European Union Bill — Annual Report on Court Challenge of Clause 18 — Status of EU law dependent on continuing statutory basis — 11 Jan 2011 at 22:00

The majority of MPs voted against requiring an annual report on the extent to which the principle that EU law only applies in the UK via Acts of Parliament has been challenged or questioned in the courts.

Clause 18[1] of the European Union Bill stated:

  • 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.

The majority of MPs voted against inserting the following text to the end of that clause:

  • "(2) The Secretary of State shall prepare an annual report on the extent to which in the previous 12 months the provisions of subsection (1) have been challenged or questioned in the courts, including the European Court of Justice, identifying any challenge to the declaration contained in that subsection that the status of EU law is dependent on the continuing statutory basis provided by the European Communities Act 1972.
  • (3) The report made under subsection (2) shall be laid before Parliament for its approval.'
  • [1] Clause 18 of the European Union Bill

Debate in Parliament | Source |

Public Whip is run as a free not-for-profit service. If you'd like to support us, please consider switching your (UK) electricity and/or gas to Octopus Energy or tip us via Ko-Fi.

Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Alliance0 10100.0%
Con279 (+1 tell) 0091.5%
DUP0 5062.5%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 10100.0%
Lab0 196 (+2 tell)378.2%
LDem51 (+1 tell) 0091.2%
PC0 30100.0%
SDLP0 30100.0%
SNP0 4066.7%
Total:330 214385.7%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division

Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Geoffrey RobinsonCoventry North WestLabboth
Lindsay RoyGlenrothesLab (minister)both
Karl TurnerKingston upon Hull EastLab (minister)both

About the Project

The Public Whip is a not-for-profit, open source website created in 2003 by Francis Irving and Julian Todd and now run by Bairwell Ltd.

The Whip on the Web

Help keep PublicWhip alive