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  Trade Bill - Clause 1 - Implementation of the Agreement on Government Procurement - Consent of Welsh and Scottish Ministers
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require the consent of Welsh or Scottish ministers before making regulations impacting devolved matters relating to the implementation of a World Trade Organisation agreement on open, fair and transparent conditions of competition be ensured in government procurement. 
  
  @ MP voted no not to require the consent of Welsh or Scottish ministers before making regulations impacting devolved matters relating to the implementation of a World Trade Organisation agreement on open, fair and transparent conditions of competition be ensured in government procurement. 
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to require the consent of Welsh or Scottish ministers before making regulations impacting devolved matters relating to the implementation of a World Trade Organisation agreement on open, fair and transparent conditions of competition be ensured in government procurement. 
  
  MPs were considering the Trade Bill[1].
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was: 
  
  :Amendment 25, page 1, line 15, at end insertâ
  
  :â(1A) No regulations may be made under this subsection by a Minister of the Crown, so far as they contain provision which would be within the devolved competence of the Scottish Ministers (within the meaning given in paragraph 7 of [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0122/cbill_2017-20190122_en_2.htm#sch1 Schedule 1]), unless the Scottish Ministers consent.
  
  :(1B) No regulations may be made under this subsection by a Minister of the Crown, so far as they contain provision which would be within the devolved competence of the Welsh Ministers (within the meaning given in paragraph 8 of [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0122/cbill_2017-20190122_en_2.htm#sch1 Schedule 1]), unless the Welsh Ministers consent.â
  
  The rejected amendment would have added additional subclauses to clause 1 of the Bill[2] which was titled: ''Implementation of the Agreement on Government Procurement'' and began:
  
  : (1) An appropriate authority may by regulations make such provision as the authority considers appropriateâ
  :(a) for the purpose of implementing the [https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/gproc_e/gp_gpa_e.htm Agreement on Government Procurement signed at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994] as amended on or before 29 March 2012 (âthe 1994 GPAâ),
  :(b) for the purpose of implementing the Agreement on Government Procurement signed at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994, as amended on or before the United Kingdomâs accession (âthe Revised GPAâ), 
  
  
  The rejected amendment was accompanied by the following explanatory statement:
  :This amendment and Amendment 26 seek to ensure that regulations cannot be made without consent from devolved Ministers.
  
  [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/58 Section 58 of the Scotland Act 1998] and [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/82 Section 82 of the Government of Wales Act 2006] provide for compliance with international obligations to be reserved to the United Kingdom Parliament in Westminster.  
  
  
  
  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/trade.html Parliament's webpage on the Trade Bill]
  
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