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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given up to and including

Wednesday 10 June 2015

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance

Amendments tabled since the last publication: 14 to 45 and NC2 to NC4

Committee of the whole House

European Union Referendum Bill

Note

This document includes all amendments tabled to date and includes any

withdrawn amendments at the end. The amendments have been arranged in

accordance with the Order of the House [9 June 2015].

CLAUSE 1; NEW CLAUSES AND NEW SCHEDULES RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER

OF CLAUSE 1

Alex Salmond

Angus Robertson

Stephen Gethins

Hywel Williams

Mike Weir

Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

Tommy Sheppard

Joanna Cherry

16


Clause  1,  page  1,  line  4,  at end insert—

“(2)
The Chief Counting Officer shall declare whether the result of the referendum is

that a majority wish the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.

(3)
The Chief Counting Officer may declare that a majority wish the United

Kingdom to leave the European Union only if—

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(a)
a majority of total votes cast in the referendum in the United Kingdom

are against the United Kingdom remaining a member of the European

Union, and

(b)
a majority of the votes cast in the referendum in each of England,

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Kingdom are against the United

Kingdom remaining a member of the European Union.”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment imposes a double majority requirement for withdrawal, which would have to be

supported by a majority the whole of the UK and by majorities in each of its four constituent parts.

Ms Harriet Harman

Hilary Benn

Ms Rosie Winterton

Mr Pat McFadden

Heidi Alexander

4


Clause  1,  page  1,  line  8,  at end insert—

“(3A)
No later than ten weeks before the date on which the referendum is to be held the

Secretary of State must lay before both Houses of Parliament an independent

report by the Office for Budget Responsibility on the implications for the

sustainability of the public finances of the United Kingdom leaving the European

Union.”.

Member’s explanatory statement

The amendment would require the Secretary of State to publish, ten weeks before the referendum,

a report by the OBR on the consequences of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.

Ms Harriet Harman

Hilary Benn

Ms Rosie Winterton

Mr Pat McFadden

Heidi Alexander

5


Clause  1,  page  1,  line  8,  at end insert—

“(3A)
No later than ten weeks before the date on which the referendum is to be held the

Secretary of State must lay before both Houses of Parliament a report on the

consequences of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union for each

ministerial departments’ responsibilities.”.

Member’s explanatory statement

The amendment would require the Secretary of State to publish, ten weeks before the referendum,

a report by each Secretary of State on the consequences of the United Kingdom leaving the

European Union for their areas of ministerial responsibility.

Ms Harriet Harman

Hilary Benn

Ms Rosie Winterton

Mr Pat McFadden

Heidi Alexander

6


Clause  1,  page  1,  line  8,  at end insert—

“(3A)
No later than ten weeks before the date on which the referendum is to be held the

Secretary of State must ask for and lay before both Houses of Parliament any

assessment made by the Bank of England on the consequences of the United

Kingdom leaving the European Union.”.

Member’s explanatory statement

The amendment would require the Secretary of State to publish, ten weeks before the referendum,

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any assessment by the Bank of England on the consequences of the United Kingdom leaving the

European Union.

Alex Salmond

Angus Robertson

Stephen Gethins

Hywel Williams

Mike Weir

Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

Tommy Sheppard

Joanna Cherry

Caroline Lucas

17


Clause  1,  page  1,  line  8,  at end insert—

“(3A)
The day appointed under subsection (2) must not be the date of an election to the

Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly or Northern Ireland Assembly.”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment prevents the referendum from being held on the same day as the elections to the

Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly or Northern Ireland Assembly.

Alex Salmond

Angus Robertson

Stephen Gethins

Hywel Williams

Mike Weir

Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

Tommy Sheppard

Joanna Cherry

Caroline Lucas

NC2


To move the following Clause—


“Register of young voters

(1)
For the purposes of this Act, each registration officer must prepare and maintain,

for the officer‘s area, a register to be known as the register of young voters.

(2)
The register must contain—

(a)
the names of the persons appearing to the registration officer to be

entitled to be registered in the register, and

(b)
in relation to each person registered in it, the person’s—

(i)
date of birth,

(ii)
(except where otherwise provided by an applied enactment)

qualifying address, and

(iii)
voter number.

