European Union Bill — Clause 9 — Approval required in connection with Title V of Part 3 of TFEU — 26 Jan 2011 at 18:45
The majority of MPs voted not to require a referendum, and Act of Parliament, prior to a decision being taken on the UK's membership of the EU's policing and criminal justice institutions.
The text of the rejected amendment was:
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Amendment: 82, in clause 9, page 8, line 16, at end add-
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'(6A) A Minister of the Crown may not make a formal decision as to whether to exercise the right of the United Kingdom to make a notification to the Council under the terms of article 10(4) of the Protocol (No 36) on Transitional Provisions annexed to TEU and TFEU[1], unless-
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(a) the decision is approved by Act of Parliament, and
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(b) the referendum condition is met.
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(6B) The referendum condition is that set out in section 3(2).'.
Article 10(4)[1] referred to relates to European Union institutions with powers relating to police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters states:
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At the latest six months before the expiry of the transitional period referred to in paragraph 3, the United Kingdom may notify to the Council that it does not accept, with respect to the acts referred to in paragraph 1, the powers of the institutions referred to in paragraph 1 as set out in the Treaties. In case the United Kingdom has made that notification, all acts referred to in paragraph 1 shall cease to apply to it as from the date of expiry of the transitional period referred to in paragraph 3. This subparagraph shall not apply with respect to the amended acts which are applicable to the United Kingdom as referred to in paragraph 2.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Nigel Adams | Selby and Ainsty | Con | no |
| Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Aldous | Waveney | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stuart Andrew | Pudsey | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Harriett Baldwin | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Steve Barclay | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Baron | Basildon and Billericay | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gavin Barwell | Croydon Central | Con (front bench) | no |
| Guto Bebb | Aberconwy | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Benyon | Newbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jake Berry | Rossendale and Darwen | Con | no |
| Andrew Bingham | High Peak | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gordon Birtwistle | Burnley | LDem | no |
| Bob Blackman | Harrow East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nicola Blackwood | Oxford West and Abingdon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nicholas Boles | Grantham and Stamford | Con | no |
| Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Karen Bradley | Staffordshire Moorlands | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem | no |
| Angie Bray | Ealing Central and Acton | Con | no |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Bridgen | North West Leicestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Steve Brine | Winchester | Con | no |
| James Brokenshire | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Con (front bench) | no |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Jeremy Browne | Taunton Deane | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Fiona Bruce | Congleton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Robert Buckland | South Swindon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Aidan Burley | Cannock Chase | Con (front bench) | no |
| Conor Burns | Bournemouth West | Con | no |
| Simon Burns | Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con | no |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Lorely Burt | Solihull | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Dan Byles | North Warwickshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alun Cairns | Vale of Glamorgan | Con (front bench) | no |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Neil Carmichael | Stroud | Con (front bench) | no |
| Douglas Carswell | Clacton | Con | aye |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Rehman Chishti | Gillingham and Rainham | Con | no |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | no |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | The Cotswolds | Con (front bench) | no |
| Therese Coffey | Suffolk Coastal | Con | no |
| Damian Collins | Folkestone and Hythe | Con (front bench) | no |
| Oliver Colvile | Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
| Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Crockart | Edinburgh West | LDem | no |
| Tracey Crouch | Chatham and Aylesford | Con | no |
| John Cryer | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Glyn Davies | Montgomeryshire | Con | no |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con | no |
| Nick de Bois | Enfield North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Caroline Dinenage | Gosport | Con | no |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nadine Dorries | Mid Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jackie Doyle-Price | Thurrock | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jonathan Edwards | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | no |
| Michael Ellis | Northampton North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jane Ellison | Battersea | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tobias Ellwood | Bournemouth East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Charlie Elphicke | Dover | Con (front bench) | no |
| George Eustice | Camborne and Redruth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Graham Evans | Weaver Vale | Con | no |
| Jonathan Evans | Cardiff North | Con | no |
| David Evennett | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Con | no |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | no |
| Liam Fox | North Somerset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh and Wickford | Con (front bench) | no |
| George Freeman | Mid Norfolk | Con | no |
| Mike Freer | Finchley and Golders Green | Con (front bench) | no |
| Lorraine Fullbrook | South Ribble | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Fuller | Bedford | Con | no |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Garnier | Wyre Forest | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Gauke | South West Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Gilbert | St Austell and Newquay | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Glen | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Graham | Gloucester | Con | no |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | no |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Justine Greening | Putney | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Griffiths | Burton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ben Gummer | Ipswich | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sam Gyimah | East Surrey | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Halfon | Harlow | Con (front bench) | no |
| Duncan Hames | Chippenham | LDem | no |
| Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | no |
| Matthew Hancock | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Greg Hands | Chelsea and Fulham | Con | no |
| Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Harrington | Watford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Rebecca Harris | Castle Point | Con (front bench) | no |
| Simon Hart | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alan Haselhurst | Saffron Walden | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | no |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Gordon Henderson | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Con (front bench) | both |
| Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nick Herbert | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | no |
| Damian Hinds | East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | aye |
| George Hollingbery | Meon Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con | no |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kris Hopkins | Keighley | Con | no |
| Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem | no |
| Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | no |
| George Howarth | Knowsley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Howell | Henley | Con | no |
| Jeremy Hunt | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Hunter | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Julian Huppert | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Nick Hurd | Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con | no |
| Margot James | Stourbridge | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sajid Javid | Bromsgrove | Con | no |
