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  UK Withdrawal from the EU - Withdrawal Agreement - Ireland
  
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  @ MP voted aye against the principle of a withdrawal agreement which would avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland via a mechanism other than the United Kingdom remaining aligned with the European Union customs union and to require the presentation, to the House of Commons, of either a negotiated withdrawal agreement, or a statement declaring there is no-longer an agreement in principle, by 27 February 2019, and to allow MPs to consider how to proceed. 
  @ MP voted no for the principle of a withdrawal agreement which would avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland via a mechanism other than the United Kingdom remaining aligned with the European Union customs union and against requiring the presentation, to the House of Commons, of either a negotiated withdrawal agreement, or a statement declaring there is no-longer an agreement in principle, by 27 February 2019, and against allowing MPs to consider how to proceed. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against the principle of a withdrawal agreement which would avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland via a mechanism other than the United Kingdom remaining aligned with the European Union customs union and to require the presentation, to the House of Commons, of either a negotiated withdrawal agreement, or a statement declaring there is no-longer an agreement in principle, by 27 February 2019, and to allow MPs to consider how to proceed. 
  
  MPs were considering a motion stating:
  
  :That this House
  :''welcomes'' [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2019-02-12c.730.4#g730.5 the Prime Ministerâs statement of 12 February 2019];
  :''reiterates'' its support for [https://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2019-01-29&house=commons&number=313 the approach to leaving the EU expressed by this House on 29 January 2019] and notes that discussions between the UK and the EU on the Northern Ireland backstop are ongoing.
  
  The approach to leaving the EU mentioned referred to House of Commons vote where[1]:
  
  :The majority of MPs voted to express support for an agreement on the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union which avoids a hard border on the island of Ireland via a mechanism other than the United Kingdom remaining aligned with the European Union customs union. 
  
  The amendment supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  : leave out from âHouseâ to end and add
  :ârequires by 27 February 2019 a Minister of the Crown either (a) to move another motion under [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/16/section/13/enacted Section 13(1)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018] or (b) to make a written statement declaring that there is no longer an agreement in principle in the negotiations with the European Union and to move no later than that date an amendable motion on how the Government proposes to proceed.â
  
  The original motion sought support for the principle of a withdrawal agreement which would avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland via a mechanism other than the United Kingdom remaining aligned with the European Union customs union. The amendment sought to omit that support and instead require the presentation, to the House of Commons, of either a negotiated withdrawal agreement, or a statement declaring there is no-longer an agreement in principle, by 27 February 2019, and to allow MPs to consider how to proceed. 
  
  
  
  
  * [1][https://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2019-01-29&house=commons&number=313 House of Commons vote, 29 January 2019, PublicWhip.org.uk]
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