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  European Union (Referendum) Bill - Clause 1 - 
  
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  @ MP voted no against limiting the role of Parliament in setting the date for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU
  @ MP voted aye to limit the role of Parliament in setting the date for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU
  
  The majority of MPs voted to reject a proposed technical restriction on the role of Parliament in setting the date for the referendum, explicitly restricting Parliament to approving, or not, a day proposed via a ministerial order. 
  
  The rejected amendment[1] was proposed by Chris Williamson MP and was to leave out subsection (6) from clause (1) of the European Union (Referendum) Bill and insert â
  
  :"(6) An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument.
  
  :"(7) An order under subsection (3) may not be made unless each House of Parliament has passed a resolution that the referendum shall take place on a day specified in the resolution and the day specified in the resolution is the same as in the order.
  
  :"(8) An order under subsection (5) may not be made unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by, a resolution of each House of Parliament.â.
  
  
  Subsection 3 relates to the date of the referendum and subsection 5 relates to the wording of the question in Welsh. 
  
  The original subsection (6) stated[2]:
  
  :"An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument and may not be made unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament."
  
  
  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2013-11-29b.528.2#g528.7 Text of the amendment from Hansard 29 November 2013]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2013-2014/0011/amend/pbc0112911m.1345-1351.html Text of the European Union (Referendum) Bill as at 29 November 2013]
  * [3] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2013-14/europeanunionreferendum/documents.html European Union (Referendum) Bill page on the Parliament website] 
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