European Union (Finance) Bill: Commons Committee and remaining stages
23 June 2015 (updated on 23 June 2015)
MPs considered the European Union (Finance) Bill in a Committee of the whole House, followed by report and third reading stages, on Tuesday 23 June 2015.
The Bill passed third reading and will now go to the House of Lords for consideration. No amendments were made to the Bill.
Amendment 1 was voted against (Division No. 23 Ayes: 254 votes, Noes: 301 votes)
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Summary of the European Union (Finance) Bill
A Bill to approve for the purposes of section 7(1) of the European Union Act 2011 the decision of the Council of 26 May 2014 on the system of own resources of the European Union; and to amend the definition of "the Treaties" and "the EU Treaties" in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 so as to include that decision.
Progress of the Bill
This Government Bill was presented to Parliament on 3 June 2015. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
This Bill passed its second reading on 11 June 2015.
The Bill was considered in a Committee of the whole House on Tuesday 23 June 2015. No amendments were made to the Bill.
The Bill also passed third reading on 23 June 2015, and has now completed all its stages in the House of Commons.
The Bill will now go to the House of Lords for consideration.
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House of Commons Library analysis
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What happens next?
If the Bill passes all of its stages in the House of Commons it will pass to the House of Lords for consideration.
What happens at a Committee of the Whole House?
When a bill passes its second reading and is considered in detail, this usually takes place in a Public Bill Committee held outside the Chamber and made up of between 16 and 20 MPs.
Occasionally a bill will be considered by a Committee of the whole House and this discussion takes place in the Chamber itself, where all MPs can take part.
Any bill can be referred to a Committee of the whole House, but the procedure is normally reserved for finance bills and other important or controversial legislation.
What happens next?
The Bill will be considered at Report and Third Reading stages.
What is the report stage of a bill?
The report stage gives MPs an opportunity, on the floor of the House, to consider any further amendments (proposals for change) to a bill which has been examined in a public bill committee or on the floor of the House. There is no set time period between the end of committee stage and the start of the report stage.
What happens at report stage?
All MPs may speak and vote. For lengthy or complex bills, the debates may be spread over several days. All MPs can suggest amendments to the bill or new clauses (parts) that they think should be added.
What happens after report stage?
Report stage is usually followed immediately by debate on the bill's third reading.
What happens at third reading?
Debate on the bill is usually short, and limited to what is actually in the bill, rather than, as at second reading, what might have been included.
Amendments (proposals for change) cannot be made to a bill at a third reading in the Commons. At the end of the debate, the House decides (votes on) whether to approve the third reading of the bill.
What happens after third reading?
If the bill started in the Commons it goes to the House of Lords for its first reading.
If the bill started in the Lords it returns to the House of Lords for consideration of any amendments the Commons has made.
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