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  European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill - Agreement of Representatives of Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland Administrations
  
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  @ MP voted aye to only allow the Prime Minister to give notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union a month after the approach to, and objectives for, withdrawal negotiations have been agreed by representatives of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland administrations.   
  
  @ MP voted no against only allowing the Prime Minister to give notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union a month after the approach to, and objectives for, withdrawal negotiations have been agreed by representatives of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland administrations.   
  
  The majority of MPs voted against only allowing the Prime Minister to give notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union a month after the approach to, and objectives for, withdrawal negotiations have been agreed by representatives of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland administrations.   
  
  MPs were considering the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill. 
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was:
  
  :The Prime Minister may not exercise the power under section 1(1) until at least one month after all members of the Joint Ministerial Committee on European Negotiation have agreed a UK wide approach to, and objectives for, the UKâs negotiations for withdrawal from the EU.
  
  Clause/section 1(1) of the Bill stated:
  
  :(1) The Prime Minister may notify, under Article 50(2) of the [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A12012M%2FTXT Treaty on European Union], the United Kingdomâs intention to withdraw from the EU.
  
  The Joint Ministerial Committee (EU negotiations), chaired by the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, is a forum comprising ministers from the UK, Scottish and Welsh Governments, and the Northern Ireland Executive to continue the UK Governmentâs work with the devolved administrations in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales to secure the best Brexit deal for the whole of the United Kingdom.[2]
  
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016-17/europeanunionnotificationofwithdrawal.html Parliament's webpage on the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill 2016-17]
  * [2] [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/joint-ministerial-committee-eu-negotiations-communique-9-november-2016 Joint Ministerial Committee (EU negotiations) communiquÃ©: 9 November 2016]
  
  
  
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