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  Loans to Ireland Bill - Second Reading
  
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  @ MP voted aye to authorise a loan from the UK to the Republic of Ireland of up to Â£3.25bn and to set proceedures for increasing this amount.  
  @ MP voted no against authorising  loan from the UK to the Republic of Ireland of up to Â£3.25bn and against setting proceedures for increasing this amount.  
  The majority of MPs voted to authorise a loan from the UK to the Republic of Ireland of up to Â£3.25bn and to set proceedures for increasing this amount.  
  
  MPs were considering the Loans to Ireland Bill[1]. The motion passed in this vote was:
  
  :That the Bill be now read a Second time.
  
  The passing of this motion showed the House's support for the main principles of the Bill and allowed it to continue on its path to becoming law.
  
  The Bill has been summarised by Parliament as follows:
  
  :The Bill authorises the Treasury to loan up to Â£3.25bn to Ireland, and contains an order-making power to increase this limit subject to affirmative procedure in the Commons. 
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-12/loanstoireland.html Parliament's webpage on the Loans to Ireland Bill (now an Act)]
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