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  European Union (Withdrawal) Bill - Clause 14 - Allow Ministers to Change Date of Withdrawal
  
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  @ MP voted aye to allow ministers to change the day of the UK's withdrawal from the EU in line with any agreed transitional arrangements.
  @ MP voted no against allowing ministers to change the day of the UK's withdrawal from the EU in line with any agreed transitional arrangements. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against allowing ministers to change the day of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union in line with any agreed transitional arrangements. 
  
  MPs were considering the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill[1].
  
  The proposed amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 1, page 11, line 40, at end insertâ
  
  :â(2A) Subsection (2B) applies if any âexit dayâ appointed in this Act is not in accordance with any transitional arrangements agreed under Article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union.
  
  :(2B) A Minister of the Crown may by regulationsâ
  
  :(a) amend the definition of âexit dayâ in the relevant sections to ensure that the day and time specified are in accordance with any transitional arrangements agreed under Article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union, and
  
  :(b) amend subsection (2) in consequence of any such amendment.
  
  :(2C) Regulations under subsection (2B) are subject to the affirmative procedure.â
  
  The rejected amendment was accompanied by the following explanatory statement:
  
  :This amendment ensures that the Bill can facilitate transitional arrangements within the single market and customs union.
  
  The rejected amendment would have added additional sub-clauses to clause 14[2] which at the time of the vote provided for "exit day" to be 29 March 2019 at 11.00 p.m.
  
  
  
  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/europeanunionwithdrawal.html Parliament's webpage on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill]
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0147/cbill_2017-20190147_en_2.htm#pb6-l1g14 Clause 14 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill as at the time of the vote]
  
  
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