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| Electoral Registration and Administration Bill
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| | The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the House |
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| Clause 4, page 4, line 13, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(5D) | In all forms of sheltered accommodation the person with responsibility for |
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| | managing an individual premises must provide a list on an annual basis of |
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| | individual residents to the local authority officer. |
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| | (5E) | The local authority officer must write individually to all residents whose names |
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| | have been provided on such lists.’. |
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| Clause 4, page 4, line 13, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(5F) | All private landlords must provide the relevant local authority on an annual basis |
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| | with a list of all individuals to whom they rent residential accommodation. The |
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| | local authority officer must write individually to all residents whose names have |
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| | been provided on such lists.’. |
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| Clause 6, page 5, leave out line 27. |
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| Clause 6, page 5, line 27, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2A) | If the Minister considers it appropriate to proceed with the making of an order |
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| | under subsection (2), the Minister must lay before Parliament— |
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| | (a) | a draft of the order, and |
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| | (b) | an explanatory document explaining the proposals. |
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| | (2B) | Sections 15 to 19 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (choosing |
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| | between negative, affirmative and super-affirmative parliamentary procedure) |
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| | are to apply in relation to an explanatory document and draft order laid under |
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| | subsection (2) but as if references to section 14 of that Act were references to |
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| Clause 6, page 5, leave out lines 28 and 29. |
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| Clause 6, page 5, line 32, after ‘section’, insert ‘with the exception of an order |
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| made under subsection (2)’. |
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| Clause 7, page 6, line 7, leave out ‘give a copy of the report to the Minister’ and |
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| insert ‘lay a copy of the report before Parliament’. |
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| Clause 7, page 6, line 9, leave out subsection (4) and insert— |
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| | ‘(4) | The report must be laid before Parliament no sooner than three months beginning |
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| | with the day on which the Commission is consulted, and no later than five months |
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| | beginning with that same day.’. |
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| Clause 8, page 6, line 28, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | The Minister may only make a pilot scheme once written approval from the |
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| | Electoral Commission has been received. |
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| | (3B) | Any such written approval must be published by the Minister.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 29, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | An order under this section may require registration officers to record at the point |
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| | (a) | a voter’s access needs in relation to any document which is required or |
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| | authorised to be given to voters or displayed in any place for either |
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| | registration or election, and |
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| | (b) | a voter’s access requirements to the polling station.’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment would allow for pilots which could assist disabled people both to register to vote |
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| | and to cast their vote. It would achieve this by allowing electoral registration officers to establish |
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| | the level of demand for (a) documents in alternative formats and (b) additional accessibility |
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| | meaures at polling stations. It is estimated that there are approximately 15,000 disabled potential |
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| | voters per Parliamentary constituency. |
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| Clause 5, page 4, line 32, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | A local authority must include a statement about the importance of electoral |
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| | registration in its annual communication with residents relating to the payment of |
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| Clause 5, page 4, line 32, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1B) | There will be a duty on local authorities to ensure that individuals are invited to |
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| | register when those individuals move into the area of the local authority and |
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| | register for council tax purposes.’. |
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| Clause 5, page 5, line 12, after ‘penalty’, insert ‘of £500’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | The amendment would provide that the fine for failing to comply with a requirement to make an |
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| | application to be on the electoral register would be set at £500. |
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| Clause 5, page 5, line 14, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(7A) | The civil penalty shall be £100.’. |
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| Clause 5, page 5, line 15, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(9) | Regulations under subsection (2) must require registration officers to include on |
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| | electoral registration forms a clear explanation that the electoral register is used |
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| | for other civic purposes. |
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| | (10) | There should also be a clear explanation that the electoral register is used for |
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| | assessing an individual’s credit worthiness and ability to sustain mortgage |
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| Clause 5, page 5, line 15, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(9) | Regulations under subsection (2) must require registration officers to include on |
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| | invitations given under subsection (1)— |
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| | (a) | a clear statement to the effect that the edited electoral register is available |
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| | for general sale and is used by organisations for commercial activities, as |
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| | well as for other civic purposes; and |
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| | (b) | clear instructions on how to opt out of the edited electoral register.’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | The amendment is intended to ensure that it is clear to people who are invited to apply for |
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| | registration that the edited register may be sold, and to ensure that people know how to opt out of |
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| Clause 5, page 5, line 16, at end add— |
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| | ‘(3) | Government departments with responsibility for welfare payments, pensions, |
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| | driving licences, revenue collection, National Insurance and passport applications |
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| | must inform all individuals who apply for these benefits or services of their |
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| | possible entitlement to join the electoral register.’. |
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| Schedule 3, page 19, leave out lines 9 and 10. |
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| Schedule 5, page 27, line 21, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(6) | The Government shall report to Parliament annually within two months of the end |
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| | of the financial year on what money had been made available to local authorities |
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| | to meet costs of transition to the new register and what safeguards have been put |
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| | in place to make sure the money has been spent on the specified task.’. |
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| Schedule 5, page 27, line 44, leave out ‘second’ and insert ‘third’. |
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| Schedule 5, page 31, line 6, leave out ‘first’ and insert ‘second’. |
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| Schedule 5, page 31, line 19, leave out ‘first’ and insert ‘second’. |
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| Clause 10, page 7, line 34, at end insert ‘, with the exception of an order made |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘In section 60 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (Personation) after |
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| | “(2A) | The Secretary of State shall introduce regulations by statutory instrument |
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| | to facilitate actions by electoral registration officers, their agents and |
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| | others, including candidates and their agents in elections, to— |
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| | (b) | detect personation.”.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘In section 61 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (Other voting |
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| | offences) after subsection (6) insert— |
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| | “(6AA) | The Secretary of State shall introduce regulations by statutory |
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| | instruments to facilitate actions by electoral registration officers, their |
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| | agents and others, including candidates and their agents in elections, to— |
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| | (b) | detect the offences listed in subsections (1) to (6).”.’. |
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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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| To move the following Clause:— |
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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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