division_name: Common Agricultural Policy &#8212; Financial Transaction Tax and Economic and Monetary Union
motion: <p class="" pid="c.787.3/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move,</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="c.787.3/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 16988/1/12, a Commission Communication on a Blueprint for a Deep and Genuine EMU: Launching a European debate, an Un-numbered European Document dated <phrase class="date" code="2012-12-05">5 December 2012</phrase>, a Report from the President of the European Council: Towards a Genuine Economic and Monetary Union, European Union Documents No. 15390/12, a draft Council Decision authorising enhanced co-operation in the area of financial transaction tax, and No. 6442/13 and Addenda 1 and 2, a draft Council Directive implementing enhanced co-operation in the area of financial transaction tax; observes that the European Scrutiny Committee has reported on these documents and concluded that they raise questions relating to parliamentary sovereignty and primacy as well as fiscal and monetary issues; notes that the European Commission Communication states that &#8216;Interparliamentary co-operation as such does not, however, ensure democratic legitimacy for EU decisions. That requires a parliamentary assembly representatively composed in which votes can be taken. The European Parliament, and only it, is that assembly for the EU and hence for the euro&#8217;, and that the report from the President of the European Council concludes that &#8216;further integration of policy making and a greater pooling of competences at the European level should first and foremost be accompanied with a commensurate involvement of the European Parliament in the integrated frameworks for a genuine EMU&#8217;; further notes that the proposals for the Financial Transaction Tax have been challenged by the Government in the European Court of Justice; notes that recent European Treaties and protocols have emphasised the role of national parliaments throughout the European Union as the foundation of democratic legitimacy and accountability; and believes that this role is the pivot upon which democracy in the United Kingdom must be based on behalf of the voters in every constituency.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="c.796.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move amendment (a), leave out</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="c.796.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8216;further notes that the proposals for the Financial Transaction Tax have been challenged by the Government in the European Court of Justice&#8217;;</p>
  
  <p pid="c.812.7/1" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put, </i>That the amendment be made.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="c.812.7/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="c.812.7/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 215, Noes 311.</p>