European Union Bill — Report (1st Day) — Clause 2 — Treaties amending or replacing TEU or TFEU — 8 Jun 2011 at 19:35

The majority of members of the House of Lords voted against giving a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament the power to decide if a referendum was required following Parliamentary agreement to transfer more powers to the European Union. The Bill as it stood, and as it remained following this vote, allowed an exemption from a referendum only if a Bill amending an EU treaty states the conditions for a referendum set out in Section 4 of the European Union Bill were not met.

Those members of the House of Lords voting "Content" were opening the possibility of not having a referendum following the passing of an Act approving the transfer of powers from the UK to the EU.

The majority of Not-Contents voted against the following amendment which would have taken effect on Clause 2 of the European Union Bill:

  • Amendment 5A: Clause 2, page 2, line 24, after "that" insert-
  • after "that" insert- "
  • (a) a referendum does not need to be held in accordance with section (Process for determining the necessity of referendums); or
  • (b)

This vote then leaves this text in Clause 2 as stands:

‘The exemption condition is that the Act providing for the approval of the treaty states that the treaty does not fall within section 4.’

The "Process for determining the necessity of referendums" mentioned in the amendment was described in a subsequent amendment, 5B*[2], subclause 1 of which stated:

  • (1) There is to be a joint committee composed of members of both Houses of Parliament established for the purpose of examining whether a referendum is necessary under this Act.

Clause 2[1] sets out what will happen should any changes or replacement be made to the TEU[3] and TFEU[4]. A statement explaining this treaty would need to be given to Parliament, an Act of Parliament and a referendum would also be required, unless a condition is met that means a referendum is not necessary.

