Wales Bill

Insert the following new Clause—

“PART 1A

VOTER REGISTRATION

Power of Secretary of State to make regulations for data sharing

(1)     The Secretary of State shall by regulations impose a duty on government
bodies requiring those bodies to provide specified information to
registration officers in Wales for the purposes of electoral registration.

(2)     Regulations under subsection (1) must include as government bodies the
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, the Department for Work and
Pensions, HM Passport Office and the National Health Service.

(3)     Regulations made under subsection (1) shall include the provision of data
collected by specified government bodies by virtue of specified
applications, which must include applications for new or renewed driving
licences, Disability Living Allowance, Jobseeker’s Allowance, Employment
and Support Allowance, new or renewed passports, and to register with a
GP (as applicable to the specified government body).

(4)     Registration officers shall use the specified information received in relation
to a person—

(a)   if the specified information received contains all of the information
required, to register that person on the appropriate electoral
register or registers; or

(b)   if the specified information does not contain all of the information
required, to make further enquiries of that person to receive the
information required to register that person on the appropriate
electoral register or registers.

(5)     For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this section shall give any
government body the power to share any information about a person
without that person’s consent.

(6)     In this section—

“electoral register or registers” means the registers in section 9 of the
Representation of the People Act 1983;

“specified applications” means any applications made by a person
potentially eligible to be registered to vote as are specified in
regulations made under section 1(1); and

“specified government bodies” means any government bodies
specified in regulations made under section (1)(1).”

Insert the following new Clause—

“Duties on registration officers in Wales

In section 9A of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (registration
officers: duty to take necessary steps), after subsection (2) insert—

Page 6, line 15, at end insert “and associated tax credits”

Page 6, line 20, after “taxes” insert “, including adding any associated tax credits,”

Page 6, line 31, leave out “each House of Parliament and”

Insert the following new Clause—

“Review

In the event that the power to add new devolved taxes under section 116C
of GOWA 2006 is exercised, the Chancellor of the Exchequer shall
undertake a review of the benefits of parity in the devolution of taxes
between Wales and Scotland, and shall review the existing principles of tax
devolution.”

Page 9, line 5, leave out “a rate” and insert “rates”

Page 9, line 11, leave out “” and insert “”

Page 9, line 12, leave out from “set” to end of line 14 and insert “one or more of the
following—

Page 9, line 16, leave out “those rates” and insert “the Welsh basic, higher and
additional rates”

Page 9, line 17, after “income” insert “of Welsh taxpayers”

Page 9, leave out line 21

Page 9, line 22, leave out “The Welsh rate” and insert “Any Welsh rate specified”

Page 10, line 20, leave out from beginning to end of line 15 on page 11

Page 12, line 1, leave out first “the” and insert “a”

Page 12, line 1, after “year” insert “for the purpose of calculating the Welsh basic
rate, Welsh higher rate or Welsh additional rate”

Page 12, line 2, leave out second “the” and insert “a”

Page 12, line 2, leave out “so set for a tax year” and insert “set by the Assembly for
a tax year for any one or more of those purposes”

Page 12, line 30, at end insert—
 

Page 13, line 29, leave out from “are” to end of line 36 and insert “those passed by
a resolution of the Assembly”

Page 13, line 33, leave out “10” and insert “15”

Page 13, line 36, at end insert “for the purpose of calculating the Welsh basic rate,
the Welsh higher rate or the Welsh additional rate (as the case may be)”

Page 13, line 37, leave out “rate” and insert “rates”

Page 18, line 5, at end insert—

“(3A)    The Secretary of State must lay a draft statutory instrument containing an
Order under subsection (1) before each House of Parliament and the
Assembly if—

(a)   the First Minister or a Welsh Minister appointed under section 48 of
GOWA 2006 moves a resolution in the Assembly that, in the
Assembly’s opinion, a recommendation should be made to Her
Majesty to make an Order under section 12(1), and

(b)   the Assembly passes a resolution on a vote in which the number of
Assembly members voting in favour of it is not less than two-thirds
of the total number of Assembly seats.

(3B)    The Secretary of State must lay the draft statutory instrument specified in
subsection (3A) within the period of 30 days beginning immediately after
the day on which the resolution under that subsection is passed.”

Page 18, line 7, after “unless” insert “(a)”

Page 18, line 8, leave out “, and approved by a resolution of,”

Page 18, line 9, leave out from “Assembly” to “is” in line 10 and insert “; and

Page 18, line 13, leave out subsection (6)

Insert the following new Clause—

“Franchise for referendum held under section 12 to include 16 and 17 year olds

(1)     The franchise for a referendum held by virtue of section 12(1) of this Act
shall include 16 and 17 year olds.

(2)     For the purposes of this section, section 2 of the Representation of the
People Act 1983 (local government electors) should read as if the reference
to “18” were substituted with “16”.

