European Union Integration
There have been votes in Parliament on the degree of the UK's integration with the European Union. Specific matters voted on include the UK's opt out from the European Union Police and Criminal Justice Measures and the establishment of a European Union External Action Service.
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Graham Jones generally voted for more EU integration
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On 23 Oct 2019:
Graham Jones voted against removing rights for EU, Swiss and Turkish nationals to pursue business activities in the UK following the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
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On 15 Oct 2019:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on Draft Environment (Legislative Functions from Directives) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 — Transfer of Powers from EU to UK on Exit
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On 1 Apr 2019:
Graham Jones voted for a permanent and comprehensive United Kingdom-wide customs union with the European Union.
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On 27 Mar 2019:
Graham Jones voted against leaving the European Union on the 12th of April 2019 without a withdrawal agreement.
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On 27 Mar 2019:
Graham Jones voted for a UK wide customs union with the EU.
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On 13 Feb 2019:
Graham Jones voted against making European Union laws regulating converting loans into "securities" for sale to investors effective and enforceable in the United Kingdom.
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On 11 Feb 2019:
Graham Jones voted against allowing the Government to update UK law to correspond with EU financial services laws currently making their way through the European legislative process.
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On 30 Jan 2019:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on Draft Consumer Protection (Enforcement) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 — International Arrangements to Tackle Breaches of EU Consumer Law
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On 30 Jan 2019:
Graham Jones voted no on Draft Maritime Transport Access to Trade and Cabotage (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
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On 28 Jan 2019:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on Immigration and Social Security Co-Ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill — Second Reading — UK Immigration Controls for EU Citizens
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On 16 Jan 2019:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on UK Participation In The EU Agency For Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) — EU Coordination and Cooperation in Policing and Justice
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On 19 Dec 2018:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on Markets in Financial Instruments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
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On 19 Dec 2018:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on Draft Accounts and Reports (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
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On 17 Jul 2018:
Graham Jones voted to make retaining membership of the European medicines regulatory network a government objective.
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On 13 Jun 2018:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 19 — Seek Full Access to European Union Internal Market via Withdrawal Agreement Negotiations
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On 13 Jun 2018:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Seek Participation in European Economic Area via EU Withdrawal Agreement Negotiations
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On 13 Jun 2018:
Graham Jones voted to largely retain the EU "Charter of Fundamental Rights" as part of UK law following the UK's withdrawal from the European Union.
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On 13 Jun 2018:
Graham Jones voted for incompatibility with the general principles of EU law to continue to be actionable in UK courts following the UK's withdrawal from the union.
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On 13 Jun 2018:
Graham Jones voted in favour of steps designed to ensure that the UK’s withdrawal from the EU does not result in the removal or diminution of any rights, powers, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, remedies and procedures that contribute to the protection and improvement of the environment.
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On 17 Jan 2018:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Reject Third Reading — Membership of the European Union
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On 17 Jan 2018:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Third Reading — Membership of the European Union
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On 20 Dec 2017:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 13 — UK Retaining EU Common Customs Tarriff and Common Customs Policy
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On 13 Dec 2017:
Graham Jones voted to prevent ministers withdrawing the UK from the European Economic Area, the European single market.
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On 12 Dec 2017:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 7 — Retention of Laws Required by the UK's Membership of the Single Market
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On 21 Nov 2017:
Graham Jones voted to require the UK Government to report on changes to EU legislation which form part of UK law, and to require the Government to consider adopting such changes to ensure that the rights of workers and employees in the UK are no less favourable than they would have been had the UK remained a member of the EU or EEA.
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On 21 Nov 2017:
Graham Jones voted for the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights to remain part of UK law on the UK's withdrawal from the European Union.
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On 21 Nov 2017:
Graham Jones voted to retain the general principles of EU law derived from EU treaties, direct EU legislation, EU directives and European Court of justice case law, as part of UK law after the UK leaves the EU.
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On 14 Nov 2017:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 1 — Repeal of the European Communities Act 1972
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On 14 Nov 2017:
Graham Jones voted to require courts or tribunals to pay due regard to any relevant decision of the European Court after the UK's withdrawal from the EU
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On 11 Sep 2017:
Graham Jones voted against ending the supremacy of EU law in UK law; against converting EU law into domestic law on the UK's exit from the European Union and against giving ministers the power to correct deficiencies in retained EU law.
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On 11 Sep 2017:
Graham Jones voted against ending the supremacy of EU law in UK law; against converting EU law into domestic law on the UK's exit from the European Union and against giving ministers the power to correct deficiencies in retained EU law.
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On 13 Mar 2017:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 1 — EU Derived Rights and Potential to Aquire Residency Rights for EU and EEA Citizens
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On 8 Feb 2017:
Graham Jones voted to empower the Prime Minister to give notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union.
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On 8 Feb 2017:
Graham Jones voted for the UK to remain member of the European Atomic Agency Community (Euratom) when withdrawing from the European Union and to treat leaving Euratom separately from leaving the European Union.
