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  European Union Bill - Inconsequential wording change : supporting to permitting
  
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  @ MP voted aye to make an inconsequential change to the wording of the European Union Bill.  
  @ MP voted no against making an inconsequential change to the wording of the European Union Bill.  
  
  The majority of members of the House of Lords voted to make an inconsequential change to the wording of the European Union Bill[1].  
  
  The majority of Contents agreed to make the following amendment to Clause 1 of the European Union Bill[2]:
  
   âleave out out "supporting" and insert "permitting"â from this text:
  
  'A reference to a Minister of the Crown voting in favour of or otherwise supporting a decision is a reference to a Minister of the Crown voting in favour of or otherwise supporting the decision in the European Council or the Council.'
  
  Clause 1 offers explanatory notes that aid the understanding and intended meaning of terms used in Part 1 of the bill.
  
  
  The debate reveals the amendment was proposed "in a purely formal way", in an effort to seek reassurances, so apparently was not intended to be, and doesn't appear to be, substantive. 
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/europeanunion.html Parliament's webpage on the European Union Bill (now an Act)]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmbills/106/2011106.pdf European Union Bill â including Clause 1]
  
  
  
  
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