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SUPPLEMENT TO THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

Tuesday 25 January 2011

Committee of the whole House

Proceedings

European Union Bill

[third day]

Secretary William Hague

Agreed to  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

Not called  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

Agreed to  58

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

Not called  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;’.

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European Union Bill, continued

Chris Heaton-Harris

Mr Peter Bone

Mr William Cash

Not called  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

Not called  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

Not called  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

Negatived on division  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

Not called  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.’.

Mr William Cash

Mr Richard Shepherd

Mr James Clappison

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Peter Bone

Mr Nigel Dodds

Negatived on division  8

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

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European Union Bill, continued

‘(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

Not called  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.’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Secretary William Hague

Agreed to  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

Not called  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

Not called  40

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

‘Article 81(3) (family law).’.

Chris Heaton-Harris

Mr Peter Bone

Not called  20

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

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

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

Claire Perry

Not selected  73

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

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European Union Bill, continued

‘(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.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clauses 12 and 13 Agreed to.

Progress reported.



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