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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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| | ‘(1) | Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) (parliamentary |
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| | elections rules) is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | In rule 37 (voting procedure) after paragraph (6) insert— |
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| | “(7) | A voter who is in the polling station or in a queue outside the polling |
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| | station for the purpose of voting at the time specified for the close of the |
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| | poll shall be entitled to apply for a ballot paper under paragraph 1 above |
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| | and a ballot paper shall be delivered and the voter entitled to vote in |
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| | accordance with this rule.”.’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | Currently, voters who are in a queue at a polling station at 10 pm but who have not yet been issued |
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| | with their ballot paper are unable to cast their vote. This amendment would allow for ballot papers |
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| | to be issued to any registered voter who is in the polling station or in a queue outside the polling |
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| | station at 10 pm, in order that they may then cast their vote. |
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| | Clause 25, page 14, line 17, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | Before making an order under subsection 1, the Secretary of State must seek the |
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| | views of the Electoral Commission as to whether the establishment of an electoral |
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| | register made up solely of electors who have registered individually would help |
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| | or hinder the achievement of the registration objectives. |
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| | (1B) | For these purposes the registration objectives are to secure, so far as is reasonably |
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| | (a) | that persons who are entitled to be registered in a register are registered |
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| | (b) | that persons who are not entitled to be registered in a register are not |
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| | (c) | that none of the information relating to a registered person that appears |
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| | in a register or other record kept by a registration officer is false. |
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| | (1C) | The Commission must submit its assessment, with a recommendation, in a report |
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| | to the Secretary of State, which must be laid before Parliament as soon as possible |
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| | by the Secretary of State. |
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| | (a) | the recommendation in the Electoral Commission’s report is that the |
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| | establishment of an electoral register made up solely of electors who have |
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| | registered individually would help the achievement of the registration |
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| | (b) | the recommendation is approved by a resolution of each House of |
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| | | the Secretary of State may make an order bringing Parts 1 and 2 of this Act into |
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| | (1E) | The Secretary of State may not make such an order if those conditions are not met. |
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| | (a) | the Electoral Commission’s report does not contain a recommendation to |
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| | proceed to establish an electoral register made up solely of electors who |
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| | have registered individually, or |
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| | (b) | the report does contain such a recommendation, but it is not approved by |
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| | a resolution of each House of Parliament, |
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| | | within 12 months after the day on which the report is submitted by the Electoral |
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| | Commission (in the case mentioned in paragraph (a)) or disapproved in |
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| | Parliament (in the case mentioned in paragraph (b)), the Secretary of State must |
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| | require the Commission to submit, by a specified date, a further report under this |
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| | section containing the terms mentioned in subsection (1A). |
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| | (1G) | For the purposes of subsection (1F)— |
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| | (a) | a report is disapproved in Parliament when either House decided against |
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| | resolving to approve the report (or, if both Houses so decide on different |
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| | days, when the first of them so decides); |
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| | (b) | the date specified by the Secretary of State must be at least one year, but |
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| | no more than two years, after the day on which the requirement under that |
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| | Clause 25, page 14, line 17, at end insert ‘with the exception of Schedule 5, Part 2, |
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| | (a) | the data matching pilots for pre-verification purposes established by the |
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| | Electoral Registration Data Schemes Order 2012 have been completed, |
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| | (b) | the Electoral Commission has reported on these schemes as under the |
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| | (c) | the Electoral Commission believes that the completeness of the register |
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| | will not be negatively affected.’. |
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| | Order of the House [23 May] |
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| | That the following provisions shall apply to the Electoral Registration and |
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| | 1. | The Bill shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House. |
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| | Proceedings in Committee, on consideration and Third Reading |
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| | 2. | Proceedings in Committee, any proceedings on consideration and |
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| | proceedings on Third Reading shall be completed in three days. |
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| | 3. | The proceedings shall be taken on the days shown in the first column of the |
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| | following Table and in the order so shown. |
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| | 4. | The proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a |
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| | conclusion at the times specified in the second column of the Table. |
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| | Time for conclusion of proceedings |
| | | | | | | | Clause 1, Schedule 1, Clause 2, |
| The moment of interruption on the |
| | | | Schedule 2, Clauses 3 and 4, |
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| Two hours before the moment of |
| | | | Clauses relating to Part 1, new |
| interruption on the third day. |
| | | | Schedules relating to Part 1, |
| | | | | Clauses 13 to 21, remaining new |
| | | | | | | | | | Schedules, Clauses 22 to 26, |
| | | | | | | | | | Committee, any proceedings on |
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| The moment of interruption on the |
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| | 5. | Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to |
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| | proceedings in Committee, to any proceedings on consideration or to |
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| | proceedings on Third Reading. |
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| | 6. | Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on |
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| | consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the |
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| | Lords) may be programmed. |
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