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On 8 Feb 2017:
Graham Jones voted to empower the Prime Minister to give notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union.
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On 1 Feb 2017:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Decline Second Reading
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On 1 Feb 2017:
Graham Jones voted to empower the Prime Minister to give notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union.
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On 7 Dec 2016:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on The United Kingdom Leaving the European Union
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On 14 Sep 2016:
Graham Jones voted for the United Kingdom to remain a member of the European Union.
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On 14 Mar 2016:
Graham Jones voted not to take account of carbon dioxide emissions traded via the European Union to Emissions Trading Scheme when calculating the state of the UK carbon account for periods from 2028 onwards
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On 9 Mar 2016:
Graham Jones voted in support of a proposed EU directive on combating terrorism; and against working directly with other countries and against recognising that national security is a matter for individual nations.
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On 14 Dec 2015:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union Documents — Relocation of Migrants in need of International Protection
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On 10 Nov 2014:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on Transposing European Union Criminal Justice and Data Protection Measures into UK Law
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On 27 Jan 2014:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union (Approvals) Bill — Clause 1 — Limitation of Scope of Europe for Citizens Programme
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On 27 Jan 2014:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union (Approvals) Bill — Third Reading — European Archives and Europe for Citizens Programme
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On 22 Jan 2014:
Graham Jones voted to support the that view that promoting jobs and growth in the EU, including by completing the EU Single Market, is the top priority.
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On 17 Jan 2014:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on Benefit Entitlement (Restriction) Bill
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On 13 Jan 2014:
Graham Jones voted for a 185 million Euro EU Europe for Citizens programme of activities and to require EU institutions to deposit their archives at the European University Institute
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On 4 Dec 2013:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Colombia and Peru Trade Agreement) Order 2013
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On 15 Jul 2013:
Graham Jones voted to consider the views of the Association of Chief Police Officers when deciding when to opt into Europol's European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation and Training; and against making opting in conditional on Europol not being given the power to direct national law enforcement agencies to initiate investigations or share data that conflicts with national security.
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On 6 Nov 2012:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union — Banking Union and Economic and Monetary Union — European Banking Authority
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On 24 Apr 2012:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union — Data Protection in the Areas of Police and Criminal Justice (EU Directive)
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On 23 Nov 2011:
Graham Jones voted to support stronger governance of the Schengen area and adding Bulgaria and Romania to it.
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On 14 Sep 2011:
Graham Jones voted in favour of an EU Directive on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and on the right to communicate upon arrest
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On 23 Mar 2011:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on Establishment of the European Stability Mechanism
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On 9 Feb 2011:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union — UK Contributions to the Eurozone Financial Stabilisation Mechanism
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On 25 Jan 2011:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union Bill — Clause 6 — Referendum on Emergency Financial Assistance for EU Member States
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On 14 Dec 2010:
Graham Jones voted against working closely with the European Commission to deliver a strong, principles-based framework for financial sector corporate governance.
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On 14 Jul 2010:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union External Action Service
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On 24 Oct 2019:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on Queen's Speech — Programme for Government — Leaving the European Union
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On 4 Sep 2019:
Graham Jones voted to require the Prime Minister to seek a delay to the UK leaving the EU until 31 January 2020 unless MPs have approved either terms of a withdrawal agreement, or withdrawal without an agreement.
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On 4 Sep 2019:
Graham Jones voted to require the Prime Minister to seek a delay to the UK leaving the EU until 31 January 2020 unless MPs have approved either terms of a withdrawal agreement, or withdrawal without an agreement.
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On 3 Sep 2019:
Graham Jones voted to enable the House of Commons to pass a bill to require the Prime Minister to seek to delay withdrawal to prevent the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement, unless doing so is approved by MPs.
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On 25 Jun 2019:
Graham Jones voted not to exclude wind and water turbines from a special reduced rate of VAT applying to the supply and installation of energy-saving materials in residential accommodation.
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On 9 Apr 2019:
Graham Jones voted in favour of seeking to delay the UK leaving the EU until 30 June 2019.
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On 2 Apr 2019:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on The Geo-Blocking Regulation (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 — Traders Discriminating Based on Nationality or Location of Customer
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On 1 Apr 2019:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship — Motion (D) Common Market 2.0 — Retain Relatively Free Movement of People and Goods via European Free Trade Association Membership — External Tarriff Alignment with the EU
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On 27 Mar 2019:
Graham Jones voted against continued relatively free movement of goods, services, persons and capital between the UK, EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, achieved via membership of European Free Trade Association (EFTA), but without a customs union with the EU.
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On 26 Mar 2019:
Graham Jones voted not to approve the Government's assessment of the UK's medium term economic and budgetary position for submission to the European Commission.
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On 29 Jan 2019:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 — Delay Withdrawal — Rule-Out No-Deal — Scotland to Remain in the European Union
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On 11 Sep 2018:
Graham Jones voted to make the continued participation of the UK in the European Arrest Warrant a negotiating objective during negotiations over the withdrawal of the UK from the EU.
