Leon Benoit moved, - That Clause 43 be amended by striking out line 31, on page 22, and substituting the following therefor: " (i) subject to affirmative resolution of the House of Commons defining who is a spouse for the purposes" After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was negatived on the following recorded division: YEAS: Leon Benoit Grant McNally Réal Ménard: 3 NAYS: Mark Assad John Bryden Denis Coderre Raymonde Folco Sophia Leung Steve Mahoney Andrew Telegdi: 7 Leon Benoit moved, -That Clause 43 be amended by striking out line 33, on page 22, and substituting the following therefor: " (j) subject to af ...[+++]firmative resolution of the House of Commons, defining what constitutes a relationship" After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was negatived on the following recorded division: YEAS: Leon Benoit Grant McNally Réal Ménard: 3 NAYS: Mark Assad John Bryden Denis Coderre Raymonde Folco Sophia Leung Steve Mahoney Andrew Telegdi: 7 By unanimous consent, the Committee reverted to Leon Benoit's amendment, which was allowed to stand and reads as follows: - That Clause 43 be amended by striking out line 38, on page 21, and substituting the following therefor: " parentage and evidence of residence in Canada for the purposes of paragraph 6(1)(b) and the times when those ap-" By unanimous consent Leon Benoit withdrew his amendment.

The Committee resumed consideration of the amendment of Leon Benoit, which is as follows: - That Clause 43 be amended by striking out line 40, on page 21, and substituting the following therefor: " (b) subject to affirmative resolution of the House of Commons, specifying who may make an applica-" After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was negatived on the following recorded division: YEAS: Leon Benoit Grant McNally Réal Ménard: 3 NAYS: Mark Assad John Bryden Denis Coderre Raymonde Folco Sophia Leung Steve Mahoney Andrew Telegdi: 7 Leon Benoit moved, - That Clause 43 be amended by striking out line 18, on page 22, and ...[+++]substituting the following therefor: " (e) subject to affirmative resolution of the House of Commons, providing for criteria to determine" After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was negatived on the following recorded division: YEAS: Leon Benoit Grant McNally Réal Ménard: 3 NAYS: Mark Assad John Bryden Denis Coderre Raymonde Folco Sophia Leung Steve Mahoney Andrew Telegdi: 7 On motion of Andrew Telegdi, it was agreed, - That Clause 43 be amended by striking out in the English version only line 25, on page 22 and substituting the following therefor: " section 8 have been met" .

‘Regarding the ratification of the IGA, I can confirm on behalf of the Council that 'The signatories to the Intergovernmental Agreement on the transfer and mutualisation of contributions to the Single Resolution Fund are ready to declare that they will strive to complete its process of ratification in accordance with their respective national legal requirements in due time so as to permit the Single Resolution Mechanism to be fully operational by the 1st January 2016'’.

The matter was consequently referred to the UN General Assembly which, on 2 April 2013, adopted by an overwhelming majority the Arms Trade Treaty through the vote of Resolution A/RES/67/234 B. The Treaty was subsequently opened for signature on 3 June 2013 and will enter into force upon the 50th ratification.

14. Points out that progress on signing and ratifying the outstanding border agreements between Estonia and Russia and Latvia and Russia remains a high priority for EU-Russia relations, and that the issue should be dealt with in a constructive and fair manner acceptable to all sides; underlines, in addition, Parliament’s position, as expressed in its resolution of 26 May 2005, that the ratification of the border agreement with Estonia and the signing and ratification of the border agreement with Latvia must be pr ...[+++]erequisites for the signing of the EU-Russia visa facilitation agreement;

11. Requests the Chair of its US delegation to raise this issue with his or her counterpart at the next opportunity, to forcefully communicate the tenor of this resolution, to stress EU support for the ABM Treaty and to ensure that CTBT ratification by the US is on the agenda for all delegation meetings with their US counterparts until the US Senate ratifies the Treaty;