European Union Bill — Mechanism of EU Law Taking Effect in the UK — 15 Jun 2011 at 16:47

The majority of Lords voted to state EU law takes effect in the UK via the European Communities Act 1972; rather than stating it does so via "an Act of Parliament".

The House of Lords was considering the European Union Bill[1]. The amendment which was accepted by the majority of Lords in this vote was:

Amendment 33: Clause 18, leave out Clause 18 and insert the following new Clause-

  • "Status of EU law dependent on continuing statutory basis
  • By virtue of the European Communities Act 1972 directly applicable or directly effective EU law (that is, the rights, powers, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, remedies and procedures referred to in section 2(1) of the European Communities Act 1972) falls to be recognised and available in law in the United Kingdom."

The original clause 18[2] stated:

  • Status of EU law dependent on continuing statutory basis
  • It is only by virtue of an Act of Parliament that directly applicable or directly effective EU law (that is, the rights, powers, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, remedies and procedures referred to in section 2(1) of the European Communities Act 1972) falls to be recognised and available in law in the United Kingdom.

During debate, member of the House of Lords, James Mackay (styled Lord Mackay of Clashfern) explained the purpose of the amendment:

  • I do not think that the Government intended any sinister meaning, but they have used an extraordinary shorthand in saying "an Act" when apparently they meant a list of Acts. It is much clearer and more effective to alter "an Act" to the Act that we know is responsible; namely, the 1972 Act.

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Debate in Parliament | Source |

