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  European Union Membership
  
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  @ MP voted aye to say the UK needs to stay in the EU.
  @ MP voted no against saying the UK needs to stay in the EU.
  
  The majority of MPs voted to say the UK needs to stay in the EU.
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House 
  :''believes'' that the UK needs to stay in the EU because it offers the best framework for trade, manufacturing, employment rights and cooperation to meet the challenges the UK faces in the world in the twenty-first century; and 
  :''notes'' that tens of billions of pounds worth of investment and millions of jobs are linked to the UKâs membership of the EU, the biggest market in the world.
  
  There was no substantive operative clause in the motion, just an expression of belief and a decision to note. 
  
  
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