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  Standing Orders â Veto for MPs from England, Wales and Northern Ireland Over Laws Affecting Just Their Areas
  
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  @ MP voted aye 
  @ MP voted no 
  
  
  MPs were considering a motion proposing a number of new, and amended, Standing Orders for the House of Commons designed to give those MPs from England, Wales and Northern Ireland affected by proposed laws a veto over them.
  
  Under the proposed Standing Orders a majority of MPs from the affected areas would need to consent to a relevant bill or amendment to enable them to be put to a vote; and a motion put before the whole house would not be considered agreed unless the majority of MPs from qualifying constituencies agreed to it.
  
  The motion under consideration[1] began:
  
  :That
  :(1) The following new Standing Orders and changes to Standing Orders be made: .... 
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was recorded in the official record after the vote as being:
  
  :Amendment (f), in proposed Standing Order No. 83J(2), leave out second âorâ and insert âandâ. 
  
  However on the order paper[3] prior to the vote it had been printed as:
  
  :Line 14 (proposed Standing Order No 83J), leave out âorâ and insert âandâ.
  
  The PDF version of the day's order of business[3] contains the motion marked up with line numbers. 
  
  
  The subsection in question stated:
  
  :(2) A clause or schedule relates exclusively to England or to England and Wales if (disregarding any minor or consequential effects outside the area in question) it applies only to England or (as the case may be) to England and Wales.
  
  According to the official record the amendment would have changed "exclusively to England or to England and Wales" to "exclusively to England and to England and Wales" rendering the subclause nonsensical. This appears to be an error and the intended amendment is that described on the order paper - that's the information MPs would have had before them when deciding how to vote.
  
  That the amendment was actually intended to replace the third "or" in the subclause and impact the "minor or consequential" wording was confirmed during the debate preceding the vote by the MP who proposed it, Chris Bryant, who stated[2]:
  
  :Our amendment (f) would make this âminor and consequentialâ, rather than âminor or consequentialâ, because that is the only way that Barnett consequentials could be taken into consideration when determining whether a Bill applies only in England or only in England and Wales.
  
  A "Barnett consequential" is a change in the grant paid by the UK central Government to the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland[3] due to the application of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnett_formula Barnett formula]. The Barnett formula adjusts central Government funding to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland based on changes in public spending in England on comparable programmes, taking into to account the relative populations.[4] 
  
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  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2015-10-22b.1159.0#g1159.3 Motion on new Standing Orders and amendments, Chris Grayling MP, Official Record, House of Commons, 22 October 2015]
  * [2] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2015-10-22b.1159.0#g1191.6 Chris Bryant MP, Official Record, House of Commons, 22 October 2015]
  * [3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmagenda/ob151022.pdf PDF Version of Business Today: Chamber for Thursday 22 October 2015]
  * [3] [http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/assembly-business/committees/finance-and-personnel/reports/report-on-the-review-of-the-operation-of-the-barnett-formula/ Report on the Review of the Operation of the Barnett Formula, Finance and Personnel Committee, Northern Ireland Assembly]
  * [4] [http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/RP01-108 The Barnett formula. House of Commons Library Research Paper 01/108] - Timothy Edmonds, November 30, 2001
  
  
  
  
  
  
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