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House of Commons

Tuesday 25 January 2011

Committee of the whole House

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

European Union Bill

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Note

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the House

[7 December].

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.’.

Secretary William Hague

58

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

references to a notification’.

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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

Mr William Cash

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

Mr William Cash

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

Mr William Cash

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 Douglas Alexander

Mr Wayne David

Emma Reynolds

100

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  27,  after ‘(enhanced co-operation)’, insert ‘except in the field

of EU patents’.

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

8

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

79

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

40

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

‘Article 81(3) (family law).’.

Chris Heaton-Harris

Mr Peter Bone

20

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

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

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Claire Perry

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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

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.’.

Mr William Cash

Mr Richard Shepherd

Mr James Clappison

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Nigel Dodds

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

53

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—

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(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

43

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

Mr James Clappison

Kelvin Hopkins

Mr Douglas Carwell

Mr William Cash

Ms Gisela Stuart

Mr Bernard Jenkin

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Clause  9,  page  7,  line  33,  leave out from first ‘of’ to end of line 44 and insert ‘any

existing or proposed measure under Title V of Part 3 of TFEU.’.

Chris Heaton-Harris

Mr Peter Bone

27

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  33,  leave out from ‘measure’ to end of line 44 and insert

‘presented to the Council pursuant to Title V of Part 3 of TFEU, apart from a notification

in relation to a measure that, at the time of the notification, would if adopted extend the

powers of Eurojust to include the initiation of criminal investigations.’.

Mr William Cash

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

99

Clause  9,  page  7,  leave out lines 34 to 36.

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Mr William Cash

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

98

Clause  9,  page  7,  leave out lines 37 to 44.

Mr William Cash

Mr Richard Shepherd

Mr James Clappison

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Peter Bone

Mr Nigel Dodds

47

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  44,  at end insert—

‘(d)	the provision of Article 83(2) of TFEU (harmonisation of criminal

offences and sanctions) that permits the establishment by directive of

minimum rules with regard to the definition of criminal offences and

sanctions in an area subject to harmonisation measures by the same

ordinary or special legislative procedure as was followed for the adoption

of the harmonisation measures in question.’.

Chris Heaton-Harris

Mr Peter Bone

28

Clause  9,  page  8,  line  1,  at end insert—

‘(3A)

Subject to subsection (3B), a Minister of the Crown may not vote in favour of or

otherwise support a decision under Article 4 of the Schengen Protocol that would

cause the United Kingdom to participate in further provisions of the Schengen

acquis, unless a Minister of the Crown has given an oral statement to the Chamber

of the House of Commons on Her Majesty’s Government’s intention to support

the draft decision.

(3B)	Subsection (3A) does not apply to a decision that falls under section 6(4)(k).

(3C)	In subsection (3A), “the Schengen Protocol” has the same meaning as that given

in section 6(5).’.

Chris Heaton-Harris

Mr Peter Bone

29

Clause  9,  page  8,  line  1,  at end insert—

‘(3D)

A Minister of the Crown may not permit the United Kingdom’s participation in

the final adoption of a measure building upon the Schengen acquis unless a

Minister of the Crown has given an oral statement to the Chamber of the House

of Commons on Her Majesty’s Government’s intention that the United Kingdom

will participate in final adoption of the measure.’.

Chris Heaton-Harris

Mr Peter Bone

30

Clause  9,  page  8,  line  3,  leave out from ‘under’ to end of line 5 and insert ‘any of

the following unless the draft decision has been approved by Act of Parliament—

(a)	the provision of Article 77(3) of TFEU that permits the adoption of

provisions concerning passports, identity cards, residence permits or any

other such document;

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(b)	the provision of Article 81(3) of TFEU that permits the adoption of

measures concerning family law with cross-border implications through

a special legislative procedure;

(c)	the provision of Article 87(3) of TFEU that permits the adoption of

measures concerning operational co-operation between the authorities

referred to in Article 87 of TFEU;

(d)	the provision of Article 89 of TFEU on the operation of certain

competent authorities of a member State in the territory of another

member State.’.

Chris Heaton-Harris

Mr Peter Bone

31

Clause  9,  page  8,  line  7,  leave out from ‘measure’ to end of line 16 and insert

‘unless the notification in respect of the measure has been approved by Act of Parliament;

but this provision shall not apply to a notification in relation to—

(a)	a measure extending the powers of Eurojust to include the initiation of

criminal investigations;

(b)	a measure adopted under Article 81(3) of TFEU (family law) that

determines those aspects of family law with cross-border implications

that may be subject to the ordinary legislative procedure;

(c)	a measure adopted under Article 82(2)(d) of TFEU (minimum rules on

criminal procedure) that identifies a further specific aspect or aspects of

criminal procedure to which directives adopted under the ordinary

legislative procedure may relate;

(d)	a measure adopted under Article 83(1) of TFEU (particularly serious

crime with a cross-border dimension) that identifies a further area or

areas of crime to which directives adopted under the ordinary legislative

procedure may relate.’.

Chris Heaton-Harris

Mr Peter Bone

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Clause  9,  page  8,  line  16,  at end add—

‘(7)	A Minister of the Crown shall give a notification by 1 June 2014, under Article

10(4) of Protocol (No. 36) on Transitional Provisions annexed to TEU and TFEU,

that the United Kingdom does not accept, with respect to acts of the EU in the

field of police co-operation and judicial co-operation in criminal matters to which

Article 10(4) of that Protocol applies, the powers of the EU institutions referred

to in Article 10(1) of that Protocol as set out in the EU Treaties, unless a Minister

of the Crown has given an oral statement to the Chamber of the House of

Commons on Her Majesty’s Government’s intention that the United Kingdom

will accept the powers of those EU institutions as set out in the EU Treaties in

respect of the aforementioned acts of the EU.

(8)	An oral statement referred to in subsection (7) shall not prevent a Minister of the

Crown giving a notification under Article 10(4) of Protocol (No. 36) on

Transitional Provisions annexed to TEU and TFEU that the United Kingdom does

not accept, with respect to acts of the EU in the field of police co-operation and

judicial co-operation in criminal matters to which Article 10(4) of that Protocol

applies, the powers of the EU institutions referred to in Article 10(1) of that

Protocol as set out in the EU Treaties.’.

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