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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 Parliamentary Star

 

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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withdrawn amendments at the end.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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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Parliamentary Star    

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

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

28

 

Parliamentary Star    

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

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

24

 

Parliamentary Star    

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


 
 

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Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

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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

 

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Parliamentary Star    

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

 

“sub-paragraph (v)”

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

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Parliamentary Star    

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

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

25

 

Parliamentary Star    

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

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

22

 

Parliamentary Star    

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

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

30

 

Parliamentary Star    

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

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

26

 

Parliamentary Star    

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

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

23

 

Parliamentary Star    

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

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

27

 

Parliamentary Star    

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

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

31

 

Parliamentary Star    

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

 

Secretary Philip Hammond

 

14

 

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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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(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

 

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Parliamentary Star    

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

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

41

 

Parliamentary Star    

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

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

37

 

Parliamentary Star    

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

 

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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

 

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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

 

Parliamentary Star    

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

 

“paragraph (c)”

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

34

 

Parliamentary Star    

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

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

38

 

Parliamentary Star    

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

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

43

 

Parliamentary Star    

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

 

“paragraph (c)”

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

35

 

Parliamentary Star    

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

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

39

 

Parliamentary Star    

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

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

36

 

Parliamentary Star    

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

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

44

 

Parliamentary Star    

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

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

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Parliamentary Star    

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


 
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