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  European Union (Withdrawal) Bill - Clause 5 - European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights
  
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  @ MP voted aye for the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights to remain part of UK law on the UK's withdrawal from the European Union.
  
  @ MP voted no against the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights remaining part of UK law on the UK's withdrawal from the European Union.
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted against the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights remaining part of UK law on the UK's withdrawal from the European Union.
  
  
  MPs were considering the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill[1].
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 46, in clause 5, page 3, line 20, leave out subsection (4).
  
  ''Had it not been rejected the amendment would have removed the following subclause from clause 5[2] 
  
  :The [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:12012P/TXT Charter of Fundamental Rights] is not part of domestic law on or after exit day.
  
  The charter begins:
  
  :"The peoples of Europe, in creating an ever closer union among them, are resolved to share a peaceful future based on common values."
  
  It contains sections titled: Dignity, Freedoms, Equality, Solidarity, Citizens' Rights and Justice. 
  
  
  The rejected amendment was accompanied by the following explanatory note:
  
  :This amendment would remove the exclusion of the Charter of Fundamental Rights from retained EU law.
  
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  * [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/2017-2019/0005/cbill_2017-20190005_en_2.htm#pb2-l1g5 Clause 5 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill as at the time of the vote] 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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