text_body: --- DIVISION TITLE ---
  
  European Union (Withdrawal) Bill - New Clause - Parliamentary Approval of the Outcome of Negotiations with the European Union
  
  --- MOTION EFFECT ---
  
  @ MP voted aye
  @ MP voted no
  
  The majority of MPs voted
  
  MPs were considering the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill[1].
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 19.
  
  Lords amendment 19 stated:
  
  :Insert the following new Clauseâ
   	
  
  	
  
  âParliamentary approval of the outcome of negotiations with the European
   	
  
  Union
   	
  
  (1)    
  	
  
  Without prejudice to any other statutory provision relating to the
   	
  
  withdrawal agreement, Her Majestyâs Government may conclude such an
   	
  
  agreement only if a draft has beenâ
   	
  
  (a)    
  	
  
  approved by a resolution of the House of Commons, and
   	
  
  (b)    
  	
  
  subject to the consideration of a motion in the House of Lords.
   	
  
  (2)    
  	
  
  So far as practicable, a Minister of the Crown must make arrangements for
   	
  
  the resolution provided for in subsection (1)(a) to be debated and voted on
   	
  
  before the European Parliament has debated and voted on the draft
   	
  
  withdrawal agreement.
   	
  
  (3)    
  	
  
  Her Majestyâs Government may implement a withdrawal agreement only
   	
  
  if Parliament has approved the withdrawal agreement and any transitional
   	
  
  measures agreed within or alongside it by an Act of Parliament.
   	
  
  (4)    
  	
  
  Subsection (5) applies in each case that any of the conditions in subsections
   	
  
  (6) to (8) is met.
   	
  
  (5)    
  	
  
  Her Majestyâs Government must follow any direction in relation to the
   	
  
  negotiations under Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union which
   	
  
  has beenâ
   	
  
  (a)    
  	
  
  approved by a resolution of the House of Commons, and
   	
  
  (b)    
  	
  
  subject to the consideration of a motion in the House of Lords.
   	
  
  (6)    
  	
  
  The condition in this subsection is that the House of Commons has not
   	
  
  approved the resolution required under subsection (1)(a) by 30 November
   	
  
  2018.
   	
  
  (7)    
  	
  
  The condition in this subsection is that the Act of Parliament required
   	
  
  under subsection (3) has not received Royal Assent by 31 January 2019.
   	
  
  (8)    
  	
  
  The condition in this subsection is that no withdrawal agreement has been
   	
  
  reached between the United Kingdom and the European Union by 28
   	
  
  February 2019.
   
   	
  
   
   
   	
  
  	
  
  	
  
  	
  
  7
  	
   
   	
  
  (9)    
  	
  
  In this section, âwithdrawal agreementâ means an agreement (whether or
   	
  
  not ratified) between the United Kingdom and the EU under Article 50(2)
   	
  
  of the Treaty on European Union which sets out the arrangements for the
   	
  
  United Kingdomâs withdrawal from the EU and the framework for the
   	
  
  United Kingdomâs future relationship with the European Union.â
  
  ==
  
  
  
  * [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/2017-2019/0212/hcb212withoutendorsement.1-7.html Page of Lords amendments sheet containing Lords amendment 19. Parliament.uk website, 16 May 2018]
  --- COMMENTS AND NOTES ---
  
  (put thoughts and notes for other researchers here)
  