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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given up to and including

Friday 12 June 2015

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

Amendments tabled since the last publication: 54

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withdrawn amendments at the end.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 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.

Mike Gapes

49


Clause  1,  page  1,  line  7,  leave out “31 December” and insert “1 July”

Member’s explanatory statement

The amendment would require the referendum to take place before 1 July 2017.

Mike Gapes

50


Clause  1,  page  1,  line  8,  leave out “2017” and insert “2016”

Member’s explanatory statement

The amendment would require the referendum to take place before 31 December 2016.

Ms Harriet Harman

Hilary Benn

Ms Rosie Winterton

Mr Pat McFadden

Heidi Alexander

Mike Gapes

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

Mike Gapes

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.

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Ms Harriet Harman

Hilary Benn

Ms Rosie Winterton

Mr Pat McFadden

Heidi Alexander

Mike Gapes

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,

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.

John McDonnell

46


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 by the

Office for Budget Responsibility on the consequences for the Transatlantic Trade

and Investment Partnership of the United Kingdom leaving or remaining a

member of 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 for TTIP of leaving or remaining a member of the

European Union.

John McDonnell

47


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 for negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment

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Partnership of the United Kingdom leaving or remaining a member of the

European Union.”

Member’s explanatory statement

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

a report on the consequences for negotiations on TTIP of leaving or remaining a member of the

European Union.

Ms Harriet Harman

Hilary Benn

Mr Pat McFadden

Ms Rosie Winterton

54


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

“(3A)
Before appointing a day under subsection (2) the Secretary of State shall lay

before both Houses a report on materials which any Minister of the Crown,

government department or local authority or any other person or body whose

expenses are defrayed wholly or mainly out of public funds or by any local

authority intend or expect to publish in the period of 28 days ending with the date

of the referendum that—

(a)
deals with any of the issues raised by any question on which the

referendum is being held;

(b)
puts any argument for or against any particular answer to any such

question; or

(c)
is designed to encourage voting at the referendum.”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment requires the Government, prior to setting a date for the Referendum by

regulations subject to the affirmative procedure, to publish a report on what publications which

would normally be prohibited by Section 125 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums

Act 2000 the Government intends or expects to publish in the four weeks before the referendum.

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

9

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.

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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

Sir Edward Leigh

53


Schedule  1,  page  6,  line  33,  at end add—

“(ix)
the total number of permitted participants shall be limited to a number specified

by the Electoral Commission to ensure broad equality of resources between those

campaigning for each of the outcomes of the referendum and those taken into

account for the purposes of this provision will be the first persons to give notice

under section 106(1) of the 2000 Act.”

Member’s explanatory statement

The amendment would require the Electoral Commission to ensure that during the referendum

campaign, the total spend of the campaign on either side of the referendum would be broadly equal

by limiting the number of participants, taking into account moneys spent by business, government,

the European Commission and the campaigns themselves.

Mr Bernard Jenkin

32

Schedule  1,  page  6,  line  33,  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

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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—

(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

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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

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  38,  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)”



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