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  European Union (Withdrawal) Bill -  Clause 11 - Powers of Devolved Administrations to Make Laws Incompatible With EU Law
  
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  @ MP voted aye to against allowing the devolved administrations in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to make laws which are incompatible with European Union law, and against new United Kingdom frameworks to replace European ones.
  
  
  @ MP voted no against allowing the devolved administrations in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to make laws which are incompatible with European Union law, and against new United Kingdom frameworks to replace European ones.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against allowing the devolved administrations in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland  to make laws which are incompatible with European Union law, and against new United Kingdom frameworks to replace European ones.
  
  MPs were considering the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill[1].
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :page 7, line 23, leave out subsections (1) to (3) and insertâ
  
  :â(1) In [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/29 section 29(2)(d) of the Scotland Act 1998] (no competence for Scottish Parliament to legislate incompatibly with EU law), omit âor with EU lawâ.
  
  :(2) In section [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/4/section/3#section-3-1 108A(2)(e) of the Government of Wales Act 2006] (no competence for National Assembly for Wales to legislate incompatibly with EU law), omit âor with EU lawâ.
  
  :(3) In section [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/section/6 6(2)(d) of the Northern Ireland Act] (no competency for the Assembly to legislate incompatibly with EU law, omit âis incompatible with EU lawâ.
  
  :(4) The Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament proposals for replacing European frameworks with UK ones.
  
  :(5) UK-wide frameworks shall be proposed if and only if they are necessary toâ
  
  :(a) enable the functioning of the UK internal market,
  
  :(b) ensure compliance with international obligations,
  
  :(c) ensure the UK can negotiate, enter into and implement new trade agreements and international treaties,
  
  :(d) enable the management of common resources,
  
  :(e) administer and provide access to justice in cases with a cross-border element, or
  
  :(f) safeguard the security of the UK.
  
  :(6) Ministers of the Crown shall create UK-wide frameworks only if they have consulted with, and secured the agreement of, the affected devolved administrations.â
  
  The rejected amendment would have impacted Clause 11 of the Bill titled ''Retaining EU restrictions in EU devolution legislation etc.'', it would have deleted the arrangements only permitting devolved administrations to legislate to modify European Union law retained as United Kingdom law on withdrawal in accordance with powers devolved to them, or in accordance with an "Order in Council" (a form of decree). The rejected amendment sought to remove restrictions preventing devolved administrations legislating on European Union law.  The rejected amendment also introduced "UK Frameworks" to replace European arrangements, over which affected devolved administrations would have a veto. 
  
  The rejected amendment was accompanied by the following explanatory notice:
  
  :This amendment removes the Billâs proposed restrictions on the ability of the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly to legislate on devolved matters and creates new collaborative procedures for the creation of UK-wide frameworks for retained EU law.
  
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  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/europeanunionwithdrawal.html Parliament's webpage on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill]
  
  
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