THURSDAY 14 MARCH 2019 INTERIM PUBLICATION OF AMENDMENTS WITH SPONSORS ONLY Manuscript Amendments tabled on Wednesday 13 March before 10.30am are marked with an asterisk. (A final list of Amendments and signatures to those amendments will be published in due course.) 1. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (TODAY) Until any hour (if the 5.00pm Business of the House motion is agreed to) The Prime Minister That, at this day s sitting, the Speaker shall put the questions necessary to dispose of proceedings on the motion in the name of the Prime Minister relating to the UK s withdrawal from the European Union not later than 5.00pm; such questions shall include the questions on any amendments selected by the Speaker which may then be moved; the questions may be put after the moment of interruption; and Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply. 2. UK S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION Until 5.00pm (Business of the House (Today) motion, if agreed to) The Prime Minister That this House: (1) notes the resolutions of the House of 12 and 13 March, and accordingly agrees that the Government will seek to agree with the European Union an extension of the period specified in Article 50(3); (2) agrees that, if the House has passed a resolution approving the negotiated withdrawal agreement and the framework for the future relationship for the purposes of section 13(1) (b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 by 20 March 2019, then the Government will seek to agree with the European Union a one-off extension of the period specified in Article 50(3) for a period ending on 30 June 2019 for the purpose of passing the necessary EU exit legislation; and (3) notes that, if the House has not passed a resolution approving the negotiated withdrawal agreement and the framework for the future relationship for the purposes of section 13(1)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 by 20 March 2019, then it is highly likely that the European Council at its meeting the following day would require a clear purpose for any extension, not least to determine its length, and that any extension beyond 30 June 2019 would require the United Kingdom to hold European Parliament elections in May 2019.
Amendment (a) Hywel Williams Ben Lake Line 1, leave out from House to end and add notes that the National Assembly for Wales, the Scottish Parliament and the House of Commons all voted overwhelmingly to reject the Prime Minister s deal; recognises that the National Assembly for Wales and the Scottish Parliament voted convincingly in favour of a People s Vote; further notes that this House rejected the UK s leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement and a future relationship framework; and therefore calls on the Government to honour the respective will of each Parliament by seeking to extend the time under Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union until 2021, or until the future relationship has been negotiated, and by holding a binding referendum at the end of that period on either accepting the Withdrawal Agreement or retaining membership of the European Union.. Amendment (c) Angus Brendan MacNeil Mr Kenneth Clarke Keith Vaz Pete Wishart Drew Hendry Line 1, leave out from House to end and add calls on the Government to bring forward urgently the legislation necessary to require the Prime Minister to revoke before 29 March 2019 the UK s notice of intention to withdraw from the EU under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.. Amendment (d) Sir Vince Cable Jo Swinson Mr Alistair Carmichael Wera Hobhouse Sir Edward Davey Line 1, leave out from House to end and add calls on the Government to negotiate an extension to Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union of sufficient length so as to facilitate a referendum on whether to exit the European Union under the terms of the negotiated Withdrawal Agreement or to stay in membership of the European Union and all necessary associated measures..
Amendment (f) Ian Blackford Kirsty Blackman Peter Grant Stephen Gethins Patrick Grady Line 1, leave out from House to end and add, calls on the Government to agree with the European Council an extension to the negotiating period under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union to provide time for a public vote on the UK s relationship with the EU including the option to remain; believes that throughout an extension period the option for this House to unilaterally revoke notice to withdraw under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union must remain on the table; recognises the resolutions of the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly on 5 March 2019 to oppose the UK Government s exit deal and agree that a no deal outcome to the current negotiations on EU withdrawal would be completely unacceptable on 29 March 2019, or at any time; believes Scotland must not be taken out of the European Union against its will, and that this can best be avoided by the people of Scotland exercising their sovereign right to choose their own constitutional future as a full, equal, sovereign, independent Member State of the European Union.. Amendment (h) Dr Sarah Wollaston Joanna Cherry Neil Coyle Line 1, leave out from House to end and add instructs the Prime Minister to request an extension to the Article 50 period at the European Council in March 2019 sufficient for the purposes of legislating for and conducting a public vote in which the people of the United Kingdom may give their consent for either leaving the European Union on terms to be determined by Parliament or retaining the United Kingdom s membership of the European Union.. Amendment (g) Sir Christopher Chope Line 2, leave out from 13 March to end and add and therefore instructs the Government to seek to agree with the European Union an extension of the period specified in Article 50(3) to 22 May 2019 for the specific purpose of replacing the UK negotiating team..
*Amendment (i) Hilary Benn Sir Oliver Letwin Yvette Cooper Mr Dominic Grieve Norman Lamb Stewart Hosie Line 4, leave out from Article 50 (3) to end and add: to enable the House of Commons to find a way forward that can command majority support; 2. orders accordingly that on Wednesday 20 March (a) Standing Order No. 14(1) (which provides that government business shall have precedence at every sitting save as provided in that order) shall not apply; (b) precedence shall be given to the motion specified in paragraph 3; (c) the Speaker shall interrupt proceedings on any business before the motion specified in paragraph 3 at 1.30 pm and call a Member to move that motion; (d) debate on that motion may continue until 7.00 pm at which time the Speaker shall put the questions necessary to dispose of proceedings on that motion including the questions on amendments selected by the Speaker which may then be moved; (e) any proceedings interrupted or superseded by this order may be resumed or (as the case may be) entered upon and proceeded with after the moment of interruption; and 3. the motion specified in this paragraph is a motion in the name of at least 25 Members, including at least five Members elected to the House as members of at least five different parties, relating to the Business of the House on a future day or days in connection with matters relating to the United Kingdom s withdrawal from the European Union. Amendment (e) Jeremy Corbyn Keir Starmer Emily Thornberry John McDonnell Valerie Vaz Mr Nicholas Brown Leave out paragraphs (2) and (3) and add: (2) notes that this House has decisively rejected the Withdrawal Agreement and Framework for the Future Relationship laid before the House and the proposition that the UK should leave the European Union without a Withdrawal Agreement and a Framework for the Future Relationship; and (3) therefore instructs the Prime Minister to seek an extension to Article 50 in order to avoid exiting the EU on 29 March without a ratified Withdrawal Agreement and
a Framework for the Future Relationship; and to provide parliamentary time for this House to find a majority for a different approach.. *Amendment (k) Mr Pat McFadden Stephen Doughty Justine Greening Dr Philip Lee Leave out paragraphs (2) and (3). Amendment (b) Lee Rowley Nigel Dodds Gareth Snell Caroline Flint George Eustice Anne-Marie Trevelyan At end, add (4) believes that the result of the 2016 EU referendum should be respected and that a second EU referendum would be divisive and expensive, and therefore should not take place.. *Amendment (j) Chris Bryant Alison McGovern Stephen Doughty At end, add (4) notes that Erksine May states that a motion or an amendment which is the same, in substance, as a question which has been decided in the affirmative or negative during the current session may not be brought forward again during that session; and therefore orders the Government not to move a further motion asking the House to approve the Withdrawal Agreement and framework for the future partnership that the house declined to approve on 15 January 2019 and 12 March 2019..