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The Bishop of ChesterBishopaye
The Bishop of ChichesterBishopaye
The Bishop of DerbyBishopaye
The Bishop of Ripon and LeedsBishopno
Lord Deben Conaye
Baroness Hooper Con (front bench)aye
Lord Mackay of ClashfernCon (front bench)aye
Lord Plumb Con (front bench)aye
Lord Tebbit Conaye
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The Earl of ArranConno
Viscount Astor Conno
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Lord Black of BrentwoodCon (front bench)no
Lord Blackwell Con (front bench)no
Lord Blencathra Conno
Lord Boswell of AynhoConno
Viscount Bridgeman Con (front bench)no
Lord Brittan of SpennithorneConno
Lord Brougham and Vaux Con (front bench)no
Baroness Browning Con (front bench)no
Baroness Buscombe Conno
Baroness Byford Conno
The Earl of CaithnessConno
Earl Cathcart Conno
Lord Colwyn Con (front bench)no
Lord Cope of BerkeleyCon (front bench)no
Lord Cormack Conno
The Earl of CourtownConno
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Lord de Mauley Con (front bench)no
Lord Dixon-Smith Conno
Lord Dobbs Conno
Baroness Eaton Conno
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Lord Forsyth of DrumleanCon (front bench)no
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Lord Hill of OarefordCon (front bench)no
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Earl Howe Con (front bench)no
Lord Howell of GuildfordCon (front bench)no
Lord Hunt of WirralCon (front bench)no
Lord James of BlackheathConno
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Lord Lamont of LerwickConno
Lord Leach of FairfordConno
Lord Lexden Conno
Lord Lingfield Conno
The Earl of LiverpoolConno
Lord Lucas Con (front bench)no
Lord Luke Con (front bench)no
Lord Lyell Conno
Lord MacGregor of Pulham MarketCon (front bench)no
Lord Maples Conno
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Lord Marlesford Conno
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Lord Mayhew of TwysdenCon (front bench)no
Lord McColl of DulwichCon (front bench)no
The Duke of MontroseConno
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Lord Moynihan Conno
Lord Naseby Con (front bench)no
Baroness Newlove Conno
Baroness Noakes Con (front bench)no
Lord Norton of LouthCon (front bench)no
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Lord Palumbo Conno
Lord Parkinson Conno
Baroness Perry of SouthwarkCon (front bench)no
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Lord Reay Conno
Lord Ribeiro Conno
Lord Risby Conno
Lord Ryder of WensumConno
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Baroness Seccombe Conno
The Earl of SelborneCon (front bench)no
Lord Selkirk of DouglasConno
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Baroness Sharples Conno
Lord Shaw of NorthsteadCon (front bench)no
Lord Sheikh Conno
The Earl of ShrewsburyCon (front bench)no
Lord Spicer Conno
Lord St John of FawsleyConno
Baroness Stedman-Scott Con (front bench)no
Lord Sterling of PlaistowCon (front bench)no
Lord Stewartby Conno
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Lord Taylor of HolbeachCon (front bench)no
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 Vinson Conno
Lord Waddington Con (front bench)no
Lord Wade of ChorltonCon (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
Viscount Younger of LeckieConno
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Lord Armstrong of IlminsterCrossbenchaye
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Baroness Boothroyd Crossbenchaye
Lord Boyce Crossbenchaye
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Lord Carey of CliftonCrossbenchaye
The Earl of ClancartyCrossbenchaye
Lord Cobbold Crossbenchaye
Lord Condon Crossbenchaye
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Lord Hall of BirkenheadCrossbenchaye
Lord Hannay of ChiswickCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Haskins Crossbenchaye
Lord Hastings of ScarisbrickCrossbenchaye
Lord Hennessy of NympsfieldCrossbenchaye
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Lord Jay of EwelmeCrossbenchaye
Lord Kakkar Crossbenchaye
Lord Kerr of KinlochardCrossbenchaye
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Lord Lloyd of BerwickCrossbench (front bench)aye
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Lord Luce Crossbenchaye
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Lord Martin of SpringburnCrossbenchaye
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Lord Ramsbotham Crossbenchaye
Lady Saltoun of AbernethyCrossbenchaye
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Lord Thomas of SwynnertonCrossbenchaye
Lord Walpole Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Walton of DetchantCrossbenchaye
Baroness Warnock Crossbenchaye
Lord Williamson of HortonCrossbenchaye
Baroness Young of HornseyCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Alton of LiverpoolCrossbenchno
Lord Ballyedmond Crossbenchno
Lord Bew Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Cameron of DillingtonCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Chorley Crossbenchno
Viscount Craigavon Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Dear Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Greenway Crossbenchno
Lord Inge Crossbenchno
Lord Kilclooney Crossbenchno
Viscount Slim Crossbenchno
Viscount Tenby Crossbenchno
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Lord Morrow DUPaye
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Lord Ahmed Labaye
Lord Alli Labaye
Lord Anderson of SwanseaLabaye
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Lord Bach Lab (minister)aye
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Lord Brennan Labaye
Lord Brooke of AlverthorpeLabaye
Lord Brookman Labaye
Lord Brooks of TremorfaLabaye
Lord Browne of LadytonLabaye
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Lord Carter of ColesLab (minister)aye
Lord Christopher Lab (minister)aye
Lord Clarke of HampsteadLabaye
Lord Clark of WindermereLabaye
Lord Clinton-Davis Lab (minister)aye
Lord Collins of HighburyLabaye
Lord Corbett of Castle ValeLabaye
Baroness Corston Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Crawley Lab (minister)aye
Lord Cunningham of FellingLab (minister)aye
Lord Davies of CoityLab (minister)aye
