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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Tuesday 8 January 2013

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667

Committee of the whole House

SucCession To The Crown Bill

Holding of referendum

Paul Flynn

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
A referendum shall be held on the question whether on the next demise of the

Crown (whether by death or abdication) any person should succeed Her Majesty

Queen Elizabeth the Second as Sovereign and Head of State of the United

Kingdom.

(2)
A referendum shall be held at the same time as that to be held under subsection

(1) above on the question as to how any future head of state of the United

Kingdom should be elected in the event of Parliament determining that no person

shall succeed Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second.

(3)
The questions to be asked in the referendums shall be in the form set out in the

Schedule to this Act.’.

Those entitled to vote in referendum

Paul Flynn

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

‘Those entitled to vote in the referendum shall be—

(a)
the persons who, at the date of the referendum, would be entitled to vote

as electors at a parliamentary election in any constituency; and

(b)
peers who, at the date of the referendum, would be entitled to vote as

electors at a local government election in any area.’.

Notices of Amendments: 8 January 2013
670

SucCession To The Crown Bill, continued

Paul Flynn

ns1

To move the following Schedule:—

‘Form of Ballot Paper


Parliament has voted to hold referendums simultaneously on the questions of

whether—

(a)
any person should succeed Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth as Sovereign

and Head of State; and

(b)
whether, in the event of Parliament deciding to end the role of the

Crown as Head of State of the United Kingdom, future heads of state

should be elected by Members of both Houses of Parliament or by

popular vote.


You may choose to answer either or both of the questions printed below. If

you answer only one question, your vote will still be counted.


The questions are—

1.
DO YOU AGREE THAT ON THE DEATH OR ABDICATION

OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH NO-ONE SHOULD

SUCCEED HER AS SOVEREIGN AND HEAD OF STATE,

AND THAT FUTURE HEADS OF STATE OF THE UNITED

KINGDOM SHOULD BE ELECTED?


  YES


  NO

2.
IF FUTURE HEADS OF STATE OF THIS COUNTRY WERE TO

BE ELECTED, DO YOU THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BE

ELECTED BY—


  A. MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT?


     OR


  B. POPULAR VOTE?’.



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