division_name: Delegated Legislation &#8212; Financial Assistance to Ireland and Portugal
motion: <p pid="b.301.8/1" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House takes note of European Union Documents No. 9776/11 relating to a Draft Council implementing Decision on granting Union financial assistance to Portugal, No. 9780/2/11, relating to a Council implementing Decision on granting Union financial assistance to Portugal, and No. 9777/11 relating to a draft Council implementing Decision amending implementing Decision 2011/77/EU of <phrase class="date" code="2010-12-07" pwmotiontext="yes">7 December 2010</phrase> on granting Union financial assistance to Ireland; notes the importance of financial stability in the Euro area for the UK; welcomes the recent steps being taken by the governments of Ireland and Portugal to promote growth and return their economies to a sustainable path; welcomes the Government&#8217;s success in securing agreement that the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism will cease to exist once the permanent, Euro area-only, European Stability Mechanism becomes operational in July 2013; and that Article 122(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, the basis for the emergency arrangements, will no longer be needed for such purposes.&#8212;<i>(Bill Wiggin.)</i></p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b.301.8/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="b.301.8/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 271, Noes 22.</p>