(3)
Subsection (2) is subject to section 9B of the 1983 Representation of the People

Act (anonymous registration).

(4)
A person‘s qualifying address is the address in respect of which the person is

entitled to be registered in the register.

(5)
A person‘s voter number is such number (with or without any letters) as is for the

time being allocated by the registration officer to the person for the purposes of

the register.

(6)
A person is entitled to be registered in the register of young voters for any area if,

on the relevant date, the person—

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(a)
is not registered in the register of local government electors for the area,

(b)
meets the requirements (apart from any requirement as to age) for

registration in the register of local government electors for the area, and

(c)
has attained the age of 16, or will attain that age on or before the date on

which the poll at an independence referendum is to be held.

(7)
In the case of a person who has not yet attained the age of 16—

(a)
the person‘s entry in the register must state the date on which the person

will attain the age of 16, and

(b)
until that date, the person is not, by virtue of the entry, to be taken to be

a voter for the purposes of any independence referendum other than one

the date of the poll at which is on or after that date.

(8)
Where a person to whom subsection (7) applies has an anonymous entry in the

register, the references in that subsection to the person’s entry in the register are

to be read as references to the person‘s entry in the record of anonymous entries.

(9)
In this section, “the relevant date” mean the date on which an application for

registration in the register of young voters is made (or the date on which such an

application is treated as made by virtue of section 10A(2) of the 1983 Act).”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment extends the franchise in the referendum to 16 and 17 year olds.

clause 3; schedules 1 to 3; new clauses and new schedules relating to the

subject matter of clause 3 and schedules 1 to 3

Sir William Cash

Mr Owen Patterson

Mr Steve Baker

Mr Nigel Dodds

Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg

Kelvin Hopkins

Kate Hoey

Graham Stringer

Mr Bernard Jenkin

John Redwood

Mr Nigel Evans

Dr Liam Fox

Mr Richard Bacon

Jim Shannon

Mr David Nuttall

Mr Peter Bone

Mr Christopher Chope

Mr David Burrowes

Richard Drax

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Schedule  1,  page  6,  line  6,  after second “period”, insert “of not less than 16 weeks”

Member’s explanatory statement

The purpose of the amendment is to ensure that the referendum period lasts for at least 16 weeks.

Mr Bernard Jenkin

20


Schedule  1,  page  6,  leave out lines 23 and 24

Mr Bernard Jenkin

28


Schedule  1,  page  6,  leave out lines 23 to 31

Mr Bernard Jenkin

24


Schedule  1,  page  6,  leave out lines 25 to 31

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Mr Bernard Jenkin

32


Schedule  1,  page  6,  line  34,  at end add—

“( )
Nothing in this Schedule alters the law governing charitable organisations in any

part of the United Kingdom to confer an entitlement to participate in a referendum

which would not have been possible prior to the coming into force of this

Schedule.”

Mr Bernard Jenkin

29


Schedule  1,  page  7,  line  5,  leave out “any of sub-paragraphs (v) to (viii)” and insert

“sub-paragraph (v)”

Mr Bernard Jenkin

21


Schedule  1,  page  7,  line  5,  leave out “(viii)” and insert “(vii)”

Mr Bernard Jenkin

25


Schedule  1,  page  7,  line  5,  leave out “(viii)” and insert “(vi)”

Mr Bernard Jenkin

22


Schedule  1,  page  7,  leave out lines 16 to 19

Mr Bernard Jenkin

30


Schedule  1,  page  7,  leave out lines 16 to 23

Mr Bernard Jenkin

26


Schedule  1,  page  7,  leave out lines 20 to 23

Mr Bernard Jenkin

23


Schedule  1,  page  7,  line  24,  leave out “(viii)” and insert “(vii)”

Mr Bernard Jenkin

27


Schedule  1,  page  7,  line  24,  leave out “(viii)” and insert “(vi)”

Mr Bernard Jenkin

31


Schedule  1,  page  7,  line  24,  leave out “(viii)” and insert “(v)”

