined for the |
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| | purposes of Article 10 of the Trafficking Convention (identification of |
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| | victims) that there are such grounds; |
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| | (b) | there is a conclusive determination that a person is or is not a victim of |
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| | slavery or human trafficking when, on completion of the identification |
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| | process required by Article 10 of the Trafficking Convention, a |
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| | competent authority concludes that the person is or is not such a victim. |
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| | (c) | “competent authority” means a person who is a competent authority of |
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| | the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Council of Europe |
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| | Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.” |
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| | This new clause requires the Government to set out its plans for continuing to identify and support |
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| | victims of modern slavery during the coronavirus emergency. |
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| To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Powers relating to transport for isolated and island communities |
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| | (1) | The Secretary of State, or relevant Minister in the devolved Administrations, may |
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| | issue a direction to such ferry, bus and rail operators as the Secretary of State or |
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| | relevant Minister thinks fit to— |
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| | (a) | work together to produce a plan for the continuing provision of a resilient |
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| | transport service to isolated and island communities; and |
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| | (b) | implement the plan to a timescale specified by the Secretary of State or |
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| | (2) | The plan in subsection (1)(a) must cover— |
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| | (a) | the provision of food, medicines and other essential goods; and |
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| | (b) | the provision of passenger transportation to enable people to travel for |
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| | essential purposes, including medical purposes. |
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| | (3) | The direction in subsection (1) supersedes all existing legislation, including but |
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| | not limited to the Competition Act 1998, that would otherwise prevent operators |
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| | from working together in the ways set out in subsections (1) and (2). |
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| | (4) | The direction in subsection (1) must be given in writing to the ferry, bus and rail |
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| | (5) | In this section “isolated communities” means: |
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| | (a) | islands that are part of the United Kingdom but are not connected to the |
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| | mainland by a bridge or tunnel, or |
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| | (b) | communities with a population density of less than 100 people per |
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| To move the following Clause— |
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| | Schedule ( ) contains temporary changes to immigration and asylum laws and |
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| | procedures for the purposes of preventing, protecting against, controlling or |
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| | providing a public health response to the incidence or spread of infection or |
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| | This new clause is linked to NS1. |
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| Tim Farron | Wera Hobhouse | Christine Jardine | Layla Moran | Sarah Olney | Jamie Stone |
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| To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Provision of education to pupils no longer attending school |
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| | (1) | A school or provider of 16 to 18 education that closes because of the coronavirus |
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| | outbreak, whether because of a temporary closure direction issued under |
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| | Schedule 15 or otherwise, has a duty to ensure that its pupils continue to receive |
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| | (2) | The educational provision in subsection (1) may include— |
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| | (a) | lessons set by a teacher, such as via videoconferencing or the setting of |
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| | (b) | teaching resources, including but not limited to textbooks or software. |
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| | (3) | The Secretary of State must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, indemnify the |
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| | school or provider of 16 to 18 education for all reasonable purchases of teaching |
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| | resources for pupils and staff that the head of the school or provider of 16 to 18 |
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| | education considers necessary for it to fulfil the duty in subsection (1). |
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| | (4) | In this section, “provider of 16 to 18 education” means |
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| | (a) | a 16 to 19 Academy, within the meaning of section 1B of the Academies |
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| | (b) | an institution within the further education sector, within the meaning of |
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| | section 91(3) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992; |
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| | (c) | a provider of post-16 education or training— |
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| | (i) | to which Chapter 3 of Part 8 of the Education and Inspections |
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| | (ii) | in respect of which funding is provided by, or under, |
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| | arrangements made by the Secretary of State, a local authority or |
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| | a combined authority established under section 103 of the Local |
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| | Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act |
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| | | but does not include an employer who is a provider by reason only of the |
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| | employer providing such education or training to its employees.” |
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| Tim Farron | Wera Hobhouse | Christine Jardine | Layla Moran | Sarah Olney | Jamie Stone | Stephen Farry |
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| To move the following Clause— |
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| | (1) | The Secretary of State must, by regulations — |
