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  Relations Between the European Union, its Member States and New Zealand
  
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  @ MP voted aye to consolidate and strengthen cooperation between the EU, its Member States and New Zealand in a range of sectors of mutual interest.
  @ MP voted no against consolidating and strengthening cooperation between the EU, its Member States and New Zealand in a range of sectors of mutual interest
  The majority of MPs voted to consolidate and strengthen cooperation between the EU, its Member States and New Zealand in a range of sectors of mutual interest.
  
  The majority of MPs voted to declare [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/701686/EU_2.2018_CM_New_Zealand_Partnership.pdf the Partnership Agreement on Relations and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and New Zealand, of the other part], signed at Brussels on 5th October 2016 to be an EU Treaty.
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  :That [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111169889 the draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Partnership Agreement on Relations and Cooperation) (New Zealand) Order 2018], which was laid before this House on 4 June, be approved.
  
  The explanatory memorandum to the order[1] states:
  
  :The Agreement will provide a framework to consolidate and strengthen cooperation between the EU, its Member States and New Zealand in a range of sectors of mutual interest. These include: promoting democratic principles and respect for human rights; countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; combating illicit trade of small arms and light weapons; taking measures against the most serious crimes of concern to the international community; and combating terrorism.
  
  
  * [1] [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111169889/pdfs/ukdsiem_9780111169889_en.pdf Explanatory memorandum to the draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Partnership Agreement on Relations and Cooperation) (New Zealand) Order 2018]
  
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