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  European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill - New Clause 180 - UK To Remain EU Member Unless UK Parliament Agrees Terms for Leaving
  
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  @ MP voted aye to prevent the Prime Minister giving notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union unless the European Council undertake that if the United Kingdom Parliament doesn't agree the terms of the United Kingdom's leaving of the European Union the United Kingdom's will remain an EU member under the existing terms.
  
  @ MP voted no not to prevent the Prime Minister giving notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union unless the European Council undertake that if the United Kingdom Parliament doesn't agree the terms of the United Kingdom's leaving of the European Union the United Kingdom's will remain an EU member under the existing terms.
   
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to prevent the Prime Minister giving notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union unless the European Council undertake that if the United Kingdom Parliament doesn't agree the terms of the United Kingdom's leaving of the European Union the United Kingdom's will remain an EU member under the existing terms.
  
  MPs were considering the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill[1]. 
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled ''UK â EU membership: reset (No. 2)'' and stated
  
  :The Prime Minister may not exercise the power under section 1(1) until she has sought an undertaking from the [http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/european-council/ European Council] that failure by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to approve the terms of exit for the UK will result in the maintenance of UK membership on existing terms.
  
  Section 1(1) stated:
  
  ::(1) The Prime Minister may notify, under Article 50(2) of the [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A12012M%2FTXT Treaty on European Union], the United King
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016-17/europeanunionnotificationofwithdrawal.html Parliament's webpage on the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill 2016-17]
  
  
  
  
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