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House of Commons

Tuesday 5th February 2008

Committee of the whole House

Proceedings

European Union (Amendment) Bill

[ third day]

Day 3

        Amendments to Clause 2 relating to human rights

Mr William Cash

Mr John Redwood

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Sir Nicholas Winterton

Withdrawn  84

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

‘(i)
Article 1, paragraph 8, replacement Article 6 TEU relating to

rights, freedoms and principles; and

(ii)
’.

Mr William Hague

David Davis

Nick Herbert

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Mark Francois

Mr David Evennett

Not called  217

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

‘(i)
Article 1, paragraph 8, replacement Article 6 TEU, paragraph 1,

concerning the Charter of Fundamental Rights; and

(ii)
’.

Mr William Cash

Mr John Redwood

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Sir Nicholas Winterton

Not called  85

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

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European Union (Amendment) Bill, continued

‘(i)
Article 1, paragraph 9, amendments to Article 7 TEU relating to

breach of principles; and

(ii)
’.

Mr William Cash

Mr John Redwood

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Sir Nicholas Winterton

Not selected  87

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

‘(i)
Article 1, paragraph 12, replacement Title II and Article 8 TEU

relating to provisions on democratic principles; and

(ii)
’.

Mr William Cash

Mr John Redwood

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Sir Nicholas Winterton

Not called  125

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

‘(i)
Article 2, paragraph 18, inserted Article 5b TEC (TFEU) relating

to the combating of discrimination; and

(ii)
’.

Mr William Cash

Mr John Redwood

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Sir Nicholas Winterton

Not called  128

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

‘(i)
Article 2, paragraph 29, replacement Article 16B TEC (TFEU)

relating to the protection of personal data; and

(ii)
’.

Mr William Hague

Mr David Lidington

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Mark Francois

Mr David Evenett

Not called  226

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

‘(i)
Article 2, paragraph 29, inserted Article 16B, TEC (TFEU),

paragraph 2, relating to the legislative procedure for rules on data

protection and the free movement of data; and

(ii)
’.

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141

European Union (Amendment) Bill, continued

Mr William Cash

Mr John Redwood

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Sir Nicholas Winterton

Not called  129

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

‘(i)
Article 2, paragraph 34(b) to (d), amendments to Article 17 TEC

(TFEU) relating to the rights and duties of citizens of the

European Union; and

(ii)
’.

Mr William Cash

Mr John Redwood

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Sir Nicholas Winterton

Not called  194

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

‘(i)
the Protocol relating to Article 6(2) of the Treaty on European

Union on the Accession of the Union to the European

Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental

Freedoms; and

(ii)
’.

Mr William Cash

Mr John Redwood

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Sir Nicholas Winterton

Not called  196

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

‘(i)
the Protocol on the Application of the Charter of Fundamental

Rights of the European Union to Poland and to the United

Kingdom; and

(ii)
’.

Mr William Hague

Mr David Lidington

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Mark Francois

Mr David Evenett

Negatived on division  228

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

‘(i)
the Protocol on the Application of the Charter of Fundamental

Rights of the European Union to Poland and the United

Kingdom—

(a)
Preamble, tenth paragraph stating that references in the

Protocol to the operation of specific provisions of the

Charter are strictly without prejudice to the operation of

other provisions of the Charter; and

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European Union (Amendment) Bill, continued

(b)
Preamble, twelfth paragraph stating that the Protocol is

without prejudice to other obligations devolving upon

Poland and the United Kingdom under the Treaty on

European Union, the Treaty on the Functioning of the

European Union, and Union law generally; and

(ii)
’.

Mr William Hague

Mr David Lidington

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Mark Francois

Mr David Evenett

Not called  229

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

‘(i)
the Protocol on the Application of the Charter of Fundamental

Rights of the European Union to Poland and the United

Kingdom, Preamble, eleventh paragraph stating that the Protocol

is without prejudice to the application of the Charter to other

Member States; and

(ii)
’.

Jon Trickett

Jon Cruddas

Colin Burgon

Frank Dobson

Ms Katy Clark

Mr Paul Truswell

Michael Connarty

Mr David Crausby

Clive Efford

Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody

Andrew Mackinlay

Kate Hoey

Mr Frank Field

John Austin

David Lepper

Mr Bill Olner

Anne Moffat

Jim Sheriden

Lynne Jones

Jim Cousins

Not called  203

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

‘(i)
the words “Title IV of” in paragraph 2, Article 1 of the Protocol

on the Application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the

European Union to Poland and to the United Kingdom; and

(ii)
’.

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

Mr Peter Bone

Mr William Cash

Mr Richard Shepherd

Not called  27

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

‘(i)
the Charter of Fundamental Rights; and

(ii)
’.

Progress reported.