division_name: European Union Referendum Bill
motion: <p class="" pid="c.1047.3/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="c.1047.3/2" pwmotiontext="yes">This is a simple, but vital, piece of legislation. It has one clear purpose: to deliver on our promise to give the British people the final say on our EU membership in an in/out referendum by the end of 2017. For those who were present in the last Parliament, today&#8217;s debate will be tinged with a sense of d&#233;j&#224; vu: we have, of course, debated this Bill before. So before I start, I would like to pay tribute to my hon. Friend <phrase class="honfriend" name="James Wharton" person_id="uk.org.publicwhip/person/24930">the Member for Stockton South (James Wharton)</phrase>. His European Union (Referendum) Bill in the last Parliament was passed by this House, but sadly was blocked in the other place by the opposition parties. He deserves the credit for paving the way for the Bill we are debating today.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="c.1067.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from &#8220;That&#8221; to the end of the Question and add:</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="c.1067.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the EU Referendum Bill because it fails to meet the gold standard set by the Scottish independence referendum in terms of inclusivity and democratic participation, in particular because the Bill does not give the right to vote to 16 and 17 year olds or most EU nationals living in the UK, the Bill does not include a double majority provision to ensure that no nation or jurisdiction of the UK can be taken out of the EU against its will, and the legislation does not include provision to ensure that the referendum vote cannot be held on the same day as the Scottish, Welsh or Northern Ireland elections.</p>
  
  <p pid="c.1151.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put, </i>That the amendment be made.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="c.1151.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="c.1151.2/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 59, Noes 338.</p>