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Mr William Cash

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Steve Baker

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Clause  4,  page  4,  line  5,  leave out paragraph (b).

Mr William Cash

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr John Redwood

Mr John Whittingdale

Mr James Clappison

Jacob Rees-Mogg

Mr John Baron

Mr Peter Bone

Mr Richard Shepherd

Mr Nigel Dodds

Dr William McCrea

Steve Baker

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Clause  4,  page  4,  line  6,  at end insert ‘except where any such provision

substantially affects all or any of the political, economic, fiscal, social or constitutional

relationship between the United Kingdom and other Member States of the European

Union.’.

Mr William Cash

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Steve Baker

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Clause  4,  page  4,  line  7,  leave out paragraph (c).

Mr James Clappison

Kelvin Hopkins

Mr Douglas Carwell

Mr William Cash

Ms Gisela Stuart

Mr Bernard Jenkin

12

Clause  4,  page  4,  line  7,  at end add ‘, where Parliamentary approval has been given

to the approval of the accession without the holding of a referendum in the United

Kingdom.

(5)	Parliamentary approval is given if—

(a)	in each House of Parliament a Minister of the Crown moves a motion that

the House approves Her Majesty’s Government’s intention to give

approval to the accession without the holding of a referendum; and

(b)	each House agrees to the motion without amendment.’.

Chris Heaton-Harris

Mr Peter Bone

23

Clause  4,  page  4,  line  7,  at end add—

‘(5)	Subsection (4)(c) does not apply to a treaty that involves provision falling under

subsection 1(n) or (o).’.

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Edward Miliband

Mr Douglas Alexander

Mr Wayne David

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Clause  5,  page  4,  line  10,  leave out ‘the required statement before Parliament’ and

insert ‘the treaty and the required statement before the Committee and before Parliament’.

Edward Miliband

Mr Douglas Alexander

Mr Wayne David

90

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  14,  leave out ‘the required statement before Parliament’ and

insert ‘the decision and the required statement before the Committee and before

Parliament’.

Mr William Cash

Mr Richard Shepherd

Mr James Clappison

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Peter Bone

Mr Nigel Dodds

Steve Baker

7

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  17,  leave out subsections (3) to (5) and insert—

‘(3)	The required statement is a statement that there will be a referendum on that

treaty.’.

Edward Miliband

Mr Douglas Alexander

Mr Wayne David

91

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  19,  leave out subsections (4) and (5).

Secretary William Hague

56

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  24,  at end insert—

‘( )	In relation to an Article 48(6) decision adopted by the European Council before

the day on which this section comes into force (“the commencement date”), the

condition in section 3(1)(a) is to be taken to be complied with if a statement under

this section is laid before Parliament before the end of the 2 months beginning

with the commencement date.’.

Mr James Clappison

Kelvin Hopkins

Mr Douglas Carwell

Mr William Cash

Ms Gisela Stuart

Mr Bernard Jenkin

11

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  24,  at end add—

‘(6)	If the Minister’s opinion is that the effect of that provision in relation to the

United Kingdom is not significant the Minister must seek Parliamentary approval

for his opinion.

(7)	Parliamentary approval is given if—

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(a)	in each House of Parliament a Minister of the Crown moves a motion that

the House approves of the Minister’s opinion; and

(b)	each House agrees to the motion without amendment.

(8)	If the Minister fails to obtain Parliamentary approval for his opinion the

significance condition is not met.’.

New Clause relating to Clauses 1 to 5

Parliament Act 1911 in relation to sections 1 to 5

Jacob Rees-Mogg

Mr William Cash

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Sam Gyimah

Steve Baker

Martin Vickers

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	The Parliament Act 1911 is amended as follows.

(2)	In section 2(1), after “five years” there is inserted “or a Bill amending or repealing

sections 1 to 5 of the European Union Act 2011”.’.

Secretary William Hague

57

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  36,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

A Minister of the Crown may not give a notification, under Article 4 of Protocol

(No. 21) on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area

of freedom, security and justice annexed to TEU and TFEU, which relates to

participation by the United Kingdom in a European Public Prosecutor’s Office or

an extension of the powers of that Office unless—

(a)	the notification has been approved by Act of Parliament, and

(b)	the referendum condition is met.’.

Mr David Nuttall

54

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  36,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

A Minister of the Crown may not confirm the approval by the United Kingdom

of a decision under the provision of Article 25 of TFEU that permits the adoption

of provisions to strengthen or add to the rights listed in Article 20(2) of that Treaty

(Rights of citizens of the European Union) unless—

(a)	the decision is approved by Act of Parliament, and

(b)	the referendum condition is met.’.

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Secretary William Hague

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Clause  6,  page  4,  line  39,  at end insert ‘and for the purposes of subsection (2A) as

references to a notification’.

Priti Patel

Mr Bernard Jenkin

81

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  42,  at end insert—

‘(aa)

a decision under Article 43 of TFEU which would result in the removal

of the existing powers of the United Kingdom in relation to nautical

limits;’.