(3)     The Welsh Ministers must by regulation make provision for registration
officers to take necessary steps to register those who will have attained the
age of 16 or 17 for the purposes of this section.

(4)     Regulations for necessary steps under subsection (3) must include, but are
not limited to, those listed in section 9A of the Representation of the People
Act 1983 (registration officers: duty to take necessary steps).”

The above-named Lords give notice of their intention to oppose the Question that Clause 13
stand part of the Bill.

Page 19, line 2, after “applies” insert “(a)”

Page 19, line 4, at end insert “; or (b) where the Assembly passes a resolution for
the commencement of the income tax provisions on a vote in which the number of
Assembly members voting in favour of it is not less than two-thirds of the total
number of Assembly seats.”

Lord Rowlands gives notice of his intention to oppose the Question that Clause 16 stand
part of the Bill.

Lord Rowlands gives notice of his intention to oppose the Question that Clause 17 stand
part of the Bill.

Insert the following new Clause—

“Responsibility over fuel duty

Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide for the transfer of
responsibility for varying fuel duty to the National Assembly for Wales.”

Insert the following new Clause—

“Report on introducing a Welsh natural resource tax-sharing arrangement

(1)     The Secretary of State shall make arrangements for an independent review
of options for an arrangement between the UK Government and the Welsh
Government in relation to tax receipts on Welsh natural resources.

(2)     The Secretary of State shall lay a copy of the report of the review before
each House of Parliament within 3 months of the passing of this Act.”

Insert the following new Clause—

“Corporation tax

(1)     If powers over corporation tax are transferred to either (a) Scottish
Ministers or (b) Northern Ireland Ministers before such powers are
transferred to Welsh Ministers, such equivalent powers shall be transferred
to Welsh Ministers in the next available Finance Bill, with such powers to
commence at the same time.

(2)     If such powers over corporation tax are transferred to both (a) the Scottish
Ministers and (b) the Northern Ireland Ministers at the same time, but they
are not the same powers, then the powers transferred to Welsh Ministers
shall be the equivalent of those transferred to Scottish Ministers.

(3)     If there are further transfers of powers over corporation tax at a later date,
then Welsh Ministers will have the same powers as Scottish Ministers.”

Insert the following new Clause—

“Responsibility over air passenger duty

Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide for the transfer of
responsibility for varying air passenger duty to the National Assembly for
Wales.”

Page 23, line 19, at end insert—

Page 23, line 26, for “£500 million” substitute “£1,500 million”

Page 23, line 31, for “£500 million” substitute “£1,500 million”

Page 23, line 36, for “£500 million” substitute “£1,500 million”

Insert the following new Clause—

“Review of Barnett Formula

(1)     The Secretary of State shall make arrangements for an independent review
of options for reforming the Barnett Formula in order to meet the objective
of calculating the block grant funding for Wales on the basis of need.

(2)     The Secretary of State shall lay a copy of the report of the review specified
in subsection (1) before each House of Parliament within 3 months of the
passing of this Act.”

Page 31, line 18, leave out from end to “is” in line 25 and insert—

“(1A)    Subject to the other provision made by this section, Parts 1, 2 and 3 come
into force on such day as the National Assembly for Wales shall determine.

(1B)    Parts 1, 2 and 3 may not come into force until the recommendations of a
constitutional convention examining the distribution of power between
Wales and the rest of the United Kingdom have been considered and voted
upon by each House of Parliament.

( )     Subsection (1A)”

Page 31, line 18, leave out from end to “is” in line 25 and insert—

“(1A)    Subject to the other provision made by this section, Parts 1, 2 and 3 come
into force on such day as the National Assembly for Wales shall determine.

(1B)    Parts 1, 2 and 3 may not come into force until the Welsh Government have
implemented the report of the Commission on Public Service Governance
and Delivery led by Sir Paul Williams.

( )     Subsection (1A)”

Page 31, line 24, at end insert—

“(2A)    Sections 8 and 9 shall not come into force until a Welsh Government
Minister has laid a report before the National Assembly for Wales
containing a statement to the effect that the Welsh Government, with
regard to the Statement of Funding Policy, is content with the fairness of
the arrangements for allocating funding from the UK Government to
Wales.

(2B)    Sections 8 and 9 shall be suspended following any substantive reform,
amendment or other alteration of the arrangements mentioned in
subsection (2A), until the process under subsection (2A) has been
repeated.”

Page 31, line 24, at end insert—

“(2A)    Sections 8 and 9 shall not come into force until a Welsh Government
Minister has laid a report before the National Assembly for Wales
containing a statement to the effect that the Welsh Government, with
regard to the Statement of Funding policy, is content with the fairness of
the arrangements for allocating funding from the UK Government to
Wales.”

Line 2, after “Government;” insert “to make provision about voter registration in
Wales;”

Line 3, leave out “a rate” and insert “rates”

Line 6, after “Ministers;” insert “to make provision for implementing the
recommendations of both reports of the Commission on Devolution for Wales;”