Lord Davies of OldhamLab (minister)aye
Lord Davies of StamfordLabaye
Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-FyldeLabaye
Lord Dixon Labaye
Baroness Donaghy Labaye
Lord Donoughue Labaye
Baroness Drake Labaye
Lord Dubs Lab (minister)aye
Lord Eatwell Lab (minister)aye
Lord Evans of ParksideLabaye
Lord Evans of Temple GuitingLabaye
Lord Falconer of ThorotonLab (minister)aye
Baroness Falkender Labaye
Baroness Farrington of RibbletonLabaye
Lord Faulkner of WorcesterLab (minister)aye
Lord Filkin Labaye
Baroness Ford Labaye
Lord Foster of Bishop AucklandLabaye
Lord Foulkes of CumnockLab (minister)aye
Baroness Gale Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Gibson of Market RasenLab (minister)aye
Lord Giddens Labaye
Lord Gilbert Labaye
Lord Glasman Labaye
Baroness Golding Labaye
Lord Goldsmith Lab (minister)aye
Lord Gordon of StrathblaneLab (minister)aye
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Baroness Gould of PotternewtonLab (minister)aye
Lord Grantchester Lab (minister)aye
Lord Grenfell Labaye
Lord Grocott Labaye
Lord Harris of HaringeyLab (minister)aye
Lord Harrison Lab (minister)aye
Lord Hart of ChiltonLab (minister)aye
Lord Haworth Labaye
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Baroness Hilton of EggardonLab (minister)aye
Lord Hollick Lab (minister)aye
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Lord Howarth of NewportLabaye
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Lord Hoyle Labaye
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Lord Hughes of WoodsideLabaye
Lord Hunt of Kings HeathLab (minister)aye
Lord Irvine of LairgLab (minister)aye
Lord Janner of BraunstoneLab (minister)aye
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Lord Jordan Labaye
Lord Judd Lab (minister)aye
Lord Kennedy of SouthwarkLab (minister)aye
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Lord King of West BromwichLabaye
Lord Kinnock Labaye
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Lord Kirkhill Labaye
Lord Knight of WeymouthLab (minister)aye
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Lord Lea of CrondallLabaye
Baroness Liddell of CoatdykeLabaye
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Lord Lipsey Lab (minister)aye
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Lord MacKenzie of CulkeinLabaye
Lord Mackenzie of FramwellgateLabaye
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Lord McConnell of GlenscorrodaleLabaye
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Lord McKenzie of LutonLab (minister)aye
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Lord Morris of ManchesterLabaye
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Lord O'Neill of ClackmannanLab (minister)aye
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Lord Plant of HighfieldLab (minister)aye
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Viscount Simon Lab (minister)aye
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Lord Stevenson of BalmacaraLab (minister)aye
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Lord Warner Lab (minister)aye
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Lord West of SpitheadLabaye
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Baroness Whitaker Labaye
Lord Williams of ElvelLab (minister)aye
Lord Wills Labaye
Lord Winston Lab (minister)aye
Lord Wood of AnfieldLabaye
Lord Woolmer of LeedsLabaye
Lord Young of Norwood GreenLab (minister)aye
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Lord Goodhart LDemaye
Lord Lester of Herne HillLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Maclennan of RogartLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove BayLDemaye
Lord Rodgers of Quarry BankLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Taverne LDemaye
Baroness Tonge LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Tordoff LDemaye
Baroness Williams of CrosbyLDemaye
Lord Addington LDem (front bench)no
Lord Alderdice LDem (front bench)no
Lord Allan of HallamLDemno
Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-HamdonLDemno
Lord Avebury LDemno
Baroness Barker LDemno
Baroness Benjamin LDemno
Baroness Bonham-Carter of YarnburyLDemno
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Lord Burnett LDemno
Lord Clement-Jones LDem (front bench)no
Lord Cotter LDemno
Lord Dholakia LDem (front bench)no
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Baroness Falkner of MargravineLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Garden of FrognalLDem (front bench)no
Lord German LDemno
The Earl of GlasgowLDemno
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Baroness Harris of RichmondLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Hussein-Ece LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Jolly LDemno
Lord Jones of CheltenhamLDemno
Lord Kirkwood of KirkhopeLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Kramer LDemno
Lord Lee of TraffordLDem (front bench)no
Lord Loomba LDemno
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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 Neuberger LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Nicholson of WinterbourneLDemno
Baroness Northover LDem (front bench)no
Lord Palmer of Childs HillLDemno
Baroness Parminter LDemno
Lord Phillips of SudburyLDemno
Lord Razzall LDem (front bench)no
Lord Redesdale LDemno
Lord Rennard LDem (front bench)no
Lord Roberts of LlandudnoLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Scott of Needham MarketLDemno
Lord Sharkey LDemno
Baroness Sharp of GuildfordLDemno
Lord Shipley LDem (front bench)no
Lord Shutt of GreetlandLDem (front bench)tellno
Lord Smith of CliftonLDem (front bench)no
Lord Steel of AikwoodLDemno
Lord Stoneham of DroxfordLDemno
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Lord Taylor of Goss MoorLDemno
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Baroness Thomas of WinchesterLDem (front bench)no
Lord Tope LDemno
Lord Tyler LDem (front bench)no
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 Wigley PCaye
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Lord Willoughby de Broke UKIPno
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Lord Rogan UUPno

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