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Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 4th March 2008
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European Union (Amendment) Bill, continued

Government has secured the agreement of the European Council to a Declaration,

supplementary to the Preamble to the Treaty on European Union, that the Union is based

upon its Christian faith, heritage, culture and history’.

Dr Vincent Cable

Mr Edward Davey

Jo Swinson

Mr Jeremy Browne

Not called  236

Clause  8,  page  4,  line  8,  leave out ‘on Royal Assent’ and add ‘when arrangements

have been made for the Secretary of State to report to Parliament each year on the

operation and application of European Union competition policy according to the

principle set out in the Protocol on the Internal Market and Competition’.

Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody

Not called  271

Clause  8,  page  4,  line  8,  leave out ‘on Royal Assent’ and insert ‘when

arrangements have been made for the Secretary of State to report to Parliament each year

on the costs of transport policies under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European

Union’.

Jon Trickett

Colin Burgon

Jon Cruddas

Kelvin Hopkins

Not called  288

Clause  8,  page  4,  line  8,  leave out ‘on Royal Assent’ and add ‘when the

Government has laid before the House a statement on the implications of the following

judgements of the European Court of Justice:

(a)
The International Transport Workers’ Federation and the Finnish

Seamen’s Union v Viking Line ABP;

(b)
Laval un Partneri Ltd v Svenska Byggnadsarbetareförbundet and

Svenska Elektrikerförbundet; and

(c)
Watts v Bedford Primary Care Trust and the Secretary of State for

Health.’.

Mr William Hague

Mr David Lidington

Mr Mark Francois

Mr David Evennett

Not called  24

Clause  8,  page  4,  line  8,  leave out ‘Royal Assent’ and add ‘the Government

publishing a report on—

(a)
the relationship between the Presidency of the EU Council and the EU

Secretariat; and

(b)
its interpretation of Article 1, paragraph 16, inserted Article 9B TEU,

paragraph 5 relating to the election and term of office of the President of

the European Council.’.

Progress reported.