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Leave out Clause 2 and insert the following new Clause—
“Early parliamentary general elections
(1) An early parliamentary general election is to take place if—
(a) the House of Commons has passed the motion “That there shall be an early general election”, and
(b) the number of members who voted in favour of the motion was a number equal to or greater than two thirds of the number of seats in the House (including vacant seats).
(2) An early parliamentary general election is also to take place if—
(a) on a specified day the House has passed a motion “That this House has no confidence in Her Majesty’s Government”, and
(b) the period of 14 days after the specified day has ended without the House passing the motion “That this House has confidence in Her Majesty’s Government”.
(3) The record of the Journal of the House of Commons is conclusive for all purposes under this section.
(4) Subsection (5) applies for the purposes of the Timetable in rule 1 in Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983.
(5) If a parliamentary general election is to take place as provided for by subsection (1) or (2), the polling day for the election is to be the day appointed by Her Majesty by proclamation on the recommendation of the Prime Minister (and, accordingly, the appointed day replaces the day which would otherwise have been the polling day for the next election determined under section 1).”
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