motion_title: Clause 15— Protocol on MEPs: approval, and addition to list of treaties
motion_text:  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  The first set of clauses under consideration in Committee this afternoon relate to the transitional protocol on Members of the European Parliament, which is covered in clauses 15, 16 and 17, and schedule 2. In sum, the provisions allow for a technical change that permits a temporary increase in the number of MEPs, including one additional Member from the UK.