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| | (a) | increase the value of the benefits specified in subsection (2) so that, for |
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| | the tax year beginning on 6 April 2020— |
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| | (i) | an individual not in work will be awarded at least £150 per week, |
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| | (ii) | a couple who are both not in work will be awarded at least £260 |
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| | (b) | disapply the minimum income floor of universal credit for the tax year |
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| | beginning on 6 April 2020; |
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| | (c) | provide that, for the tax year beginning on 6 April 2020— |
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| | (i) | households newly claiming universal credit receive an advance |
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| | of their first payment by default, and |
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| | (ii) | households in sub-paragraph (i) are not required to repay any |
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| | part of this advance for a period of at least six months beginning |
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| | with the date on which they received the advance; and |
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| | (d) | make provision to ensure that claimants of universal credit, jobseeker’s |
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| | allowance and Employment and Support Allowance are not subject to |
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| | sanctions in the tax year beginning on 6 April 2020. |
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| | (2) | The benefits to be increased under subsection (1)(a) are— |
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| | (a) | the standard allowances of universal credit, |
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| | (b) | jobseeker’s allowance, and |
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| | (c) | employment and support allowance. |
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| | (3) | A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to |
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| | annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.” |
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| Tim Farron | Wera Hobhouse | Christine Jardine | Layla Moran | Sarah Olney | Jamie Stone | Stephen Farry |
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| To move the following Clause— |
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| | (1) | Except so far as otherwise provided under this section, the provisions of this Act |
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| | expire at the end of the period of 3 months beginning with the day on which this |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that any provisions of this Act |
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| | do not expire at the time when it would otherwise expire under subsection (1) but |
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| | is to continue in force after that time for a period not exceeding 3 months. |
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| | (3) | The power under subsection (2) may not be used to continue any of the provisions |
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| | of this Act in force any later than a period of 2 years beginning with the day on |
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| | which this Act is passed. |
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| | (4) | A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (2) may not be |
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| | made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before Parliament and |
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| | approved by a resolution of each House.” |
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| | The new clause would set an expiry date on the provisions of the Act at the end of a period of 3 |
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| | months beginning on the day when the Act is passed unless they are continued in force by means |
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| | of affirmative regulations. Provisions could continue in force for no longer than 3 months at a time, |
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| | up to a period of 2 years from when the Act was initially passed. |
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| Tim Farron | Wera Hobhouse | Christine Jardine | Layla Moran | Sarah Olney | Jamie Stone | Stephen Farry |
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| To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Statutory sick pay: rate of payment |
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| | The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is amended as follows: |
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| | “In section 157, subsection (1), leave out “£94.25” and insert “£220”.”.” |
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| | This new clause would increase the weekly rate of Statutory Sick Pay from £94.25 to £220. |
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| Tim Farron | Wera Hobhouse | Christine Jardine | Layla Moran | Sarah Olney | Jamie Stone | Stephen Farry |
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| To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “European Union: extension of implementation period etc |
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| | (1) | Section 33 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 is repealed. |
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| | (2) | It shall be an objective of the Government to secure a decision by the UK-EU |
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| | Joint Committee to extend the transition period for up to 1 or 2 years as per Article |
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| | 132 of the Withdrawal Agreement. |
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| | (3) | It shall be an objective of the Government to secure an agreement within the |
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| | framework of the future relationship of the UK and EU to maintain continued and |
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| | full membership of the EU Early Warning System. |
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| | (4) | A Minister of the Crown shall lay before each House of Parliament a progress |
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| | report on the objective in subsection (1) and subsection (2) within 2 months of |
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| | this Act being passed, and subsequently at intervals of no more than 2 months.” |
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| | This new clause would require the Government to (i) repeal Section 33 of the European Union |
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| | (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020, (ii) seek an extension of the negotiation period for the UK-EU |
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| | future relationship, and (iii) seek to maintain continued and full membership of the EU Early |
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| | Warning System, in order to respond effectively to the global COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| Tim Farron | Wera Hobhouse | Christine Jardine | Layla Moran | Sarah Olney | Jamie Stone | Stephen Farry |
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| To move the following Clause— |
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