to vote on amendments would entail endorsing existing legislation which we don't either and exercise in order to decide which bits were worse others
To vote on the amendments would have entailed endorsing existing EU legislation (which we don't want either) and a nit-picking exercise in order to decide which bits were worse than others.
To vote on amendments would entailed endorsing existing legislation (which we don't either) and exercise in order to decide which bits were worse others.