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Committee of the whole House: 30th January 2008
590

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‘(i)
Article 2, paragraphs 123 to 125, amendments to Articles 149

and 150 TEC (TFEU) relating to education, vocational training,

youth and sport; and

(ii)
’.

Mr William Cash

Mr John Redwood

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Sir Nicholas Winterton

Mr Edward Leigh

Philip Davies

Bob Spink

Mr Roger Gale

Mr David Wilshire

Angela Browning

Mr Nigel Evans

Daniel Kawczynski

Mr Peter Bone

Mr Philip Hollobone

Ann Winterton

Mr Christopher Chope

Sir Peter Tapsell

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

147

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  12,  after ‘excluding’, insert—

‘(i)
Article 2, paragraph 126, amendments to Article 151 TEC

(TFEU) relating to culture; and

(ii)
’.

Mr William Cash

Mr John Redwood

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Sir Nicholas Winterton

Mr Edward Leigh

Philip Davies

Bob Spink

Mr Roger Gale

Mr David Wilshire

Angela Browning

Mr Nigel Evans

Daniel Kawczynski

Mr Peter Bone

Mr Philip Hollobone

Ann Winterton

Mr Christopher Chope

Sir Peter Tapsell

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

148

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  12,  after ‘excluding’, insert—

‘(i)
Article 2, paragraph 127, amendments to Article 152 TEC

(TFEU) relating to public health; and

(ii)
’.

Committee of the whole House: 30th January 2008
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European Union (Amendment) Bill, continued

Mr William Cash

Mr John Redwood

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Sir Nicholas Winterton

Mr Edward Leigh

Philip Davies

Bob Spink

Mr Roger Gale

Mr David Wilshire

Angela Browning

Mr Nigel Evans

Daniel Kawczynski

Mr Peter Bone

Mr Philip Hollobone

Ann Winterton

Mr Christopher Chope

Sir Peter Tapsell

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

149

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  12,  after ‘excluding’, insert—

‘(i)
Article 2, paragraphs 131 and 132, amendments to Articles 158

and 159 TEC (TFEU) relating to economic and social cohesion;

and

(ii)
’.

Mr William Cash

Mr John Redwood

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Sir Nicholas Winterton

Mr Edward Leigh

Philip Davies

Bob Spink

Mr Roger Gale

Mr David Wilshire

Angela Browning

Mr Nigel Evans

Daniel Kawczynski

Mr Peter Bone

Mr Philip Hollobone

Ann Winterton

Mr Christopher Chope

Sir Peter Tapsell

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

150

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  12,  after ‘excluding’, insert—

‘(i)
Article 2, paragraph 142, inserted Article 172a TEC (TFEU)

relating to space; and

(ii)
’.

Mr William Cash

Mr John Redwood

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Sir Nicholas Winterton

Mr Edward Leigh

Philip Davies

Bob Spink

Mr Roger Gale

Mr David Wilshire

Angela Browning

Mr Nigel Evans

Daniel Kawczynski

Mr Peter Bone

Mr Philip Hollobone

Ann Winterton

Mr Christopher Chope

Sir Peter Tapsell

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

151

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  12,  after ‘excluding’, insert—

‘(i)
Article 2, paragraphs 143 and 144, amendments to Articles 174

and 175 TEC (TFEU) relating to environment (climate change);

and

(ii)
’.

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European Union (Amendment) Bill, continued

Mr William Hague

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr David Lidington

Mr Mark Francois

Charles Hendry

Mr David Evennett

206

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  12,  after ‘excluding’, insert—

‘(i)
Article 2, paragraph 144(a), replacing the second subparagraph

of paragraph 2 of Article 175 TEC (TFEU), relating to a Council

decision to move matters under environmental policy to co-

decision; and

(ii)
’.

Mr William Cash

Mr John Redwood

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Sir Nicholas Winterton

Mr Edward Leigh

Philip Davies

Bob Spink

Mr Roger Gale

Mr David Wilshire

Angela Browning

Mr Nigel Evans

Daniel Kawczynski

Mr Peter Bone

Mr Philip Hollobone

Ann Winterton

Mr Christopher Chope

Sir Peter Tapsell

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

153

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  12,  after ‘excluding’, insert—

‘(i)
Article 2, paragraph 150, new Title XXIII and new Article 176D

TEC (TFEU) relating to administrative cooperation; and

(ii)
’.

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

Mr Peter Bone

Mr William Cash

Mr Richard Shepherd

28

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  13,  after second ‘to,’ insert—

‘(i)
the annual EU budget; and

(ii)
’.

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

Mr Peter Bone

Mr William Cash

Mr Richard Shepherd

34

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  13,  after second ‘to,’ insert—

‘(i)
European Union competence on public health; and

(ii)
’.

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Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

Mr Peter Bone

Mr William Cash

Mr Richard Shepherd

35

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  13,  after second ‘to,’ insert—

‘(i)
European Union competence on space; and

(ii)
’.

Jon Trickett

Colin Burgon

Jon Cruddas

Frank Dobson

John McDonnell

65

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  13,  after second ‘to’, insert—

‘(i)
the provision of healthcare services; and

(ii)
’.

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Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

Mr Peter Bone

Mr William Cash

Mr Richard Shepherd

39

Clause  3,  page  2,  leave out lines 12 and 13 and insert—

‘(c)
may be made only if a draft of the order has been—

(i)
laid before Parliament; and

(ii)
approved by a resolution of each House’.