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Lord Tugendhat Con (front bench)aye
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Baroness Anelay of St JohnsCon (front bench)tellno
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Lord Astor of HeverCon (front bench)no
Earl Attlee Con (front bench)no
Lord Baker of DorkingCon (front bench)no
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Lord Blencathra Conno
Lord Boswell of AynhoConno
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Baroness Buscombe Conno
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Earl Cathcart Conno
Lord Cavendish of FurnessConno
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Lord Deben Conno
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Lord Dixon-Smith Conno
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Viscount Eccles Conno
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Lord Fink Conno
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Lord Fraser of CarmyllieConno
Lord Freeman Con (front bench)no
Lord Freud Con (front bench)no
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Viscount Goschen Conno
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Lord Higgins Conno
Lord Hill of OarefordCon (front bench)no
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Lord James of BlackheathConno
Baroness Jenkin of KenningtonConno
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Lord King of BridgwaterConno
Lord Kirkham Conno
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Lord Lamont of LerwickConno
Lord Lang of MonktonConno
Lord Leach of FairfordConno
Lord Lexden Conno
Lord Lingfield Conno
The Earl of LiverpoolConno
The Marquess of LothianCon (front bench)no
Lord Lucas Con (front bench)no
Lord Luke Con (front bench)no
Lord Lyell Conno
Lord MacGregor of Pulham MarketCon (front bench)no
Lord Mackay of ClashfernCon (front bench)no
Lord Marlesford Conno
Lord Mayhew of TwysdenCon (front bench)no
Lord McColl of DulwichCon (front bench)no
The Duke of MontroseConno
Lord Moore of Lower MarshConno
Baroness Morris of BoltonCon (front bench)no
Lord Naseby Con (front bench)no
Baroness Newlove Conno
Lord Newton of BraintreeConno
Baroness Noakes Con (front bench)no
Lord Northbrook Conno
Lord Norton of LouthCon (front bench)no
Baroness O'Cathain Con (front bench)no
Baroness Perry of SouthwarkCon (front bench)no
Baroness Rawlings Con (front bench)no
Lord Reay Conno
Lord Ribeiro Conno
Lord Risby Conno
Lord Roberts of ConwyConno
Lord Ryder of WensumConno
Lord Sanderson of BowdenConno
Lord Sassoon Con (front bench)no
Baroness Seccombe Conno
Lord Selkirk of DouglasConno
Lord Selsdon Con (front bench)no
Baroness Shackleton of BelgraviaConno
Baroness Sharples Conno
Lord Shaw of NorthsteadCon (front bench)no
Lord Sheikh Conno
Lord Skelmersdale Con (front bench)no
Lord Spicer Conno
Lord St John of FawsleyConno
Baroness Stedman-Scott Con (front bench)no
Lord Stewartby Conno
Baroness Stowell of BeestonCon (front bench)no
Lord Strathclyde Con (front bench)no
Lord Taylor of HolbeachCon (front bench)no
Lord Tebbit Conno
Lord Trefgarne Conno
Viscount Trenchard Conno
Lord Trimble Con (front bench)no
Lord True Conno
Baroness Trumpington Conno
Viscount Ullswater Con (front bench)no
Baroness Verma Con (front bench)no
Lord Waddington Con (front bench)no
Lord Wakeham Con (front bench)no
Baroness Warsi Con (front bench)no
Lord Wasserman Conno
Lord Wei Conno
Baroness Wheatcroft Conno
Baroness Wilcox Con (front bench)no
Lord Wolfson of Aspley GuiseConno
Viscount Younger of LeckieConno
Lord Best Crossbench (front bench)aye
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Lord Butler of BrockwellCrossbench (front bench)aye
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Lord Elystan-Morgan Crossbenchaye
Lord Hameed Crossbenchaye
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Lord Kerr of KinlochardCrossbenchaye
Lord Low of DalstonCrossbench (front bench)aye
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Lord Moser Crossbenchaye
Lord Neill of BladenCrossbenchaye
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Lord Robertson of Port EllenCrossbenchaye
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Baroness Warnock Crossbenchaye
Lord Williamson of HortonCrossbenchaye
Lord Aberdare Crossbenchno
Viscount Craigavon Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Greenway Crossbenchno
Lord Kakkar Crossbenchno
Lord Kilclooney Crossbenchno
Lord Krebs Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Laming Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Patel Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord St John of BletsoCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Sutherland of HoundwoodCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Browne of BelmontDUPaye
Lord Stoddart of SwindonIndependent Labourno
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Lord Ahmed Labaye
Lord Anderson of SwanseaLabaye
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Lord Clarke of HampsteadLabaye
Lord Clark of WindermereLabaye
Lord Clinton-Davis Lab (minister)aye
Lord Collins of HighburyLabaye
Baroness Crawley Lab (minister)aye
Lord Davies of CoityLab (minister)aye
Lord Davies of OldhamLab (minister)aye
Lord Davies of StamfordLab (minister)aye
Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-FyldeLabaye
Lord Desai Labaye
Baroness Donaghy Labaye
Baroness Drake Labaye
Lord Dubs Lab (minister)aye
Lord Eatwell Lab (minister)aye
