division_name: Informal European Council &#8212; Parliamentary oversight of negotiations
motion: <p class="indent" pid="b48.8/197" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Any citizen of an EU Member State lawfully resident in the United Kingdom on the day on which this Act comes into force shall have no less favourable rights of residence than they currently enjoy.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b59.3/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;immediately and fully informed at all stages of the negotiation and conclusion of international agreements&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b59.3/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;in sufficient time for it to be able to express its point of view if appropriate, and for the Commission to be able to take Parliament&#8217;s views as far as possible into account&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b59.3/8" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Parliament and the Commission undertake to establish appropriate procedures and safeguards for the forwarding of confidential information from the Commission to Parliament&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b65.2/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;that there should be no disclosure of material that could be reasonably judged to damage the UK&#8221;.&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2017-12-07">7 December</phrase> 2016; Vol. 618, c. 220.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b75.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;periodic reports&#8230;on the progress of the negotiations&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b75.0/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;make arrangements for Parliamentary scrutiny of confidential documents.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b76.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;make arrangements for Parliamentary scrutiny of confidential documents.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b80.2/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;no more than two months&#8221;&#8212;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b80.2/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;make arrangements for Parliamentary scrutiny of confidential documents.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b84.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;shall give an undertaking to&#8230;lay before each House of Parliament periodic reports&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b84.1/8" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;negotiations will be fast moving and will often cover sensitive material, so we will need to find the right ways of engaging Parliament.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b84.1/10" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;make arrangements for Parliamentary scrutiny of confidential documents.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b85.2/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;a decisive mark of her negotiating skills and leadership qualities as our Prime Minister.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b87.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;a decisive mark of her negotiating skills and leadership qualities as our Prime Minister.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b91.3/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;a honeypot for all of Europe&#8217;s criminals on the run from justice&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b100.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;You can now remain indefinitely in the United Kingdom. You do not need permission from a Government Department to take or change employment and you may engage in business or a profession as long as you comply with any general regulations for the business or professional activity.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b101.0/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;What the British public will be voting for is to leave the EU and leave the single market.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b102.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;I&#8217;d vote to stay in the single market. I&#8217;m in favour of the single market.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b102.0/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Only a madman would actually leave the market&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b102.0/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Increasingly the Norway option looks the best for the UK.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b102.3/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;when the British people have spoken, you do what they command&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b103.0/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;The impact of the Bill itself will be both clear and limited&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b108.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;We could apply to re-join with effect from the day after Brexit&#8230; EFTA membership would allow us to continue uninterrupted free trade relations&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b109.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;In the long run, reduced trade lowers productivity&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b109.1/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;That increases the costs of Brexit to a loss of between 6.3% to 9.5% of GDP&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b110.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;She has lived in this country for over 30 years, brought up three British children and is completely integrated into the life of her local town. She is not part of any &#8216;immigrant community&#8217;. She just lives here and is fully at home here. Until now, she has never seen herself as an outsider and has been able to participate fully in local life, thanks to her rights as an EU citizen. In two years&#8217; time, she will lose those rights and be a foreigner, dependent on the good will of the Government of the day.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b114.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;not to make the economy the priority in this negotiation.&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2017-02-01">1 February</phrase> 2017; Vol. 620, c. 1034.]</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b123.2/3" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="b123.2/4" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 284, Noes 333.</p>