Exceptions to savings and incorporation

European Union (Withdrawal) Bill – in the House of Commons at 9:00 pm on 21 November 2017.

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  • Division number 45
    A majority of MPs voted against the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights remaining part of UK law on the UK's withdrawal from the European Union.

Amendment proposed: 46, in clause 5, page 3, line 20, leave out subsection (4).—(Paul Blomfield.)

This amendment would remove the exclusion of the Charter of Fundamental Rights from retained EU law.

Question put, That the amendment be made.

The House divided:

Ayes 301, Noes 311.

Division number 45 European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 5 — European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights

A majority of MPs voted against the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights remaining part of UK law on the UK's withdrawal from the European Union.

Aye: 300 MPs

No: 311 MPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Tellers

No: A-Z by last name

Tellers

Absent: 35 MPs

Absent: A-Z by last name

Question accordingly negatived.

Clause 5 ordered to stand part of the Bill.

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