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| Clause 2, page 2, line 16, at end insert— |
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| | “(d) | the persons who on the date of the referendum would be entitled to vote |
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| | in a European parliamentary election by virtue of the European |
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| | Parliamentary Elections (Franchise of Relevant Citizens of the Union) |
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| | Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1184) (citizens of the European Union other |
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| | than Commonwealth and Republic of Ireland citizens).” |
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| | This amendment would extend the franchise to EU nationals who would be entitled to vote in EU |
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| | parliamentary elections in the UK. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 16, at end insert— |
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| | “(1A) | In subsection 1(a), “persons” include individuals who are aged 16 or 17 and |
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| | would otherwise meet the conditions to be entitled to vote as electors in a |
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| | This amendment would extend the franchise to 16 and 17 year olds. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 20, at end insert— |
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| | (a) | In subsection 1(a) “a parliamentary election” includes elections to the |
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| | (b) | a person resident in England, Wales, Northern Ireland or Gibraltar who, |
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| | if resident in Scotland, met the conditions for inclusion in the electoral |
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| | register for Scottish elections, will be entitled to vote in the referendum.” |
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| | This amendment would extend the vote to 16 and 17 years olds and EU nationals. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 20, at end insert— |
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| | “(3) | In subsection 1(a) “a parliamentary election” includes elections to the Scottish |
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| | This amendment would extend the vote to 16 and 17 years olds and EU nationals in Scotland. |
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| Clause 2, page 2, line 20, at end add— |
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| | “(3) | Notwithstanding the provisions of the Representation of the People Act 1983, as |
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| | amended, or of any other statute, a British citizen resident overseas in a country |
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| | within the European Union will be eligible— |
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| | (a) | to register to vote, and |
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| | (b) | to vote in the referendum, |
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| | | irrespective of the length of time that the citizen has been resident overseas.” |
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| | This amendment is intended to allow British citizens resident in other EU countries to vote in the |
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| | To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Impartiality of broadcasters |
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| | (1) | Notwithstanding any enactment or legal instrument, before the start of the |
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| | referendum period the Secretary of State shall by regulations make provision to |
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| | ensure the impartiality of broadcasters during the referendum period. |
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| | (2) | Regulations made under this section must include provision for the appointment |
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| | by the Secretary of State of a referendum broadcasting adjudicator. |
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| | (3) | Regulations made under this section must require the referendum broadcasting |
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| | (a) | to draw up and publish guidance applicable to the referendum to ensure |
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| | the impartiality of broadcasters during the referendum period, |
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| | notwithstanding any relevant guidance currently in force or in draft; and |
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| | (b) | to make arrangements by which any allegations of breach of the guidance |
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| | on impartiality can be referred to and determined by the adjudicator and |
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| | where an allegation, in the adjudicator’s view, is vexatious or frivolous |
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| | to dismiss the allegation. |
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| | (4) | Guidance published under subsection (3)(a) shall apply to— |
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| | (a) | the holder of a licence under the Broadcasting Act 1990 or 1996 and |
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| | (b) | the British Broadcasting Corporation. |
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| | (5) | Regulations made under this section shall require the referendum broadcasting |
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| | adjudicator within one day of receipt of an allegation that a broadcaster has |
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| | breached the guidance on impartiality to determine whether the guidance has |
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| | been breached and publish its determination and, where a breach has taken place, |
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| | to require the broadcaster to remedy the breach within one day. |
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| | (6) | Regulations made under this section are to be made by statutory instrument which |
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| | is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of |
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| | The intention of this amendment is to ensure impartiality of television and radio broadcasters |
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| | during the referendum campaign and to allow for swift adjudication where an allegation of bias is |
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| | To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Declaration of intent for withdrawal from the EU |
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| | The Secretary of State will present to Parliament a declaration of intent for |
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| | withdrawal from the European Union if— |
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| | (a) | a majority of total votes cast in the referendum in the United Kingdom |
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| | are against the United Kingdom remaining a member of the European |
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| | (b) | a majority of the votes cast in the referendum in each of England, |
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| | Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are against the United Kingdom |
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| | remaining a member of the European Union.” |
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| | This amendment would require the Secretary of State to present to Parliament a declaration of |
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| | intent to withdraw from the EU only on the basis of a double-majority covering the whole UK and |
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| | each of the four constituent nations of the UK |
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| | To move the following Clause— |
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| | In the event that the referendum result is in favour of the United Kingdom leaving |
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| | (a) | notice of withdrawal under Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon must be |
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| | served by the Government on the European Council within 28 days of the |
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| | (b) | withdrawal must be completed within two years of serving notice as per |
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| | (c) | there shall not be another referendum on the United Kingdom’s |
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| | membership of the European Union before withdrawal from the |
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| | European Union has been completed.” |
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| | | “Protection of structural funds in the event of withdrawal from the European |
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| | The Secretary of State may not appoint a date for the referendum under section |
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| | 1(2) before a scheme has been laid before each House of Parliament for the |
