Part of Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:00 pm on 25 January 2018.
Peter Dowd
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
4:00,
25 January 2018
I beg to move Amendment 5, in Clause 12, page 8, line 40, at end insert—
“(6) No regulations may be made under this section unless a draft has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.”
This amendment requires regulations under Clause 12 to be subject to the affirmative procedure.
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