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  European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill - Status of EU Case Law
  
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  @ MP voted aye for UK courts and tribunals not to be bound by EU case law. 
  @ MP voted no to enable UK courts and tribunals to be bound by EU case law. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted for United Kingdom courts and tribunals not to be bound by European Union case law. 
  
  MPs were considering the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill.[1]
  
  The motion supported by a majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 2.
  
  Lords amendment 2[2] stated:
  
  :Page 30, line 13, leave out paragraph (b)
  
  The paragraph b was contained in a provision amending the [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/16/contents/enacted European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018] and stated[3]:
  
  :(b)in subsection (4), after paragraph (b) (but before the âandâ at the end of the paragraph) insertââ
  :(ba)a relevant court or relevant tribunal is not bound by any retained EU case law so far as is provided for by regulations under subsection (5A),
  
  Explanatory notes to the rejected Lords amendment[4] stated the rejected amendment:
  
  :would remove the provision in the Bill which provides that a relevant court or relevant tribunal is not bound by retained EU case law as may be provided for in regulations made under subsection (5A). 
   
  
  
  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2019-20/europeanunionwithdrawalagreement.html Parliament's webpage on the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill. Parliament.uk website]
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0008/hcb8.1-2.html Lords amendments to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill, Parliament.uk website]
  * [3] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/58-01/016/5801016.pdf Version of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill  as introduced to the House of Lords, 9 January 2020, Parliament.uk website]
  * [4] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0008/en/20008en03.htm Explanatory notes to Lords amendment 2, Parliament.uk website]
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