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SUPPLEMENT TO THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

 
 

Friday 22 November 2013

 

Report Stage Proceedings

 

European Union (Referendum) Bill

 

[Second Day]

 

Clause 1.

 

Another Amendment (No. 68) proposed, in page 1, line 3, at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

Before the appointment of the day on which the referendum is to be held, the

 

Secretary of State shall consult the bodies listed in the Schedule (Organisations

 

to be consulted before a referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the

 

European Union) on the merits or otherwise of the United Kingdom remaining a

 

member of the European Union and shall lay before Parliament a report of the

 

consultation.’.

 

Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.

 

Negatived on division

 

Mike Gapes

 

Not selected  20

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  4,  leave out subsection (2) and insert ‘on a date to be

 

determined’.

 

Mr William Bain

 

Not called  76

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  4,  leave out subsection 2.

 

Mike Gapes

 

Not called  21

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  4,  leave out from ‘held’ to end of line 6 and insert ‘on 7 May

 

2015’.

 

Adam Afriyie

 

Mike Gapes

 

Negatived on division  3

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  4,  leave out ‘before 31 December 2017’ and insert ‘on 23

 

October 2014’.

 

Mike Gapes

 

Not called  25

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  4,  leave out ‘31 December 2017’ and insert ‘1 July 2017’.

 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 22 November 2013              

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European Union (Referendum) Bill, continued

 
 

Mike Gapes

 

Adam Afriyie

 

Not called  22

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  4,  leave out ‘2017’ and insert ‘2014’.

 

Mike Gapes

 

Not called  23

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  4,  leave out ‘2017’ and insert ‘2015’.

 

Mike Gapes

 

Not called  24

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  4,  leave out ‘2017’ and insert ‘2016’.

 

Mike Gapes

 

Not called  26

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  4,  leave out ‘2017’ and insert ‘2018’.

 

Mike Gapes

 

Not called  27

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  4,  leave out ‘2017’ and insert ‘2019’.

 

Mr Peter Hain

 

Mike Gapes

 

Chris Williamson

 

Mr William Bain

 

Negatived on division  77

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  4,  after ‘2017’, insert ‘and not between 31 July and 1

 

December 2017’.

 

Adam Afriyie

 

Not called  4

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  5,  leave out subsection (3).

 

Mike Gapes

 

Not called  58

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  5,  leave out subsection (3) and insert—

 

‘(3)    

The Secretary of State shall establish a European Union Referendum

 

Commission to consider the date or dates on which the referendum is to be held.

 

(3A)    

The Commission shall report to the Secretary of State within 12 months of its

 

establishment.

 

(3B)    

The Secretary of State shall by order provide for the date or dates to be

 

implemented as recommended by the Commission.’.

 

Mike Gapes

 

Not called  59

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  5,  leave out subsection (3) and insert—

 

‘(3A)    

The Commission shall consult with and seek to secure agreement from the

 

devolved administrations on the date or dates to be appointed for the

 

referendum.’.

 

Chris Williamson

 

Not called  62

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  5,  leave out subsection (3) and insert—

 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 22 November 2013              

399

 

European Union (Referendum) Bill, continued

 
 

‘(3)    

The date shall be appointed in accordance with the conclusions of the Speaker’s

 

Committee for the Referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the

 

European Union, as established under Schedule (Speaker’s Committee for the

 

Referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union).’.

 

Mike Gapes

 

Not called  28

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  5,  leave out ‘31 December 2016’ and insert ‘7 May 2015’.

 

Mike Gapes

 

Not called  31

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  5,  leave out ‘31 December 2016’ and insert ‘1 July 2017’.

 

Mike Gapes

 

Not called  29

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  5,  leave out ‘2016’ and insert ‘2014’.

 

Mike Gapes

 

Not called  30

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  5,  leave out ‘2016’ and insert ‘2015’.

 

Mike Gapes

 

Not called  32

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  5,  leave out ‘2016’ and insert ‘2017’.

 

Mike Gapes

 

Not called  33

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  5,  leave out ‘2016’ and insert ‘2018’.

 

Mike Gapes

 

Not called  12

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  6,  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

Before appointing the day on which the referendum is to be held under subsection

 

(3) above, the Secretary of State shall consult leaders of the principal faiths

 

represented in the United Kingdom so as to identify days which it would be

 

inappropriate for him to appoint for holding the referendum, and he shall pay due

 

regard to the outcome of those consultations in appointing the day.’.

 

Mike Gapes

 

Not called  13

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  6,  at end insert—

 

‘(7)    

The day on which the referendum is to be held shall not be the same day as—

 

(a)    

a general election for the United Kingdom Parliament;

 

(b)    

elections to the European Parliament;

 

(c)    

a Scottish parliamentary general election;

 

(d)    

a Welsh Assembly general election;

 

(e)    

a general election for members of the Northern Ireland Assembly;

 

(f)    

any local government election;

 

(g)    

a mayoral election in London; and

 

    

the terms above shall be defined as in section 4 of the Parliamentary Voting

 

System and Constituencies Act 2011.’.

 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 22 November 2013              

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European Union (Referendum) Bill, continued

 
 

Mr William Bain

 

Not called  70

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  6,  at end insert ‘, subject to subsection (3A) below.

 

‘(3A)    

The Secretary of State may not appoint a day on which the referendum is to be

 

held until he has published a detailed analysis of the consequences of the United

 

Kingdom—

 

(a)    

remaining, or

 

(b)    

not remaining a member of the European Union, including—

 

(i)    

the economic and social consequences of withdrawal from the

 

European Union for the people of the United Kingdom,

 

(ii)    

the consequences for the United Kingdom’s overseas territories,

 

(iii)    

the consequences for prevention of crime and terrorism in the

 

United Kingdom,

 

(iv)    

the consequences for climate change and the environment of the

 

United Kingdom, and

 

(v)    

the consequences for the effectiveness of the foreign policy of

 

the United Kingdom.’.

 

Mr Peter Hain

 

Chris Williamson

 

Not called  78

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  6,  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

The date appointed under subsection 1(3) must not be less than 28 weeks in

 

advance of the proposed polling day.’.

 

Martin Horwood

 

Not selected  66

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  7,  leave out subsection (4) and insert—

 

‘(4)    

The question that is to appear on the ballot is, as recommended in the Electoral

 

Commission report of October 2013:

 

    

“Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union?”.’.

 

Mr Gareth Thomas

 

Negatived on division  72

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  7,  leave out subsection (4) and insert—

 

‘(4)    

Before making an order under subsection (3) the Secretary of State shall conduct

 

a consultation lasting not less than six months on what question should appear on

 

the ballot paper, and shall by order set out the question to be asked.’.

 

Bill to be further considered on Friday 29 November.

 

 
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