Mr William Cash

Mr John Redwood

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Sir Nicholas Winterton

Mr Edward Leigh

Philip Davies

Bob Spink

Mr Roger Gale

Mr David Wilshire

Angela Browning

Mr Nigel Evans

Daniel Kawczynski

Mr Peter Bone

Mr Philip Hollobone

Ann Winterton

Mr Christopher Chope

Sir Peter Tapsell

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

55

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  14,  leave out subsection (6).

Committee of the whole House: 30th January 2008
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European Union (Amendment) Bill, continued

Mr William Cash

Mr John Redwood

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Sir Nicholas Winterton

Mr Edward Leigh

Philip Davies

Bob Spink

Mr Roger Gale

Mr David Wilshire

Angela Browning

Mr Nigel Evans

Daniel Kawczynski

Mr Peter Bone

Mr Philip Hollobone

Ann Winterton

Mr Christopher Chope

Sir Peter Tapsell

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

56

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  14,  leave out ‘or instrument made under an Act’.

Mr William Cash

Mr John Redwood

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Sir Nicholas Winterton

Mr Edward Leigh

Philip Davies

Bob Spink

Mr Roger Gale

Mr David Wilshire

Angela Browning

Mr Nigel Evans

Daniel Kawczynski

Mr Peter Bone

Mr Philip Hollobone

Ann Winterton

Mr Christopher Chope

Sir Peter Tapsell

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

57

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  15,  leave out ‘or instrument’.

Mr William Cash

Mr John Redwood

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Sir Nicholas Winterton

Mr Edward Leigh

Philip Davies

Bob Spink

Mr Roger Gale

Mr David Wilshire

Angela Browning

Mr Nigel Evans

Daniel Kawczynski

Mr Peter Bone

Mr Philip Hollobone

Ann Winterton

Mr Christopher Chope

Sir Peter Tapsell

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

58

Page  2,  line  19,  leave out Clause 4.

Committee of the whole House: 30th January 2008
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European Union (Amendment) Bill, continued

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

Mr Peter Bone

Mr William Cash

Mr Richard Shepherd

40

Clause  5,  page  2,  line  24,  after ‘Parliament’, insert ‘and endorsed in a national

referendum’.

Mr William Cash

Mr John Redwood

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Sir Nicholas Winterton

Mr Edward Leigh

Philip Davies

Bob Spink

Mr Roger Gale

Mr David Wilshire

Angela Browning

Mr Nigel Evans

Daniel Kawczynski

Mr Peter Bone

Mr Philip Hollobone

Ann Winterton

Mr Christopher Chope

Sir Peter Tapsell

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

59

Clause  5,  page  2,  line  37,  at end add—

‘(4)
Condition 3 is that where the treaty proposes to confer further competences on the

European Union requiring amendment of United Kingdom law or governance of

the United Kingdom in any material respect, that treaty shall be submitted to a

referendum as if it were a referendum under this Act.’.

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

Mr Peter Bone

Mr William Cash

Mr Richard Shepherd

48

Clause  6,  page  2,  line  39,  leave out subsection (1) and insert—

‘(1A)
A Minister of the Crown shall vote against or otherwise reject a proposed decision

in the European Council or the Council to be taken by unanimity that would or

could create obligations on the United Kingdom, unless Parliamentary approval

for the decision has been given in accordance with this section.

(1B)
A Minister of the Crown shall vote against or otherwise reject a proposed decision

in the European Council or the Council in an area made subject to qualified

majority voting by the Treaty of Lisbon, and which would or could create

obligations on the United Kingdom, unless Parliamentary approval for the

decision has been given in accordance with this section.

(1C)
Any decision adopted by the European Council or the Council by unanimity, or

in an area made subject to qualified majority voting by the Treaty of Lisbon, shall

not create an enforceable European Union right, European Union obligation or an

object of the European Union for the purposes of section 2 of the European

Communities Act 1972 if Parliamentary approval was not given for a Minister of

the Crown to support that decision in accordance with this section.

(1D)
This section shall apply notwithstanding section 2 of the European Communities

Act 1972.

(1E)
In this section, “the European Council” means that European Union institution

founded on Article 15 of the Treaty on European Union, and “the Council” means

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that European Union institution founded on Article 16 of the Treaty on European

Union.’.

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

Mr Peter Bone

Mr William Cash

Mr Richard Shepherd

47

Clause  6,  page  2,  line  39,  leave out ‘may not vote in favour of or otherwise support’

and insert ‘shall vote against or otherwise reject’.

Mr William Hague

Mr David Lidington

Mr Mark Francois

Mr David Evennett

18

Clause  6,  page  2,  line  40,  leave out from ‘following’ to end of line 41.

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

Mr Peter Bone

Mr William Cash

Mr Richard Shepherd

42

Clause  6,  page  3,  line  20,  at end insert—

‘( )
The provision of Article 82(2)(d) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the

European Union that permits the addition of new aspects of criminal procedure to

those which may be the subject of directives decided by qualified majority

voting.’.

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

Mr Peter Bone

Mr William Cash

Mr Richard Shepherd

43

Clause  6,  page  3,  line  20,  at end insert—

‘( )
The provision of Article 83(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European

Union that permits the addition of new areas of crime which may be the subject

of directives decided by qualified majority voting.’.

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

Mr Peter Bone

Mr William Cash

Mr Richard Shepherd

44

Clause  6,  page  3,  line  20,  at end insert—

‘( )
The provision of Article 86(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European

Union that permits the creation of a European Public Prosecutor.’.

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

Mr Peter Bone

Mr William Cash

Mr Richard Shepherd

45

Clause  6,  page  3,  line  20,  at end insert—