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  European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill - Consideration by MPs of Any Withdrawal Delay Proposed by the European Council
  
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  @ MP voted aye against MPs in the House of Commons considering delaying the UK's withdrawal from the EU to any date proposed by the European Council. 
  @ MP voted no for MPs in the House of Commons to consider delaying the UK's withdrawal from the EU to any date proposed by the European Council. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted for MPs in the House of Commons to consider delaying the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union to any date proposed by the European Council. 
  
  The European Council is made up of the heads of state or government of the 28 EU member states, the European Council President and the President of the European Commission.[1]
  
  MPs were considering the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill[2]. 
  
  The amendment rejected by a majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 21, page 1, line 21, leave out subsections (6) and (7)
  
  Subsections (6) and (7) stated:
  
  : (6) Subsection (7) applies if the European Council proposes an extension of the period specified in [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A12012M050 Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union] to a period ending other than on the date proposed in the resolution arising from the motion in the form set out in subsection (2) for the purposes of subsection (1).
  
  : (7) If the condition in subsection (6) is met, on the day after the European Council makes the proposal referred to in subsection (6), the Prime Minister must move a motion in the House of Commons in the form set out in subsection (2). 
  
  
  Subsection (2), the main operative clause of the Bill required a motion to be put before the House of Commons in the form:
  
  :âThat this House agrees for the purposes of [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/16/section/2/enacted section 2 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019] to the Prime Minister seeking an extension of the period specified in [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A12012M050 Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union] to a period ending on [â¦]â
  
  The date to which the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union would be delayed was not given in the Bill but would, under subsection 1(3) of the Bill, be added to the motion prior to it being moved and could be amended during debate. 
  
  * [1] [https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/european-council/ The European Council, European Union Website]
  * [2] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/europeanunionwithdrawalno5.html Parliament's webpage on the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill 2017-19, Parliament.uk]
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