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  European Union (Withdrawal) Bill - Clause 7 - Rights and Protections
  
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  @ MP voted aye to prevent ministers reducing rights or protections in the interests ensuring the effectiveness of EU law retained as UK law when the UK leaves the EU. 
  
  @ MP voted no to allow minsters to reduce rights or protections in the interests ensuring the effectiveness of EU law retained as UK law when the UK leaves the EU. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted to prevent ministers using delegated powers intended to ensure the effectiveness of European Union law retained as United Kingdom law following the UK's withdrawal from the union from: reducing protections for individuals, groups or the natural environment; preventing any person from continuing to exercise a right that they can currently exercise or amending, repealing or revoking the Equality Act 2010 or any subordinate legislation made under that Act.
  
  MPs were considering the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill[1].
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 25, in clause 7, page 6, line 18, at end insertâ
  
  :â(g) remove or reduce any protections currently conferred upon individuals, groups or the natural environment,
  
  :(h) prevent any person from continuing to exercise a right that they can currently exercise,
  
  :(i) amend, repeal or revoke the Equality Act 2010 or any subordinate legislation made under that Act.â
  
  
  Had it not been rejected the amendment would have impacted Clause 7 of the Bill[2] sub-clause (1) of which stated:
  
  :(1) A Minister of the Crown may by regulations make such provision as the Minister considers appropriate to prevent, remedy or mitigateâ
  :(a) any failure of retained EU law to operate effectively, or
  :(b) any other deficiency in retained EU law,
  :arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU.
  
  The rejected amendment sought to add an addition condition to this, adding to a list of things which such regulations would not be permitted to cover. 
  
  
  This rejected amendment was accompanied by the following explanatory note:
  
  :This amendment would prevent the Governmentâs using delegated powers under Clause 7 to reduce rights or protections.
  
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  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/europeanunionwithdrawal.html Parliament's webpage on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill]
  *[2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0005/cbill_2017-20190005_en_2.htm#pb3-l1g7 Clause 7 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill as at the time of the vote]
  
  
  
  
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