Session 2012 - 13
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| For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:
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| ELECTORAL REGISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATION Bill |
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| | Representation of the People Act 1985 (Amendment) |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Representation of the People Act 1985 is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | In section 1 (Extension of parliamentary franchise) omit subsections (3)(c) and |
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| | (3) | In section 3 (Extension of franchise for European Parliamentary elections) omit |
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| | subsections (3)(c) and (4)(a).’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | Currently, British citizens can qualify as overseas electors only if they have been resident in the |
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| | United Kingdom within the previous 15 years. This also applies to Members of the House of Lords |
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| | for European Parliamentary elections. This amendment would remove this qualifying period, so |
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| | that British citizens could qualify as overseas electors even if they had ceased to be resident in the |
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| | United Kingdom more than 15 years before. |
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