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| European Union (Referendum) Bill
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| Clause 1, page 1, leave out lines 8 and 9 and insert ‘Should the United Kingdom remain |
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| a member of the European Union?’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, leave out lines 8 and 9 and insert ‘Should the United Kingdom remain |
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| a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 10, leave out ‘version’ and insert ‘translation’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 11, after ‘order’, insert ‘after consultation with the National |
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| Assembly for Wales and the Welsh Assembly Government.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 11, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(5A) | In Scotland, a Gaelic translation of the question is also to appear on the ballot |
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| | papers, as provided by order, after consultation with the Scottish Parliament and |
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| | the Scottish Government.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 11, at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | In Northern Ireland, a Gaelic translation of the question is also to appear on the |
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| | ballot papers, as provided by order, after consultation with the Northern Ireland |
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| | Assembly and the Northern Ireland Executive.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 12, leave out subsection (6) and insert— |
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| | ‘(6) | An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument. |
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| | (7) | An order under subsection (3) may not be made unless each House of Parliament |
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| | has passed a resolution that the referendum shall take place on a day specified in |
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| | the resolution and the day specified in the resolution is the same as in the order. |
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| | (8) | An order under subsection (5) may not be made unless a draft of the order has |
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| | been laid before, and approved by, a resolution of each House of Parliament.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 12, leave out ‘shall’ and insert ‘may’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 14, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | The referendum shall be held on Thursday.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 14, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | The referendum shall be held over two days on a Saturday and Sunday.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 14, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | The referendum shall be held over three days on a Thursday, Friday and |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 14, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | No date shall be set for the referendum until there is in place a secure system of |
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| | voting by text message or by SMS.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 14, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | Voting in the referendum shall be possible in person, by post, by proxy, by email, |
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| | by text message or by SMS.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 14, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | Prior to the holding of any referendum the Secretary of State shall establish a |
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| | Public Judicial Inquiry into the merits of UK membership of the European Union |
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| | which shall publish its report within six months, unless the Secretary of State |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 18, leave out ‘and’. |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 18, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(aa) | persons who have right of abode in the United Kingdom.’. |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 18, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(aa) | persons who would be entitled to vote as electors in a European |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 18, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(aa) | all persons who are legally entitled to vote as electors at a local |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 18, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(aa) | all British citizens resident in any of the member states of the European |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 19, after ‘peers’, insert ‘or prisoners’. |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 20, at end add— |
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| | ‘(c) | British citizens, regardless of where they are resident, who have |
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| | registered to vote with a British Embassy or High Commission or with |
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| | the local authority where they last lived in the United Kingdom not less |
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| | than six months before the date of the referendum, and the statutory |
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| | provisions relating to overseas voters shall be disapplied for the purposes |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 20, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2) | Persons aged 16 or 17 on the date of the referendum shall be entitled to vote if |
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| | they would, save for their age, be otherwise entitled to vote under any of the |
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| | categories set out in subsection (1) above.’. |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 20, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(c) | citizens of the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and Malta resident in the |
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| | United Kingdom shall not be entitled to vote.’. |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 20, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(c) | residents of all Crown Dependencies.’. |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 20, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(c) | residents of all British Overseas Territories.’. |
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| | ‘(2) | Provision will be made for all electors included in the Gibraltar register as defined |
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| | in Schedule 1 to the Government of Gibraltar’s European Parliamentary Elections |
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| | Act 2004 to vote in Gibraltar in person or by post.’. |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 20, at end add— |
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| | ‘(c) | persons who are citizens of British Overseas Territories.’. |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 20, at end insert ‘and |
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| | ( ) | Commonwealth citizens who, on the date of the referendum, would be entitled to |
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| | vote in Gibraltar as electors at a European Parliamentary election in the combined |
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| | electoral region in which Gibraltar is comprised.’. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 2, after ‘report’, insert ‘by 1 March 2015’. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 2, after ‘report’, insert ‘by 1 March 2016’. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 2, after ‘report’, insert ‘by 1 March 2017’. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 2, after ‘report’, insert ‘six months before the date or dates |
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| appointed for the referendum’. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 5, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | The rules recommended by the Electoral Commission shall provide that if— |
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| | (a) | fewer than 60 per cent of registered voters take part in the referendum, or |
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| | (b) | the majority in favour of not remaining in the European Union comprises |