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| | continued provision of funding by Her Majesty’s Government to those regions of |
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| | the UK that qualify for European Union structural funds, to be equivalent in |
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| | timescale and conditions as the European Union structural funds available at the |
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| | The purpose of this Clause is to ensure that, in the event of withdrawal from the European Union, |
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| | additional funds will be provided by the UK Government to those regions of the UK that qualify |
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| | for structural funds, in the same timescales and under the same conditions as the European Union |
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| | The Secretary of State may not appoint a date for the referendum under section |
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| | 1(2) before a scheme has been laid before each House of Parliament for the |
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| | further devolution of legislative competence to the National Assembly of Wales, |
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| | the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Scottish Parliament in relation to matters |
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| | currently subject to European Union Regulations or Directives.” |
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| | The purpose of this Clause is to ensure that, in the event of any powers being returned to the United |
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| | Kingdom that were previously held by the European Union as a result of the referendum or any |
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| | agreement, a report be published on which of these powers should most appropriately be given to |
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| | the devolved governments (and those powers subsequently transferred). |
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| | | “Protection of the Farming Community |
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| | The Secretary of State may not appoint a date for the referendum under section |
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| | 1(2) before a scheme has been laid before each House of Parliament for the |
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| | continued provision of funding by Her Majesty’s Government to the devolved |
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| | administrations in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales equivalent to the support |
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| | provided in promotion of agriculture by the Common Agricultural Policy as at the |
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| | The purpose of this Clause is to ensure that, in the event of the UK Government withdrawing from |
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| | the European Union, funding which would have been made available to each constituent part of |
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| | the UK through membership of the Common Agricultural Policy is provided to each government |
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| | for use as it sees most appropriate (in promotion of agriculture). |
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| | | “Limit of the expenditure of registered political parties |
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| | (1) | Notwithstanding Schedule 14 of the 2000 Act and any other enactment, for the |
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| | purposes of the referendum there will be a cumulative limit on the expenditure |
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| | which political parties registered under Part II of the 2000 Act can spend |
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| | cumulatively on campaigning during the referendum. |
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| | (2) | For the purpose of subsection (1) the cumulative limit is £14,000,000. |
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| | (3) | Each political party’s share of the cumulative limit shall be determined in |
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| | proportion to its share of the total votes cast at the general election that took place |
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| | (4) | On the basis set out at subsection (3) the Electoral Commission shall calculate and |
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| | notify each political party of its share of the cumulative limit. |
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| | (5) | No registered political party shall spend any money in respect of the referendum |
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| | campaign until the notification required at subsection (4) has been issued. |
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| | (6) | Each political party is responsible for its own expenditure and must not breach |
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| | the limit notified by the Electoral Commission in respect of its own expenditure.” |
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| | The purpose of this amendment is to impose an expenditure limit on the cumulative total amount |
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| | | “Course of action in the event of the result of the Referendum that the UK |
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| | Notwithstanding the European Communities Act 1972, the Vienna Convention |
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| | on the Law of Treaties and Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, in the event that |
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| | the outcome of the referendum is that the United Kingdom should not remain a |
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| | member of the European Union the United Kingdom may determine its own |
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| | course of action on its own terms and the means by which it shall achieve the |
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| | The purpose of the clause is to ensure that, if the outcome of the referendum is that the UK should |
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| | not remain a member of the EU, the UK can determine how to leave the EU. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 9, at end insert “or a date within three months before or after |
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| | This would ensure the referendum vote could not be held on a day three months before or after the |
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| | (c) | must not be 4 May 2017.” |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 9, at end insert— |
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| | “(c) | must not be the same day as local government elections in England, |
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| | Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.” |
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| | This amendment would ensure the referendum vote could not be held on the same day as local |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 9, at end insert— |
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| | “(c) | must not coincide with local or mayoral elections planned for 4 May |
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| | This amendment would rule out holding the referendum on the same day as the 2017 local |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 10, leave out subsections (4) and (5) and insert— |
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| | “(4) | The question that is to appear on the ballot papers is— |
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| | “Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or |
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| | leave the European Union?” |
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| | (5) | The alternative answers to that question that are to appear on the ballot papers |
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| | “Remain a member of the European Union |
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| | Leave the European Union”. |
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| | (6) | In Wales, there must also appear on the ballot papers— |
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| | (a) | the following Welsh version of the q uestion— |
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| | “A ddylai’r Deyrnas Unedig aros yn aelod o’r Undeb Ewropeaidd |
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| | neu adael yr Undeb Ewropeaidd?” and |
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| | (b) | the following Welsh versions of the alternative answers— |
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| | “Aros yn aelod o’r Undeb Ewropeaidd |
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| | Gadael yr Undeb Ewropeaidd”.” |
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| | This amendment changes the English and Welsh versions of the referendum question in line with |
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| | the advice of the Electoral Commission. It also puts the alternative answers to the question |
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