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  European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill - Clause 1 - Membership of the European Single Market
  
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  @ MP voted aye for the United Kingdom to seek to remain in the European Single Market after leaving the European Union. 
  @ MP voted no against the United Kingdom seeking to remain in the European Single Market after leaving the European Union. 
  
  The majority of members of the House of Lords voted against the United Kingdom seeking to remain in the European Single Market after leaving the European Union. 
  
  The House of Lords was considering the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill[1]. 
  
  The proposed amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Clause 1, page 1, line 3, at end insertâ
  :â( ) Before a notification can be given under subsection (1), the Prime Minister must give an undertaking to negotiate under the process set out in Article 50 on the basis of the United Kingdom retaining membership of the European Single Market."
  
  
  Clause 1(1) of the Bill referred to[2] 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] [https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2016-2017/0132/cbill_2016-20170132_en_2.htm#l1g1 Text of the Bill as at the time of the vote]
  
  
  
  
  
  
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