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:

  • Amendment: 82, in clause 9, page 8, line 16, at end add-
  • '(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-
  • (a) the decision is approved by Act of Parliament, and
  • (b) the referendum condition is met.
  • (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:

  • 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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Debate in Parliament | Source |

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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
Alliance1 00100.0%
Con254 (+1 tell) 13 (+2 tell)188.6%
DUP0 3037.5%
Green1 00100.0%
Lab0 903.5%
LDem49 (+1 tell) 0087.7%
PC3 00100.0%
SNP4 0066.7%
Total:312 25153.4%

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
John BaronBasildon and BillericayCon (front bench)aye
Peter BoneWellingboroughCon (front bench)aye
Douglas CarswellClactonConaye
Bill CashStoneCon (front bench)tellaye
James ClappisonHertsmereCon (front bench)aye
Philip DaviesShipleyCon (front bench)aye
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)aye
Bernard JenkinHarwich and North EssexCon (front bench)tellaye
Julian LewisNew Forest EastCon (front bench)aye
Anne MainSt AlbansCon (front bench)aye
David NuttallBury NorthCon (front bench)aye
Mark RecklessRochester and StroodCon (front bench)aye
Richard ShepherdAldridge-BrownhillsCon (front bench)aye
Andrew TurnerIsle of WightCon (front bench)aye
John WhittingdaleMaldonCon (front bench)aye
Gordon HendersonSittingbourne and SheppeyCon (front bench)both

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