text_body: --- DIVISION TITLE ---
  
  European Union (Withdrawal) Bill - Schedule 7 - Parliamentary Approval of Theoretical Regulations to  Set the Exit Date
  
  --- MOTION EFFECT ---
  
  
  
  
  @ MP voted aye to require Parliamentary approval of any regulations setting the date of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union under provisions of section 14 of the Act beyond section 14(4). (At the time of the vote there were no such provisions).    
  @ MP voted no not to require Parliamentary approval of any regulations setting the date of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union under provisions of section 14 of the Act beyond section 14(4). (At the time of the vote there were no such provisions).   
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to ensure Parliamentary approval is required before regulations setting the date of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union are made under provisions of section 14 of the Act beyond section 14(4). At the time of the vote there were no such provisions.  
  
  MPs were considering the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill[1].
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 125
  
  Lords amendment 125[2] stated:
  
  :Page 48, line 21, leave out paragraph 10 and insertâ
  
  :âPower to appoint âexit dayâ
  :10         A statutory instrument containing regulations under section 14 which appoint a day as exit day may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.â
  
  Had it not been rejected this amendment would have impacted Schedule 7 of the Bill, paragraph 10 in the version of the Bill referred to in the amendment stated:
  
  :Power to amend the definition of âexit dayâ
  
  :10 A statutory instrument containing regulations under section 14(4) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament. 
  
  Section 14 of the Bill[4] contained the definition of âexit dayâ as 29 March 2019 at 11.00 p.m. Subsection (4) began:
  
  :A Minister of the Crown may by regulationsâ
  :(a) amend the definition of âexit dayâ in subsection (1) to ensure that the day and time specified in the definition are the day and time that the Treaties are to cease to apply to the United Kingdom, 
  
  It appears the amendment rejected in this vote was intended to operate with an amendments rejected in the prior vote which sought to empower ministers to change exit day [for reasons other than consistency with the withdrawal agreement].[5] The amendment rejected in this vote would have ensured any regulations making such a change would have required the approval of a resolution of each House of Parliament before taking effect. 
  
  Given the state of the Bill at the time of the vote the amendment rejected in this vote would be inconsequential. Had Clause 14 been amended, or if it were to be amended in the future, the amendment would have ensured Parliamentary approval was required for any regulations changing the date of withdrawal from the union made under it. 
  
  ==
  
  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/europeanunionwithdrawal.html Parliament's webpage on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill]
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0212/hcb212withoutendorsement.32-38.html Page of amendment sheet containing Lords amendment 125, Parliament.uk website, 16 May 2018]
  * [3] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2017-2019/0079/lbill_2017-20190079_en_5.htm#sch7-pt2 Schedule 7, Part 2, of the Bill as referred to by the rejected amendment]
  * [4] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2017-2019/0079/lbill_2017-20190079_en_2.htm#pb6-l1g14 Section 14 of the Bill as referred to by the rejected amendment]
  * [5] [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2018-06-12&number=168 House of Commons Vote, European Union (Withdrawal) Bill â Clause 14 â Interpretation â Power of Ministers to Set Exit Day â 12 Jun 2018 at 16:15, PublicWhip.org.uk] 
  
  
  
  --- COMMENTS AND NOTES ---
  
  (put thoughts and notes for other researchers here)
  