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  Points of Order - Common European Asylum System
  
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  <p>The Aye-voters failed to carry an <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/glossary/?gl=114">amendment</a> to a motion (which noted the importance of working collectively on asylum issues with other Member States of the European Union) that would have required the Commons to recognise that:</p>   
  
  <blockquote>'asylum policy, as an essential component in the control of the UK's borders, should remain under the control of the British Government.'</blockquote>
  
  <p>The amendment can be seen as an attempt to limit devolution of power to the European Union.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.516.1/2"><i> The House divided:</i> Ayes 136, Noes 275.</p>
  
  
  
  
  
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