European Union (Amendment) Bill
REVISED
THIRD
MARSHALLED
LIST OF AMENDMENTS
TO BE MOVED
ON REPORT
The amendments have been marshalled in accordance with the Instruction of 21st April 2008, as follows—
[Amendments marked * are new or have been altered]
Amendment
No.
| 29 | Page 4, line 2, leave out "Section 3" and insert "Sections 1 to 6" |
| 30 | Page 4, line 3, at end insert— |
| "(1A) | An order under subsection (1) shall not be made unless an affirmative answer has been given to the question specified in subsection (5) in a referendum held in accordance with subsections (4) to (9)." |
| 31 | Page 4, line 4, at beginning insert "In so far as it relates to section 3 (or the Schedule)" |
| 31A* | Page 4, line 8, leave out "on Royal Assent" and insert "six months after the date of Royal Assent, provided that before that date— |
| (a) | the Government has published an explanatory leaflet on the European Union and the Lisbon treaty; |
| (b) | copies of the leaflet have been distributed to members of both Houses of Parliament, to local authorities, public libraries and such other public information bodies as the Secretary of State thinks appropriate to facilitate the widest public knowledge of the Treaty; |
| (c) | copies of the leaflet are available on line and free on request for all UK citizens, and by freephone for visually impaired people; |
| (d) | a letter from the Prime Minister is set out with every leaflet explaining— |
| (i) | why the Treaty is of benefit to the United Kingdom; |
| (ii) | which provisions of the Treaty the United Kingdom has not adopted and why; |
| (iii) | how the Treaty differs from the draft EU Constitution and why, in his judgment, a referendum on the Treaty was unnecessary; and |
| (e) | a publicly accessible website has been opened on the No. 10 Downing Street website enabling members of the public to express and to view responses to the leaflet and to the Prime Minister's letter." |
| 31B* | Page 4, line 8, leave out "on Royal Assent" and insert "six months after the date of Royal Assent, provided that before that date— |
| (a) | a report by the Prime Minister has been laid before both Houses of Parliament to clarify the institutional changes in the European Union arising under the Treaty of Lisbon, including in particular— |
| (i) | the role and identity of the proposed President of the European Council; |
| (ii) | the role and identity of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; |
| (iii) | the size, role, budget and objectives of the proposed European External Action Service and its implications for membership of the Security Council of the United Nations by the EU and its member states; |
| (iv) | the timetable and method for implementation of any other Treaty provisions agreed to under this Act which had not been decided and published at the time of the signing of the Treaty; |
| (b) | a report has been laid before both Houses of Parliament on such discussions as have been taken place at EU Council or other EU meetings in 2008 to clarify the matters referred to under this section, which remained unresolved at the signing of the Treaty; and |
| (c) | the reports laid by the Prime Minister under this section have been approved by affirmative resolution of each House of Parliament." |
| 32 | Page 4, line 8, at end insert— |
| "(4) | Within six months of the passing of this Act, a referendum shall be held throughout the United Kingdom and Gibraltar on a day specified by an order made by a Minister of the Crown. |
| (5) | The question to be asked in the referendum is— |
| | "Should the United Kingdom approve the Lisbon Treaty? |
| (6) | A Minister of the Crown may by order make provision in relation to the referendum which— |
| (a) | determines the referendum period for the purposes of Part 7 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41); |
| (b) | requires ballot papers to be used by voters in Wales, after having set out the question and the possible answers in English, to set them out again, with equal prominence, in Welsh; and |
| (c) | makes provision as to— |
| (i) | the conduct of the referendum, |
| (ii) | entitlement to vote in the referendum, and |
| (iii) | legal challenge to the referendum result. |
| (7) | The question to be asked in the referendum in Welsh is— |
| | "A ddylai'r Deyrnas Gyfunol gymeradwyo Cytundeb Lisbon? |
| (8) | An order made under subsection (4) or (6) shall be made by statutory instrument. |
| (9) | A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (4) or (6) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament." |
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