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On 18 Jul 2018:
Graham Jones voted for greater partnership and cooperation between European Union members, the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community, and the Republic of Armenia.
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On 18 Jul 2018:
Graham Jones voted to strengthen relations between the EU, its Member States and Cuba
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On 18 Jul 2018:
Graham Jones voted to broaden engagement, dialogue and cooperation with Canada in areas of common interest, such as: human rights and democracy, international peace and security and effective multilateralism, economic and sustainable development, and justice, freedom and security.
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On 18 Jul 2018:
Graham Jones voted to strengthen cooperation between the EU, its Member States and Australia in a range of sectors of mutual interest.
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On 18 Jul 2018:
Graham Jones voted to consolidate and strengthen cooperation between the EU, its Member States and New Zealand in a range of sectors of mutual interest.
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On 17 Jul 2018:
Graham Jones voted to make it a UK negotiating objective to establish a free trade area for goods between the UK and the EU and, if that cannot be agreed by the 21st of January 2019, to make reaching an agreement to enable the UK’s participation in a customs union with the EU a negotiating objective.
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On 13 Jun 2018:
Graham Jones voted to make the UK's withdrawal from the EU conditional on a statement on how the UK's continued participation in a customs union with the EU was sought during negotiations on the withdrawal agreement.
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On 23 Jan 2018:
Graham Jones voted for a transition period of at least two years for the transition to a domestic nuclear regulatory regime from the framework provided via the European Atomic Energy Community.
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On 17 Jan 2018:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union (Withdrawal) Bill -Clause 9 — Continued Membership of EU Single Market and Customs Union as Prerequisite for Regulations Implementing Withdrawal Agreement
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On 16 Jan 2018:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 4 — Preservation of Rights, Powers, Liabilities, Obligations, Restrictions, Remedies and Proceedures on the UK's Withdrawal from the EU
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On 16 Jan 2018:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 5 — EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
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On 20 Dec 2017:
Graham Jones voted for a transition period of at least two years prior to implementation of an agreement on the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union during which existing arrangements with the EU covering trade, security, regulations and financial contributions would be maintained.
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On 14 Nov 2017:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 1 — Repeal of the European Communities Act 1972 — Consent of Devolved Legislatures
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On 19 Apr 2017:
Graham Jones voted not to approve the Government's assessment of the UK's medium term economic and budgetary position for submission to the European Commission.
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On 8 Feb 2017:
Graham Jones voted to require the Prime Minister to give a series of undertakings before giving notification of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union.
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On 8 Feb 2017:
Graham Jones voted to seek to protect the residence rights of citizens of the European Union and their family members who were lawfully resident in the United Kingdom on 23 June 2016.
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On 8 Feb 2017:
Graham Jones voted for notice of the UK's withdrawal from the EU to preserve rights acquired in Northern Ireland as a result of European Union membership and to preserve the right of the people of Northern Ireland determine for themselves if they prefer a union with Great Britain or a sovereign united Ireland.
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On 7 Feb 2017:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 180 — UK To Remain EU Member Unless UK Parliament Agrees Terms for Leaving
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On 7 Feb 2017:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 143 — Financial Liability of the UK towards the EU
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On 6 Feb 2017:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 26 — Agreement of Representatives of Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland Administrations
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On 7 Dec 2016:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on The United Kingdom Leaving the European Union
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On 6 Jul 2016:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on EU Nationals Currently Living in the UK — Right to Remain
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On 15 Jun 2016:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union Membership
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On 23 Mar 2016:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on Government Assessment of Medium Term Economic and Budgetary Position for Submission to the European Commission
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On 24 Feb 2016:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on Draft Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Tachographs) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 — Digital Tachographs — Remote Access — Satellite Positioning
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On 19 Nov 2014:
Graham Jones acted as teller for a vote on Opposition Day — Rejoining of 35 European Union Justice and Home Affairs Measures
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On 30 Apr 2014:
Graham Jones voted not to approve the Government's assessment of the UK's medium term economic and budgetary position for submission to the European Commission.
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On 15 Jul 2013:
Graham Jones voted for a commitment to continue participation in the European Arrest Warrant and other schemes when opting out of police and criminal justice measures.
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On 15 Jul 2013:
Graham Jones voted against opting out of all EU police and criminal justice measures adopted before December 2009
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On 22 Apr 2013:
Graham Jones voted not to approve the Government's assessment of the UK's medium term economic and budgetary position for submission to the European Commission.
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On 31 Oct 2012:
Graham Jones voted to call on the UK Government to seek a real terms cut in the European Union budget
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On 13 Dec 2011:
Graham Jones voted not to commend the Prime Minister for refusing to sign up to an EU Treaty without safeguards for the UK.
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On 24 May 2011:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on Royal Assent — Eurozone Financial Assistance
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On 10 Nov 2010:
Graham Jones was absent for a vote on European Union Economic Governance
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