Chris Heaton-Harris

Mr Peter Bone

36

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  5,  at end insert—

‘(ba)

a decision under the provision of Article 81(3) of TFEU (family law) that

permits the application of the ordinary legislative procedure in place of a

special legislative procedure;’.

Chris Heaton-Harris

Mr Peter Bone

37

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  5,  at end insert—

‘(bb)

a decision under the provision of Article 82(2)(d) of TFEU (minimum

rules on criminal procedure) that permits the identification of further

specific aspects of criminal procedure to which directives adopted under

the ordinary legislative procedure may relate;’.

Chris Heaton-Harris

Mr Peter Bone

38

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  5,  at end insert—

‘(bc)

a decision under the provision of Article 83(1) of TFEU that permits the

identification of further areas of crime to which directives adopted under

the ordinary legislative procedure may relate;’.

Mr James Clappison

Kelvin Hopkins

Mr Douglas Carwell

Mr William Cash

Ms Gisela Stuart

Mr Bernard Jenkin

13

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  33,  at end insert—

‘(ja)

a decision which results in the participation of the United Kingdom in

any enhanced co-operation procedure.’.

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Mr William Cash

Mr Richard Shepherd

Mr James Clappison

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Peter Bone

Mr Nigel Dodds

Steve Baker

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Clause  6,  page  5,  line  35,  at end insert—

‘(l)	a decision to extend the use of the European Financial Stability

Mechanism to member states other than the Republic of Ireland.’.

Mr William Cash

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr John Redwood

Mr John Whittingdale

Mr James Clappison

Jacob Rees-Mogg

Mr John Baron

Mr Peter Bone

Mr Richard Shepherd

Mr Nigel Dodds

Dr William McCrea

Steve Baker

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Clause  6,  page  5,  line  35,  at end insert—

‘(4A)

In subsection (1) “decision” includes a further implementation of the decision

under Article 122 of TFEU to extend the use of the European Financial Stability

Mechanism to any member state other than the Republic of Ireland.’.

Secretary William Hague

60

Schedule  1,  page  13,  leave out lines 15 to 22 and insert—

‘Chapter 2 of Title V (specific provisions on the common foreign and security

policy).’.

Chris Heaton-Harris

Mr Peter Bone

19

Schedule  1,  page  13,  line  17,  at end insert—

‘Article 31(3) (decisions stipulating that the Council shall act by a qualified majority in

cases within the common foreign and security policy).’.

Chris Heaton-Harris

Mr Peter Bone

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Schedule  1,  page  14,  line  9,  at end insert—

‘Article 81(3) (family law).’.

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Chris Heaton-Harris

Mr Peter Bone

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Schedule  1,  page  14,  line  29,  at end insert—

‘Article 207(4) (certain EU trade agreements).’.

Claire Perry

73

Clause  11,  page  9,  line  21,  at end insert—

‘(d)	if the referendum is also held in Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man or

British Overseas Territories, the Commonwealth citizens who, on the

date of the referendum, would be entitled to vote in elections for the

legislatures in those places.’.

Mr David Nuttall

55

Clause  7,  page  5,  leave out lines 44 to 46.

Chris Heaton-Harris

Mr Peter Bone

24

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  7,  at end insert—

‘(e)	a decision under Article 218(8) of TFEU for the accession of the

European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of

Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in accordance with Article

6(2) of TEU.’.

Mr William Cash

Mr Richard Shepherd

Mr James Clappison

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Peter Bone

Mr Brian Binley

Steve Baker

45

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  25,  at end insert—

‘(da)

a decision implemented through the solidarity clause under Article 222

that obliges the United Kingdom to provide assistance to another

Member State which is the object of a terrorist attack or the victim of a

natural or man-made disaster.’.

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Mr William Cash

Mr Richard Shepherd

Mr James Clappison

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Nigel Dodds

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

Steve Baker

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Clause  8,  page  6,  line  41,  leave out ‘(3) to (5)’ and insert ‘(3) and (4)’.

Chris Heaton-Harris

Mr Peter Bone

26

Clause  8,  page  7,  line  7,  leave out subsections (5) to (7) and add—

‘(5)	This subsection is complied with if—

(a)	in each House of Parliament a Minister of the Crown moves a motion that

the House approves Her Majesty’s Government’s intention to support a

specified draft decision and is of the opinion that the decision relates only

to one or more of the following purposes—

(i)	to make provision equivalent to that made by a measure

previously adopted under Article 352 of TFEU, where that

previous measure was adopted following the commencement of

section 8 of the European Union Act 2011 and the draft decision

relating to that measure was approved by Act of Parliament;

(ii)	to repeal existing measures adopted under Article 352 of TFEU;

(iii)

to consolidate existing measures adopted under Article 352 of

TFEU without any change of substance, where those existing

measures were adopted following the commencement of section

8 of the European Union Act 2011 and the draft decisions

relating to those measures were approved by Act of Parliament;

and

(b)	each House agrees to the motion without amendment.’.

Mr William Cash

Mr Richard Shepherd

Mr James Clappison

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Peter Bone

Mr Brian Binley

Steve Baker

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Clause  8,  page  7,  line  7,  leave out subsections (5) to (7).

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