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  European Union (Withdrawal) Bill - Clause 14 - Interpretation - Moment of Withdrawal 
  
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  @ MP voted aye to set the moment of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union at 29 March 2019 at 11.00 p.m and supported allowing ministers to change that if required to match the moment specified in treaties of the European Union. 
  @ MP voted no against setting the moment of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union at 29 March 2019 at 11.00 p.m; instead allowing ministers to set the moment.
  
  The majority of MPs voted to set the moment of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union at 29 March 2019 at 11.00 p.m and supported allowing ministers to change that if required to match the moment specified in treaties of the European Union. 
  
  MPs were considering the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill[1].
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That amendments 381 and 399 be made.
  
  Amendment 381 stated:
  :in clause 14,page 10,line 25 leave out from âmeansâ to â(andâ in line 26 and insert
  :â29 March 2019 at 11.00 p.m.â
  
  The amendment was accompanied by an explanatory statement:
  :This amendment removes the power for a Minister of the Crown to appoint exit day by regulations and ensures that exit day is fixed at 29 March 2019 at 11.00 p.m. for all purposes.
  
  
  Amendment 399 stated:
  
  :page 10, line 26, leave out âsubsection (2)â and insert âsubsections (2) to (2C)â.
  
  The amendment was accompanied by an explanatory statement:
  
  :This amendment is consequential on amendment 400 and signposts, in the definition of âexit dayâ, the existence of the new subsections that are being inserted into Clause 14 by amendment 400.
  
  Amendment 400[2] stated:
  
  :Clause  14,  page  11,  line  32,  at end insertâ
   		
  :â(2A)  Subsection (2B) applies if the day or time on or at which the Treaties are to cease to apply to the United Kingdom in accordance with Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union is different from that specified in the definition of âexit dayâ in subsection (1).
   		
  :(2B)   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, and 		
  :(b)    amend subsection (2) in consequence of any such amendment.
  
  :(2C)    In subsections (2A) and (2B) âthe Treatiesâ means the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.â
   		
  
  Amendment 400 was accompanied by an explanatory statement:
   		
  
  :This amendment confers power on a Minister of the Crown to amend the definition of âexit dayâ in Clause 14(1) if the day or time on or at which the United Kingdom ceases to be a member of the EU is different from that specified in the definition. There is also power to amend Clause 14(2) in consequence of amending the definition of âexit dayâ.
  
  The text contained in Amendment 400 was incorporated into the Bill[3].
  
  
  * [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/amend/euwithdrawal_daily_cwh_1219.8-14.html Page of 20 December 2017 House of Commons amendment sheet for the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill containing amendment 400]
  * [3] [https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-public-bill-office/2017-19/compared-bills/EU-Withdrawal-bill-Commons-tracked-changes.pdf European Union (Withdrawal) Bill  as amended by the committee of the whole house. Dated 21 December 2017]
  
  
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