division_name: European Union (Amendment) Bill
motion: <p pid="a.498.3/2" pwmotiontext="notmoved">[<I>Amendment No. 14 not moved.</I>]</p>
  
  <p pid="a.498.3/3" pwmotiontext="notmoved">[<I>Amendment No. 15 had been withdrawn from the Marshalled List.</I>]</p>
  
  <p pid="a.500.0/1" pwmotiontext="moved">moved Amendment No. 15A:</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a.500.0/2" pwmotiontext="moved">Clause 2, page 1, line 12, after "excluding" insert&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.500.0/3" pwmotiontext="moved">"(i) Article 1, paragraph 35(b), amending Article 16 TEU, unless before the coming into force of this Act the Secretary of State has laid a statement before both Houses of Parliament giving an undertaking that&#8212;(a) he will uphold the freedom of Her Majesty's Government to undertake any action on the international scene that he perceives to be in the interests of the United Kingdom without consulting the European Council if he thinks that the security interests of the United Kingdom so require, and(b) each of his successors as Secretary of State will be required to lay a similar undertaking before Parliament within fourteen days of his coming into office; and(ii) "</p>
  
  <p pid="a.500.2/1" pwmotiontext="considered">On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 15A) shall be agreed to?</p>
  
  <p pid="a.500.2/2" pwmotiontext="divided">Their Lordships divided: Contents, 65; Not-Contents, 170.</p>