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Notices of Amendments: 10 June 2015
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(iv)
on summary conviction in Gibraltar, to a fine note exceeding

level 5 on the Gibraltar standard scale.”

Member’s explanatory statement

The New Clause prescribes a period of “purdah” in the four weeks before the referendum.

Alex Salmond

Angus Robertson

Stephen Gethins

Hywel Williams

Mike Weir

Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

Tommy Sheppard

Joanna Cherry

NC4


To move the following Clause—


“Referendum Fairness Board

(1)
There shall be a committee of privy counsellors, to be called the Referendum

Fairness Board, whose duty is to consider any alleged breach of section

(Restriction on publications etc) which comes attention of any of its members.

(2)
Each of the following presiding officers for the time being may appoint any privy

counsellor as a member of the board—

(a)
the Speaker of the House of Commons,

(b)
the Lord Speaker,

(c)
the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament,

(d)
the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, or

(e)
the Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales.

(3)
The Board shall prescribe its own rules of procedure, which must include

procedures for—

(a)
instituting legal action to interdict or injunct any further breach or

repetition of an alleged breach, and

(b)
drawing to the attention of the relevant prosecuting authority any serious

or continuing breach of section (Restriction on publications etc).”

Member’s explanatory statement

The New Clause provides for swift enforcement of the “purdah” rules which would apply under

the linked New Clause in the four weeks leading up to the referendum.

ORDER OF THE HOUSE [9 June 2015]

That the following provisions shall apply to the European Union Referendum Bill:

Committal

1.
The Bill shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House.

Proceedings in Committee

2.
Proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall be taken in two days.

3.
The proceedings shall be taken on the days shown in the first column of the

following Table and in the order so shown.

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4.
The proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion at the times specified in the second column of the Table.

      TABLE

Proceedings
Time for conclusion of proceedings

First day

Clause 1; new Clauses and new
Three hours after the

Schedules relating to the subject
commencement of proceedings on

matter of Clause 1
the Bill on the first day.

Clause 3; Schedules 1 to 3; new
The moment of interruption on the

Clauses and new Schedules relating
first day

to the subject matter of Clause 3 and

Schedules 1 to 3

Second day

Clause 2; new Clauses and new
Four hours after the commencement

Schedules relating to the subject
of proceedings on the Bill on the

matter of Clause 2; Clause 5; new
second day

Clauses and new Schedules relating

to the subject matter of Clause 5

Clauses 4 and 6 to 11; remaining
The moment of interruption on the

new Clauses; remaining new
second day

Schedules; remaining proceedings

on the Bill

Consideration and Third Reading

5.
Any proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded)

be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

6.
Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

Programming committee

7.
Standing Order No 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

proceedings in Committee of the whole House, to any proceedings on

Consideration or to proceedings on Third Reading.

8.
Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the

Lords) may be programmed.



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