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  United Kingdom Internal Market Bill - Decline Second Reading
  
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  @ MP voted aye against ensuring the free movement, and sale, of goods, and mutual recognition of professional qualifications, within the UK and to call on the Government to expedite a trade deal with the EU.
  
  @ MP voted no in favour of the free movement, and sale, of goods, and mutual recognition of professional qualifications, within the UK; and not to call on the Government to expedite a trade deal with the EU.
  
  The majority of MPs voted in favour of the free movement, and sale, of goods, and mutual recognition of professional qualifications, within the United Kingdom; and voted not to call on the Government to expedite a trade deal with the European Union.
  
  MPs were considering the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill[1]. 
  
  The motion being debated by MPs was:
  
  :That the Bill be now read a Second time
  
  The amendment rejected by a majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :to leave out from âThatâ to the end of the Question and add:
  
  :this House 
  :''notes'' that the UK has left the EU;
  :''calls on the Government'' to get on with negotiating a trade deal with the EU;
  :''recognises'' that legislation is required to ensure the smooth, effective working of the internal market across the UK; but
  :''declines'' to give a Second Reading to the Internal Market Bill because this Bill undermines the [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-withdrawal-agreement-and-political-declaration Withdrawal Agreement] already agreed by Parliament, re-opens discussion about the [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/840655/Agreement_on_the_withdrawal_of_the_United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Northern_Ireland_from_the_European_Union_and_the_European_Atomic_Energy_Community.pdf?page=297 Northern Ireland Protocol] that has already been settled, breaches international law, undermines the devolution settlements and would tarnish the UKâs global reputation as a law-abiding nation and the UKâs ability to enforce other international trade deals and protect jobs and the economy.â
  
  The United Kingdom Internal Market Bill[1][2]:
  
  * generally provides that goods produced in, or imported from outside the United Kingdom into, one part of the United Kingdom, and which can be legally sold there, are able to be sold in any other part of the United Kingdom. 
  * retains powers for devolved administrations to regulate goods produced in, or imported from outside the United Kingdom into, their part of the United Kingdom. 
  * generally prohibits different treatment of local goods vs those from other parts of the United Kingdom 
  * prohibits new checks on goods moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  * Expressly makes clear that provisions relating to Northern Ireland have  effect notwithstanding any relevant international or domestic law with which they may be incompatible or inconsistent 
  * provides for consistent recognition of professional qualifications across the United Kingdom
  
  
  
  
  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2019-21/unitedkingdominternalmarket.html Parliament's webpage on the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill, Parliament.uk]
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0177/en/20177en.pdf Explanatory notes to the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill, Parliament.uk website]
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