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  European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill - New Clause 158 - Report on Continued Levels of EU Funding for Wales
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require a report on the effect of the United Kingdomâs withdrawal from the EU on the National Assembly for Walesâ block grant before allowing the Prime Minister to to give notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union.
  
  @ MP voted no against requiring a report on the effect of the United Kingdomâs withdrawal from the EU on the National Assembly for Walesâ block grant before allowing the Prime Minister to to give notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union.
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted against requiring a report on the effect of the United Kingdomâs withdrawal from the EU on the National Assembly for Walesâ block grant before allowing the Prime Minister to to give notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union.
  
  MPs were considering the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill[1]. 
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: ''Continued levels of EU funding for Wales'' and stated:
  
  :âBefore the Prime Minister exercises the power under section 1, the Secretary of State must lay a report beforeâ 
  
  :(a) Parliament, and
  
  :(b) the National Assembly for Wales outlining the effect of the United Kingdomâs withdrawal from the EU on the National Assembly for Walesâ block grant.
  
  The rejected new clause was accompanied by the following explanatory note:
  
  :This new clause would require the UK Government to lay a report before the National Assembly for Wales outlining the effect of the UKâs withdrawal from the EU on Welsh finances, before exercising the power under section 1. This would allow for scrutiny of the Leave Campaignâs promise to maintain current levels of EU funding for Wales.
  
  The term "block grant" for Wales is used to describe money allocated to Wales by the UK Government.[2]
  
  
  Clause 1(1) of the Bill 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 Kingdomâs intention to withdraw from the EU.
  
  
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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]
  * [2] [http://law.gov.wales/constitution-government/government-in-wales/finance/?lang=en#/constitution-government/government-in-wales/finance/?tab=overview&lang=en How is devolved government in Wales financed?, Law Wales]
  
  
  
  
  
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