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| New Amendments handed in are marked thus  |
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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 10, page 7, line 34, at end insert ‘, with the exception of an order made |
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| Schedule 4, page 21, line 23, leave out sub-paragraph (2). |
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| Schedule 4, page 21, line 23, leave out ‘, so far as is reasonably practicable,’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | The amendment makes registration officers subject to the test of taking ‘all steps that are |
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| | necessary’ under section 9A of the 1983 Act, in respect of their new duty: ‘securing that persons |
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| | who are entitled to be registered in a register (and no others) are registered in it.’. |
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| Schedule 4, page 21, line 26, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4) | In subsection (2), after paragraph (e), insert— |
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| | “(f) | reporting to the police any suspicion he might have that an |
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| | offence had been committed relevant to the integrity of |
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| | registration and absent vote applications.”.’. |
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| Schedule 4, page 21, line 26, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4) | At the end of subsection (3) insert— |
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| | “(4) | If the Electoral Commission judges that registration officers have not |
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| | taken all necessary steps as outlined in this section, the Electoral |
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| | Commission shall have the power to intervene.”.’. |
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| Clause 15, page 9, line 12, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | In section 13(4), at end add “provided that the registration officer shall not make |
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| | any such changes if an election specified in section 13B(4) is scheduled to take |
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| | place within 30 days of publication of the revised version of the register.”.’. |
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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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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This Clause would enable action to be taken to prevent or deter 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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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This Clause would enable action to be taken to prevent or deter other voting offences. |
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| | Representation of the People Act 1985 (Amendment) |
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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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| | Explicit right of British citizens to register to vote and to participate in elections |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Representation of the People Act 1983 is amended as follows— |
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| | (2) | Insert “a British citizen,” |
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| | (a) | in section 1 (parliamentary electors), in subsection (1)(c), after “either”, |
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| | (b) | in section 2 (local government electors), in subsection (1)(C), after “is”, |
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| | (c) | in section 4 (entitlement to be registered as parliamentary or local |
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| | government elector), in subsection (1)(c), after “either”, |
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| | (d) | in section 4, subsection (3)(c), after “is”, and |
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| | (e) | in section 7B, subsection (3)(e), after “is”, in the first place it occurs.’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | British citizens are currently enfranchised in statute as Commonwealth citizens, not British |
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| | citizens. This amendment is to introduce a statutory entitlement for British citizens to be |
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| | enfranchised as British citizens. |
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| | Ring-fencing of funds provided to local authorities for use by electoral registration |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘Funds provided to local authorities for use by electoral registration officers in |
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| | respect of their obligations under Part 1 of this Act shall be used only for the |
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| | fulfilment of those obligations and for their compliance with the duties set out in |
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| | section 9A of the 1983 Act, as amended by Schedule 4 to this Act, and not for any |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | The New Clause aims to ensure that funds provided to local authorities for their electoral |
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| | registration functions are ring-fenced for that purpose. |
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| Clause 23, page 14, line 6, leave out from ‘means’ to end of line 11 and insert ‘the |
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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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| which shall come into force by order only once— |
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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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| Clause 25, page 14, line 17, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | Parts 1 and 2 of this Act may not come into force until a timetable for the |
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| | provisions of orders made by Statutory Instrument is published.’. |
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| Clause 25, page 14, line 20, leave out from ‘purposes’ to end of the line. |
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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 |
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| | | | | | | | | | 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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