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  Temporary Standing Order - European Statutory Instruments Committee - Membership - At Least Seven Women and At Least Seven Men
  
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  @ MP voted aye for the sixteen members of the European Statutory Instruments Committee to include at least seven women and at least seven men. 
  @ MP voted no against a proposal that the sixteen members of the European Statutory Instruments Committee should be required to include at least seven women and at least seven men. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted for the sixteen members of the European Statutory Instruments Committee to include at least seven women and at least seven men. 
  
  MPs were considering a motion beginning:
  
  :That the following Standing Order shall have effect for the remainder of this Parliament:â
  
  :(1) There shall be a select committee, called the European Statutory Instruments Committee, to examine and report onâ
  
  :(i) any of the following documents laid before the House of Commons in accordance with [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/16/schedule/7/paragraph/3/enacted paragraph 3(3)(b)] or [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/16/schedule/7/paragraph/17/enacted 17(3)(b) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018]â
  
  :(a) a draft of an instrument; and
  
  :(b) a memorandum setting out both a statement made by a Minister of the Crown to the effect that in the Ministerâs opinion the instrument should be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament (the negative procedure) and the reasons for that opinion, and
  
  :(ii) any matter arising from its consideration of such documents.
  
  ...
  
  :(6) The committee shall consist of sixteen Members.
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment proposed: (a), in paragraph (6), at end add
  
  :âof whom at least seven shall be women and at least seven shall be men.â.
  
  
  
  
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