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| | fewer than 40 per cent of registered voters, or |
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| | (c) | the result is not the same in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern |
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| | (d) | the result is not the same in each of the European Parliament |
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| | constituencies in the United Kingdom, |
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| | | the Chief Counting Officer shall declare that the referendum has not produced a |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 6, leave out ‘shall’ and insert ‘may’. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 11, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | The Secretary of State shall make available a sum of not more than £10 million |
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| | to organisations campaigning— |
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| | (a) | for a Yes vote in the referendum, and |
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| | (b) | for a No vote in the referendum, for provision of public information and |
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| | literature, to be divided equally between those campaigning for each |
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| | answer to the referendum question.’. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 11, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | The Secretary of State shall ensure that the proponents and opponents of the |
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| | question in the referendum shall be allotted no fewer than six nor more than 10 |
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| | broadcasts of a total time of at least 60 minutes on all television channels |
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| | broadcasting to the United Kingdom, at such times as are determined by the |
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| | Electoral Commission so as to ensure that so far as possible they are broadcast |
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| | simultaneously, and with Welsh language and Gaelic versions as directed by the |
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| | Secretary of State in relation to particular channels.’. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 11, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | The Secretary of State shall ensure that the proponents and opponents of the |
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| | question in the referendum are able to publish a two full page advertisement |
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| | spread immediately after the front page in all national editions of newspapers |
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| | published in any part of the United Kingdom, as specified by the Electoral |
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| | Commission, on four dates to be specified by the Commission, with Welsh |
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| | language and Gaelic versions where specified by the Commission.’. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 11, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | Polling stations are to be open from 6 am to midnight on each designated day or |
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| | days for the referendum.’. |
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| | ‘(3A) | The Secretary of State shall establish a European Union Referendum |
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| | Commission to consider the conduct of the referendum. |
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| | (3B) | The Commission shall report to the Secretary of State within 12 months of its |
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| | (3C) | The Secretary of State shall by order provide for the conduct of the referendum |
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| | to be implemented as recommended by the Commission.’. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 11, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | The Secretary of State shall consult with and seek to secure agreement from the |
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| | devolved administrations on the conduct of the referendum within the relevant |
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| | part of the United Kingdom.’. |
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| | ‘(3A) | Results for the referendum will be published for European parliamentary |
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| | constituencies, except that Gibraltar’s shall be published separately from the rest |
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| | of the South West return.’. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 11, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | Persons who are resident in part of the United Kingdom that has voted to leave |
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| | the United Kingdom or that has formed an independent country, or that is in the |
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| | process of negotiating such independence or holding a referendum on |
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| | independence will have their votes counted separately and be subject to a separate |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 11, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | Those entitled to vote in the referendum who do not without reasonable excuse |
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| | cast their vote shall pay a penalty of £50.’. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 12, leave out ‘shall’ and insert ‘may’. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 14, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1) | The European Union Act 2011 is amended as follows. |
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| | “2 (2) | The referendum condition is that— |
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| | (a) | the Act providing for the approval of the treaty provides that |
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| | the provision approving the treaty is not to come into force |
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| | until an in or out referendum on the UK’s entire membership |
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| | of the European Union, as defined in the European Union |
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| | (Referendum) Bill 2013, is held throughout the United |
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| | Kingdom, or where the treaty also affects Gibraltar, |
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| | throughout the UK and Gibraltar, |
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| | (b) | the referendum has been held, and |
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| | (c) | the majority of those voting in the referendum are in favour of |
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| | continued membership of the European Union.”.’. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 14, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(5) | The Electoral Commission shall undertake a review of the conduct of the |
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| | referendum and shall publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review no |
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| | more than 12 months after the day or days on which the referendum is held.’. |
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| Clause 5, page 2, line 21, at beginning insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | This Act extends to— |
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| | (a) | England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland; and |
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| To move the following Schedule:— |
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| | ‘Speaker’s Committee for the referendum on the United Kingdom’s |
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| | membership of the European Union |
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| | ( ) | There is to be a committee known as the Speaker’s Committee for the |
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| | Referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union |
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| | (“the Committee”) to consider the day to be appointed for the referendum. |
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