Secretary Philip Hammond

14


Schedule  1,  page  12,  line  4,  at end insert—

    “( )
Paragraph 1(2) of that Schedule (limit on expenses incurred by permitted

participants during referendum period) has effect for the purposes of the

referendum as if—

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European Union Referendum Bill, continued

(a)
in paragraph (a) (designated organisations) for “£5 million” there were

substituted “£7 million”,

(b)
in paragraph (b) (registered parties that are not designated

organisations)—

(i)
in sub-paragraph (i) for “£5 million” there were substituted

“£7 million”,

(ii)
in sub-paragraph (ii) for “£4 million” there were substituted

“£5.5 million”,

(iii)
in sub-paragraph (iii) for “£3 million” there were substituted

“£4 million”,

(iv)
in sub-paragraph (iv) for “£2 million” there were substituted

“£3 million”, and

(v)
in sub-paragraph (v) for “£500,000” there were substituted

“£700,000”, and

(c)
in paragraph (c) (certain other persons and bodies) for “£500,000”

there were substituted “£700,000”.”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment modifies, for the purposes of the European Union referendum only, the spending

limits for permitted participants in paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 14 to the Political Parties,

Elections and Referendums Act 2000 to take account of inflation.

Mr Bernard Jenkin

33


Schedule  1,  page  12,  leave out lines 18 and 19

Mr Bernard Jenkin

41


Schedule  1,  page  12,  leave out lines 18 to 25

Mr Bernard Jenkin

37


Schedule  1,  page  12,  leave out lines 20 to 25

Sir William Cash

Mr Owen Patterson

Mr Steve Baker

Mr Nigel Dodds

Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg

Kelvin Hopkins

Kate Hoey

Graham Stringer

Mr Bernard Jenkin

John Redwood

Mr Nigel Evans

Dr Liam Fox

Mr Richard Bacon

Jim Shannon

Mr David Nuttall

Mr Peter Bone

Mr Christopher Chope

Mr David Burrowes

Richard Drax

Mr Douglas Carswell

10


Schedule  1,  page  12,  line  38,  at end insert—

“(6)
For the purposes of paragraph 6 of Schedule 15 of the 2000 Act a permitted

participant must not accept a relevant donation, irrespective of whether or not it

meets the requirements of the 2000 Act and this Act, if the donation is funded

directly or indirectly in whole or part from moneys, resources or support

disbursed or allocated by or at the direction of the European Commission, its

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agencies or any related European institution to the donor or via other parties to

the donor.”

Member’s explanatory statement

The purpose of the amendment is to ensure that no funds or support provided directly or indirectly

by European Union bodies have a bearing on the outcome of the referendum.

Mr Bernard Jenkin

45


Schedule  1,  page  12,  line  39,  at end add—

“( )
Nothing in this Schedule alters the law governing charitable organisations in any

part of the United Kingdom to confer an entitlement to make a donation during a

referendum which would not have been permissible prior to the coming into force

of this Schedule.”

Mr Bernard Jenkin

42


Schedule  1,  page  13,  line  6,  leave out “any of the paragraphs (c) to (f)” and insert

“paragraph (c)”

Mr Bernard Jenkin

34


Schedule  1,  page  13,  line  6,  leave out “(f)” and insert “(e)”

Mr Bernard Jenkin

38


Schedule  1,  page  13,  line  6,  leave out “(f)” and insert “(d)”

Mr Bernard Jenkin

43


Schedule  1,  page  13,  line  10,  leave out “any of the paragraphs (c) to (f)” and insert

“paragraph (c)”

Mr Bernard Jenkin

35


Schedule  1,  page  13,  line  11,  leave out “(f)” and insert “(e)”

Mr Bernard Jenkin

39


Schedule  1,  page  13,  line  11,  leave out “(f)” and insert “(d)”

Mr Bernard Jenkin

36


Schedule  1,  page  13,  leave out lines 12 to 16

Mr Bernard Jenkin

44


Schedule  1,  page  13,  leave out lines 12 to 22

Mr Bernard Jenkin

40


Schedule  1,  page  13,  leave out lines 17 to 20



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