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  Trade Bill - New Clause 20 -  Approval of Negotiating Mandates - Devolved Administrations - International Trade Agreements
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require the approval of the United Kingdom's negotiating aims for international trade agreements from the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly, and the Northern Ireland Assembly.
  @ MP voted no against requiring approval of the United Kingdom's negotiating aims for international trade agreements from the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly, and the Northern Ireland Assembly.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against requiring approval of the United Kingdom's negotiating aims for international trade agreements from the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly, and the Northern Ireland Assembly.
  
  MPs were considering the Trade Bill[1].
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: ''Approval of negotiating mandates (devolved authorities)'' which began:
  
  :â(1) No negotiation towards an agreement that falls within [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0122/cbill_2017-20190122_en_2.htm#pt1-l1g2 section 2(2)] shall take place unlessâ
  :(a) a draft negotiating mandate in respect of that agreement has been laid beforeâ
  :(i) a committee including representatives from each devolved authority and constituted for the purpose of considering the draft, and
  :(ii) each devolved legislature,
  :and
  :(b) the draft negotiating mandate has been approved by resolution ofâ
  :(i) the committee constituted under (1)(a)(i) and
  :(ii) each devolved legislature.
  :(2) The committee in (1) shall be called the âJoint Ministerial Committee on Tradeâ (âJMCTâ) and ...
  
  Section 2(2) states[2]:
  
  :(2) An âinternational trade agreementâ meansâ
  :(a) a free trade agreement, or
  :(b) an international agreement that mainly relates to trade, other than a free trade agreement. 
  
  The rejected new clause was accompanied by the following explanatory statement:
  :This new clause would ensure that any negotiating mandate is first approved by the devolved legislatures and creates a joint ministerial committee to encourage co-operation between the devolved administrations and the UK Government in drafting the negotiating mandates. It imposes a duty of co-operation on all parties in the preparation of the negotiating mandate.
  
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  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/trade.html Parliament's webpage on the Trade Bill]
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0122/cbill_2017-20190122_en_2.htm#pt1-l1g2 Clause 2(2) of the Trade Bill, to which the rejected new clause refers]
  
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