Formal Minutes
Tuesday 27 March 2012
Members present:
Mr William Cash, in the Chair
| Mr James Clappison
Mr Michael Connarty
Chris Heaton-Harris
| | Kelvin Hopkins
Stephen Phillips
Penny Mordaunt
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Draft Report (Treaty on Stability, Coordination
and Governance: impact on the eurozone and the rule of law)
proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
Ordered,
That the Chair's draft Report be read a second time, paragraph
by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 6 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 7 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 8 to 12 read and agreed to.
Box containing Summary of the SCG Treaty read and
agreed to.
Paragraph 13 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 14 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 15 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 16 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 17 to 23 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 24 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 25 to 27 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 28 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 29 to 35 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 36 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 37 to 62 read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 63 to 65 read and agreed to
Paragraph 66 read.
Amendment proposed, in line
11, after the word "institutions" to insert the words
"to enforce the eurozone budgetary regime".—(Michael
Connarty.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
Ayes, 1 Noes, 5
Michael Connarty James Clappison
Chris Heaton-Harris Kelvin
Hopkins
Penny Mordaunt
Stephen Phillips
Paragraph agreed to.
Paragraph 67 read.
Amendment proposed, in line
9, at end to add the words "by making arrangements to act
together outwith the formal arrangements set out in the EU Treaties.".—(Michael
Connarty.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
Ayes, 1 Noes, 5
Michael Connarty James Clappison
Chris Heaton-Harris
Kelvin Hopkins
Penny Mordaunt
Stephen Phillips
Paragraph agreed to.
Paragraphs 68 to 70 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 71 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 72 and 73 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 74 read.
Amendment proposed, in
line 3, after the word "law" to insert the words "but
was not effective in preventing an arrangement being put in place
leave that makes use of the EU institutions to create a Treaty
outwith the EU Treaties".—(Michael
Connarty.).
The Committee divided.
Ayes, 1 Noes, 5
Michael Connarty James Clappison
Chris Heaton-Harris
Kelvin Hopkins
Penny Mordaunt
Stephen Phillips
Paragraph agreed to.
Ordered,
That the Report be the Sixty-second Report of the Committee to
the House.
Ordered, That the Chair
make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That embargoed
copies of the Report be made available, in accordance with the
provisions of Standing Order No.134.
Written evidence was ordered to be reported to the
House for printing with the Report in addition to that ordered
to be reported for publishing on 18 January, 25 January, 1 February,
7 February and 8 February.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 18 April at
2.00 pm.
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