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| | Wednesday 27th February 2008 |
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| | For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:
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| | European Union (Amendment) Bill |
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| | Clause 8, page 4, leave out line 8, and insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | Section [Referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon] and Schedule [Conduct of the |
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| | | Referendum] come into force on Royal Assent. |
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| | | (2B) | The other provisions of this Act come into force if affirmative answers have been |
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| | | given to both of the questions asked in a referendum held in accordance with |
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| | | section [Referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon] and Schedule [Conduct of the |
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| | | Referendum] and any legal challenge made under that Schedule has been |
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| | | disposed of by the court or courts in question.’. |
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| | | Referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | A Referendum shall be held, not later than six months after Royal Assent, |
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| | | throughout the United Kingdom and Gibraltar on the day specified by an order |
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| | | made by a Minister of the Crown. |
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| | | (2) | The provisions of Article 1, paragraph 58 of the Treaty of Lisbon, inserting |
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| | | Article 49A of the Treaty on European Union, on withdrawal from the Union, |
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| | | shall be implemented by the United Kingdom if a negative answer is given to the |
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| | | question in subsection (5)(a), in which case no provision of this Act shall come |
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| | | into force except for this section. |
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| | | (3) | If an affirmative answer is given to the question in subsection (5)(a) then the |
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| | | United Kingdom may not use the provisions referred to in subsection (2). |
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| | | (4) | If an affirmative answer is given to the question in subsection (5)(a) but a negative |
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| | | answer is given to the question in subsection (5)(b) then this Act shall not come |
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| | | (5) | The question to be asked in the referendum are— |
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| | | (a) | “Should the United Kingdom retain its membership of the European |
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| | | (b) | “If it remains a member of the European Union, should the United |
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| | | Kingdom approve the Lisbon Treaty?” |
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| | | (6) | The referendum shall be conducted in accordance with Schedule [Conduct of the |
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| | Clause 6, page 2, line 39, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘( ) | The Prime Minister may not attend a meeting of the European Council without |
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| | | having laid before Parliament a statement on their negotiating mandate and |
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| | | receiving Parliamentary approval in accordance with subsection ( ). |
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| | | ( ) | A Minister of the Crown may not attend a meeting of any configuration of the |
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| | | Council (within the meaning of Article 9C of the Treaty on European Union) |
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| | | without having laid before Parliament a statement on their negotiating mandate |
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| | | and receiving Parliamentary approval in accordance with subsection ( ). |
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| | | ( ) | A Minister of the Crown may not vote in favour of or otherwise support any |
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| | | legislative measure under any article of the Treaty on European Union or the |
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| | | Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union that relates to the internal |
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| | | market, if it applies to, or could be applied in relation to, any of the following, |
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| | | unless Parliamentary approval has been given in accordance with this section: |
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| | | (a) | health services provided by any NHS body, |
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| | | (b) | the statutory system of public education, |
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| | | ( ) | A Minister of the Crown may not vote either in favour of or against or otherwise |
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| | | support or oppose any legislative measure under Article 153 of the Treaty on the |
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| | | Functioning of the European Union, unless Parliamentary approval has been |
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| | | given in accordance with this section. |
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| | | ( ) | A Minister of the Crown may not authorise any person to represent the United |
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| | | Kingdom at a meeting of the special committee to assist the Commission in |
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| | | negotiating agreements with international organisations or third countries |
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| | | established in Article 188C of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European |
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| | | Union without having laid before Parliament a statement on their negotiating |
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| | | mandate; and where any person represents the United Kingdom at such a meeting, |
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| | | the Secretary of State shall lay before Parliament a statement on the matters |
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| | | discussed at the meeting, the positions taken by all persons representing the |
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| | | United Kingdom and the outcomes of the meeting, within 30 days of the meeting |
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| | Clause 6, page 3, line 43, at end insert— |
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| | | (i) | a strategic health authority; |
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| | | (ii) | a special health authority; |
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| | | (iii) | a local health board; |
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| | | (iv) | a primary care trust; |
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| | | (vi) | an NHS foundation trust. |
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| | | (d) | “The statutory system of public education” has the meaning defined by |
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| | | the Education Act 1996 (c. 56). |
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| | | (e) | “Social housing” means the provision of accommodation for rent by a |
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| | | local housing authority (within the meaning of section 1 of the Housing |
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| | | Act 1985 (c. 68)), a registered provider of social housing, a county |
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| | | council, or a person controlled by a local housing authority or country |
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| | | (f) | “Postal services” means the service of conveying postal packets (within |
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| | | the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000 (c. 26)) from one place to |
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| | | another by post, the incidental services of receiving, collecting, sorting |
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| | | and delivering such packets and any other service which relates to any of |
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| | | those services and is provided in conjunction with any of them. |
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| | | (g) | “Public transport” means any of the following— |
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| | | (i) | “railway services” as defined by the Railways Act 1993 (c. 43); |
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| | | (ii) | “bus services” as defined by the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38); or |
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| | | (iii) | any service provided by Transport for London.’. |
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| | Clause 8, page 4, line 8, leave out ‘on Royal Assent’ and add ‘when the |
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| | Government has laid before the House a statement on the implications of the following |
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| | judgements of the European Court of Justice: |
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| | | (a) | The International Transport Workers’ Federation and the Finnish |
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| | | Seamen’s Union v Viking Line ABP; |
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| | | (b) | Laval un Partneri Ltd v Svenska Byggnadsarbetareförbundet and |
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| | | Svenska Elektrikerförbundet; and |
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| | | (c) | Watts v Bedford Primary Care Trust and the Secretary of State for |
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