Lord Evans of ParksideLabaye
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Lord Faulkner of WorcesterLab (minister)aye
Lord Foster of Bishop AucklandLabaye
Lord Foulkes of CumnockLab (minister)aye
Baroness Gale Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Gibson of Market RasenLab (minister)aye
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Lord Goldsmith Lab (minister)aye
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Lord Grocott Labaye
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Baroness Henig Lab (minister)aye
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Lord Howie of TroonLabaye
Lord Hoyle Labaye
Lord Hughes of WoodsideLabaye
Lord Hunt of Kings HeathLab (minister)aye
Lord Jones Labaye
Baroness Jones of WhitchurchLab (minister)aye
Lord Kennedy of SouthwarkLab (minister)aye
Baroness Kennedy of The ShawsLabaye
Lord King of West BromwichLabaye
Baroness Kinnock of HolyheadLab (minister)aye
Lord Kirkhill Labaye
Lord Knight of WeymouthLab (minister)aye
Lord Layard Labaye
Lord Lea of CrondallLabaye
Baroness Liddell of CoatdykeLab (minister)aye
Lord Liddle Lab (minister)aye
Lord Lipsey Lab (minister)aye
Lord MacKenzie of CulkeinLabaye
Lord Mackenzie of FramwellgateLabaye
Lord Maxton Lab (minister)aye
Lord McAvoy Lab (minister)aye
Lord McConnell of GlenscorrodaleLabaye
Baroness McDonagh Labaye
Lord McFall of AlcluithLabaye
Baroness McIntosh of HudnallLab (minister)aye
Lord McKenzie of LutonLab (minister)aye
Lord Mitchell Labaye
Lord Monks Labaye
Lord Moonie Lab (minister)aye
Lord Morris of HandsworthLab (minister)aye
Baroness Morris of YardleyLab (minister)aye
Baroness Nye Labaye
Lord O'Neill of ClackmannanLab (minister)aye
Lord Parekh Labaye
Baroness Pitkeathley Lab (minister)aye
Lord Ponsonby of ShulbredeLabaye
Lord Prescott Labaye
Baroness Prosser Labaye
Baroness Quin Lab (minister)aye
Lord Radice Labaye
Baroness Ramsay of CartvaleLab (minister)aye
Lord Rea Lab (minister)aye
Lord Reid of CardowanLabaye
Baroness Rendell of BaberghLab (minister)aye
Lord Richard Lab (minister)aye
Lord Rooker Labaye
Lord Rosser Lab (minister)aye
Lord Rowlands Labaye
Baroness Royall of BlaisdonLab (minister)aye
Lord Sawyer Labaye
Baroness Scotland of AsthalLabaye
Lord Sewel Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Sherlock Labaye
Viscount Simon Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Smith of BasildonLab (minister)aye
Lord Smith of FinsburyLabaye
Lord Snape Labaye
Lord Soley Lab (minister)aye
Lord Stevenson of BalmacaraLab (minister)aye
Baroness Symons of Vernham DeanLab (minister)aye
Baroness Taylor of BoltonLab (minister)aye
Baroness Thornton Lab (minister)aye
Lord Tomlinson Lab (minister)aye
Lord Touhig Labaye
Lord Triesman Lab (minister)aye
Lord Truscott Labaye
Lord Tunnicliffe Lab (minister)tellaye
Baroness Turner of CamdenLabaye
Baroness Wall of New BarnetLab (minister)aye
Lord West of SpitheadLabaye
Baroness Wheeler Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Wilkins Labaye
Lord Wills Labaye
Lord Wood of AnfieldLabaye
Lord Woolmer of LeedsLabaye
Lord Young of Norwood GreenLab (minister)aye
Lord Addington LDem (front bench)no
Lord Alderdice LDem (front bench)no
Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-HamdonLDemno
Baroness Barker LDemno
Baroness Benjamin LDemno
Baroness Bonham-Carter of YarnburyLDemno
Baroness Brinton LDemno
Lord Burnett LDemno
Lord Carlile of BerriewLDem (front bench)no
Lord Chidgey LDemno
Lord Clement-Jones LDem (front bench)no
Lord Dholakia LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Falkner of MargravineLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Garden of FrognalLDem (front bench)no
Lord German LDemno
The Earl of GlasgowLDemno
Lord Greaves LDemno
Baroness Hamwee LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Harris of RichmondLDem (front bench)no
Lord Hussain LDemno
Baroness Jolly LDemno
Lord Jones of CheltenhamLDemno
Lord Kirkwood of KirkhopeLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Kramer LDemno
Baroness Linklater of ButterstoneLDemno
Lord Loomba LDemno
Baroness Maddock LDem (front bench)no
The Earl of Mar and KellieLDem (front bench)no
Lord Marks of Henley-on-ThamesLDem (front bench)no
Lord McNally LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne DomerLDemno
Lord Newby LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Nicholson of WinterbourneLDemno
Baroness Northover LDem (front bench)no
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove BayLDemno
Baroness Randerson LDemno
Lord Razzall LDem (front bench)no
Lord Rennard LDem (front bench)no
Lord Roberts of LlandudnoLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Scott of Needham MarketLDemno
Lord Sharkey LDemno
Lord Shipley LDem (front bench)no
Lord Shutt of GreetlandLDem (front bench)no
Lord Smith of CliftonLDem (front bench)no
Lord Stephen LDemno
Lord Thomas of GresfordLDemno
Baroness Thomas of WinchesterLDem (front bench)no
Lord Tope LDemno
Lord Tordoff LDemno
Lord Tyler LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Tyler of EnfieldLDemno
Lord Vallance of TummelLDemno
Lord Wallace of SaltaireLDem (front bench)no
Lord Wallace of TankernessLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Walmsley LDemno
Lord Willis of KnaresboroughLDem (front bench)no
Lord Pearson of RannochUKIPno
Lord Willoughby de Broke UKIPno
Lord Rogan UUPaye
Lord Empey UUPno
Lord Maginnis of DrumglassUUPno

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