{"id":9993,"date":"2017-02-09T15:35:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T15:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=9993"},"modified":"2025-07-10T08:02:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T07:02:50","slug":"article-50-bill-passes-house-commons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/article-50-bill-passes-house-commons\/","title":{"rendered":"Article 50 Bill passes House of Commons"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The ‘Tellers’ give the Speaker the results of a vote on an amendment to the Article 50 Bill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Article 50 Bill, more properly the\u00a0European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill, has passed all its stages in the House of Commons.<\/p>\n

The SNP tabled a whole raft of amendments at Committee Stage. \u00a0Labour tabled some others. \u00a0The House voted on some of them and defeated all it voted on.<\/p>\n

That meant there was no need for a Report Stage and the Bill passed straight to Third Reading. \u00a0Read the Hansard record of the Debate here.<\/a><\/strong> \u00a0The House duly gave the Bill its Third Reading. \u00a0The majority was 372.<\/p>\n

Article 50 Bill Amendments<\/h2>\n

We single out three amendments. Labour tabled one requiring parliamentary approval before a final agreement with the EU. \u00a0That was defeated by 33 votes, the DUP, UKIP and half-a-dozen Labour MPs joining the Conservatives in saying ‘No’ to it’. \u00a0(This is Division 141 in the Hansard link above.)<\/p>\n

The Liberal Democrats tabled an amendment requiring a second referendum before a final agreement. \u00a0Only the LIbDems, Plaid Cymru, the Green, Northern Ireland’s SDLP and a few Labour MPs voted for that. \u00a0Most of Labour abstained. \u00a0Again, half-a-dozen Labour MPs, the DUP and UKIP joined the Conservatives in the ‘No’ lobby. \u00a0Accordingly, 340 MPs said ‘No’ in\u00a0Division 156. \u00a0Only 33 voted ‘Aye’.<\/p>\n

Thirdly, Labour asked the House to mandate Theresa May to allow EU citizens the right to stay in the UK. \u00a0They wanted her to give this assurance without securing an equivalent promise for UK citizens from the EU. \u00a0The House defeated that amendment in\u00a0Division 159\u00a0by 42 votes.<\/p>\n

Finally, in Division 161, the House of Commons gave the Bill a Third Reading by 494 votes to 122. \u00a0Labour imposed a three-line whip. \u00a0(Their whips underlined the instruction to MPs to vote for the Bill three times.) \u00a0Of couse, most Labour ‘rebels’ represent inner city constituencies which voted ‘Remain’. \u00a0Equally, a couple of shadow ministers have resigned. Nevertheless, Jeremy Corbyn will impose no sanctions on Labour MPs who voted against. \u00a0The point was simply to show Labour as a party respects the referendum result.<\/p>\n

See how your MP voted in these divisions on our complete MP voting list here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Hand of God<\/h2>\n

Some may wonder why Theresa May did not agree to seek Parliamentary approval when Gina Miller first brought her court action to compel it. \u00a0After all,\u00a0the House of Commons voted overwhelmingly to trigger Article 50.<\/p>\n

The reason, quite simply, could be the hand of God. \u00a0In this analysis, the Lord allowed the court case to proceed and by so doing blessed the United Kingdom<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0Firstly,\u00a0he confused the minds of ministers so they would not notice Labour’s promise not to obstruct the process. \u00a0That allowed the case to proceed. \u00a0Secondly,\u00a0the Supreme Court’s involvement gave legitimacy to the Parliamentary course of action. \u00a0It silenced any doubters. \u00a0As a result, the Government now has a much better hand. They can negotiate with the EU from a position of greater strength than if they had used the Royal Prerogative. \u00a0The House even squashed the idea of a second referendum. \u00a0That idea is now dead.<\/p>\n

Thirdly,\u00a0the Court ruled against giving the SNP (in particular) a veto over the process. \u00a0That was possibly as important an outcome as any.<\/p>\n

Psalm 30:4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now the Bill passes to the House of Lords, so remember to keep praying for our\u00a0parliamentarians.<\/p>\n

View our EU videos \u2013 relevant to the Article 50 debate<\/h2>\n

View our videos on YouTube. \u00a0They are all around three and a half minutes in length and very watchable:<\/p>\n

The European Union\u2019s Tower of Babel<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 filmed in Strasbourg,<\/p>\n

European Union\u2019s Woman on the Beast<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 filmed in Brussels,.<\/p>\n

The European Union\u2019s Pagan Foundation<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 filmed in Rome,<\/p>\n

The European Union\u2019s Roman Empire<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 filmed in Rome and Bath,<\/p>\n

European Union \u2013 Does the Lord keep the City?<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0filmed in Brussels and London (on Psalm 127).<\/p>\n

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