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  Taxation (Post-transition Period) Bill - Clause 5 - Parliamentary Approval for Duty on Goods Moved from Great Britian to Northern Ireland
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require active Parliamentary approval of changes to taxes on goods moved from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
  
  @ MP voted no not to require active Parliamentary approval of changes to taxes on goods moved from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to require active Parliamentary approval of changes to taxes on goods moved from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.  
  
  MPs were considering the Taxation (Post-transition Period) Bill[1][2]. 
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 1, in clause 5, page 7, line 44, leave out subsection (3).
  
  The rejected amendment was accompanied by the following explanatory statement from its proposer:
  
  :This amendment is connected with NC1, which would make all substantive regulations under the Bill subject to the affirmative procedure.
  
  Clause 5(3) of the Bill stated:
  
  :A statutory instrument containing regulations made under subsection (2) is
  subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons.
  
  The regulations in question relate to excise duty on the removal of goods to Northern Ireland.
  
  The affirmative procedure requires the approval secondary legislation by the House of Commons (and in some cases the Lords)[3]. 
  
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/2811 Parliament's webpage on the Taxation (Post-transition Period) Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0227/en/200227en.pdf Explanatory notes to the Taxation (Post-transition Period) Bill, 8 December 2020], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://guidetoprocedure.parliament.uk/articles/ovuiEncc/what-happens-to-statutory-instruments-under-the-affirmative-procedure What happens to statutory instruments under the affirmative procedure, MPs' Guide to Procedure, UK Parliament], Parliament.uk
  
  
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