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  European Union Bill - Clause 6 - Referendum on Emergency Financial Assistance for EU Member States
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require a referendum prior to UK giving emergency financial assistance via the EU to member states other than the Republic of Ireland.
  @ MP voted no against requiring a referendum prior to UK giving emergency financial assistance via the EU to member states other than the Republic of Ireland. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against requiring a referendum prior to UK giving emergency financial assistance via the EU to member states other than the Republic of Ireland. 
  
  The rejected amendment, proposed by William Cash MP (Stone, Conservative) stated[1]:
  
  page 5, line 35, at end insert-
  
  '(l) a decision to extend the use of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Financial_Stabilisation_Mechanism European Financial Stability Mechanism] to member states other than the Republic of Ireland.'.
  
  This would have affected clause [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmbills/106/11106.1-7.html#j122 6](4) of the bill[2][3] which lists the decisions which must not be adopted by the UK without both an Act of Parliament and approval  by a majority of those voting in a referendum 
  
  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2011-01-25a.171.3#g241.1 Official Record, House of Commons, 25 January 2011] 
  * [2] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/europeanunion.html Parliament's webpage on the European Union Bill (now the European Union Act 2011)] 
  * [3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmbills/106/11106.i-ii.html European Union Bill  as at 11 November 2011 (the version under consideration at the time of the vote)]. 
  
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