| Bernard Jenkin | Harwich and North Essex | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Gareth Johnson | Dartford | Con | no |
| Jo Johnson | Orpington | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Jones | Harrogate and Knaresborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Marcus Jones | Nuneaton | Con | no |
| Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con | no |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Simon Kirby | Brighton, Kemptown | Con (front bench) | no |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kwasi Kwarteng | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | no |
| Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | no |
| Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | tellno |
| Mark Lancaster | Milton Keynes North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Pauline Latham | Mid Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Laws | Yeovil | LDem | no |
| Andrea Leadsom | South Northamptonshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jessica Lee | Erewash | Con | no |
| Phillip Lee | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Leech | Manchester, Withington | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Jeremy Lefroy | Stafford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Charlotte Leslie | Bristol North West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Brandon Lewis | Great Yarmouth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | no |
| Stephen Lloyd | Eastbourne | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | PC (front bench) | no |
| Naomi Long | Belfast East | Alliance (front bench) | no |
| Jack Lopresti | Filton and Bradley Stoke | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jonathan Lord | Woking | Con | no |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Caroline Lucas | Brighton, Pavilion | Green (front bench) | no |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Karen Lumley | Redditch | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mary Macleod | Brentford and Isleworth | Con | no |
| Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Francis Maude | Horsham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | no |
| Paul Maynard | Blackpool North and Cleveleys | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jason McCartney | Colne Valley | Con | no |
| Karl McCartney | Lincoln | Con | no |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
| Anne McIntosh | Thirsk and Malton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Patrick McLoughlin | Derbyshire Dales | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen McPartland | Stevenage | Con | no |
| Esther McVey | Wirral West | Con | no |
| Louise Mensch | Corby | Con | no |
| Mark Menzies | Fylde | Con | no |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con | no |
| Stephen Metcalfe | South Basildon and East Thurrock | Con (front bench) | no |
| Maria Miller | Basingstoke | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Anne Milton | Guildford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Moore | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Penny Mordaunt | Portsmouth North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nicky Morgan | Loughborough | Con | no |
| Anne Marie Morris | Newton Abbot | Con | no |
| David Morris | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Morris | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Mosley | City of Chester | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Mowat | Warrington South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Greg Mulholland | Leeds North West | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Mundell | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tessa Munt | Wells | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Murrison | South West Wiltshire | Con | no |
| Bob Neill | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con (front bench) | no |
| Brooks Newmark | Braintree | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sarah Newton | Truro and Falmouth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Caroline Nokes | Romsey and Southampton North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jesse Norman | Hereford and South Herefordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Nuttall | Bury North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Matthew Offord | Hendon | Con | no |
| Eric Ollerenshaw | Lancaster and Fleetwood | Con | no |
| Guy Opperman | Hexham | Con | no |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Pawsey | Rugby | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Percy | Brigg and Goole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Phillips | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | no |
| Christopher Pincher | Tamworth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Daniel Poulter | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | Con | no |
| Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Dominic Raab | Esher and Walton | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Randall | Uxbridge and South Ruislip | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Reckless | Rochester and Strood | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Robathan | South Leicestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | no |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dan Rogerson | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Rutley | Macclesfield | Con | no |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem | no |
| Laura Sandys | South Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
| Lee Scott | Ilford North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jim Shannon | Strangford | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alok Sharma | Reading West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alec Shelbrooke | Elmet and Rothwell | Con | no |
| Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con | no |
| Keith Simpson | Broadland | Con | no |
| Chris Skidmore | Kingswood | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab | aye |
| Chloe Smith | Norwich North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Henry Smith | Crawley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Julian Smith | Skipton and Ripon | Con | no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con | no |
| Anna Soubry | Broxtowe | Con | no |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Spencer | Sherwood | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Stevenson | Carlisle | Con | no |
| Bob Stewart | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Iain Stewart | Milton Keynes South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Rory Stewart | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mel Stride | Central Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Julian Sturdy | York Outer | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ian Swales | Redcar | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con | no |
| Jo Swinson | East Dunbartonshire | LDem | no |
| Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sarah Teather | Brent Central | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Edward Timpson | Crewe and Nantwich | Con | no |
| Justin Tomlinson | North Swindon | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Elizabeth Truss | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
| Paul Uppal | Wolverhampton South West | Con | no |
| Ed Vaizey | Wantage | Con (front bench) | no |
| Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Martin Vickers | Cleethorpes | Con | no |
| Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | no |
| Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robin Walker | Worcester | Con | no |
| Ben Wallace | Wyre and Preston North | Con | no |
| David Ward | Bradford East | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Angela Watkinson | Hornchurch and Upminster | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mike Weatherley | Hove | Con (front bench) | no |
| Steve Webb | Thornbury and Yate | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | no |
| James Wharton | Stockton South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Heather Wheeler | South Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris White | Warwick and Leamington | Con (front bench) | no |
| Craig Whittaker | Calder Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bill Wiggin | North Herefordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | no |
| Hywel Williams | Arfon | PC (front bench) | no |
| Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Williams | Bristol West | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Gavin Williamson | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem | no |
| Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con | no |
| Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Sarah Wollaston | Totnes | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jeremy Wright | Kenilworth and Southam | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Simon Wright | Norwich South | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nadhim Zahawi | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | no |
