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Amendment Paper as at
Wednesday 2nd December 1998
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE
New Amendments handed in are marked thus *
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS BILL
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway
7
Clause 1, page 1, line 12, at beginning insert 'Subject to section 2A below,'.
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway
8
Clause 1, page 1, line 13, at beginning insert 'Subject to section 2A below,'.
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway
9
Clause 1, page 1, line 23, at end insert—
'2A.—(1) No later than 12 months after the election date for the 1999 European Elections the Boundary Commissions for England and Scotland shall prepare reports dividing England into eighteen regions (of which three shall cover London) and Scotland into two regions.
(2) The Secretary of State shall—
(a) lay any report of a Boundary Commission under subsection (1) before Parliament;
(b) consider the report; and
(c) not earlier than four months after the last such report has been laid, make an Order dividing England into eighteen regions (of which three shall cover London), and Scotland into two regions.
(3) No order shall be made under subsection (2)(c) above unless a draft thereof has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.'.
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway
1
Clause 1, page 2, line 1, leave out 'a registered party, or.'
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway
2
Clause 1, page 2, line 2, at end insert—
'(2A) Each candidate shall declare that he is either—
(a) the candidate of a party (and shall name that party); or
(b) an independent candidate.
(2B) There shall be added together the number of votes given for each party's candidates in each electoral region.
(2C) The number arrived at under subsection (2B) shall be the number of votes for the party for the purposes of this Act.'.
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway
3
Clause 1, page 2, line 15, at end insert—
'(5A) After the allocation of seats to the parties, the order of candidates in each list shall be such that the candidates are ranked in terms of the votes each received, with the candidate with the highest number of votes appearing first.
(5B) If two or more candidates have the same number of votes, the order shall be determined by lot.'.
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway
4
Clause 1, page 2, line 18, after 'list', insert 'following the rearrangement required under subsections (5A) and (5B)'.
Sir Teddy Taylor
Mr Richard Shepherd
Mr William Cash
Mr Eric Forth
Sir Richard Body
Mr John Horam
10
*Clause 1, page 2, line 28, at end insert—
'( ) In the event of the elections in any region attracting a percentage poll of 25 per cent. of the electorate or less, disregarding spoiled papers, the elections in that region will be declared null and void and new elections for the constituencies concerned will be held under the electoral system which existed before the introduction of this legislation.'.
Mr William Cash
Mr Richard Shepherd
Sir Teddy Taylor
11
*Clause 5, page 4, line 18, at end insert 'not sooner than one month before the European Parliamentary Elections take place in 1999'.
Mr William Cash
Mr Richard Shepherd
Sir Teddy Taylor
12
*Page 5, line 3, leave out Schedule 1.
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway
5
Schedule 2, page 8, line 30, leave out from 'provision' to end of line 37 and insert 'for a by-election to be held when a seat is or becomes vacant.'.
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway
6
Schedule 2, page 8, leave out line 38 and insert—
'(2) Regulations shall provide that where a by-election is held—'.
Mr William Cash
Mr Richard Shepherd
Sir Teddy Taylor
13
*Page 8, line 1, leave out Schedule 2.
Mr William Cash
Mr Richard Shepherd
Sir Teddy Taylor
14
*Page 10, line 15, leave out Schedule 3.
Mr William Cash
Mr Richard Shepherd
Sir Teddy Taylor
15
*Page 11, line 9, leave out Schedule 4.
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