Amendments proposed to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Bill, As Amended - continued House of Commons

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Mr Secretary Straw

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Page     98,     line     30     [Schedule     1],     at end insert—

    '(8) Until such time as the Commission may determine, the Commission's chief executive appointed under sub-paragraph (7) may incur expenditure and do other things in the name and on behalf of the Commission, whether or not the membership of the Commission has yet to be constituted in accordance with section 1.

    (9) The power conferred by sub-paragraph (8) shall be exercisable by that person subject to and in accordance with any directions given to him by the Secretary of State.'.


   

Sir George Young
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Robert Walter

140

*Page     99,     line     21     [Schedule     1],     at end insert 'or by the Scottish Parliament in pursuance of section [Transfer to Commission of functions of Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland] (8)'.


   

Mr Secretary Straw

85

Page     102,     line     5     [Schedule     1],     at end insert—

    '(6) The Secretary of State may designate any member of the Commission's staff or other person to be the Commission's accounting officer until such time as the first designation made under sub-paragraph (1) takes effect.'.


   

Mr Secretary Straw

3

Page     2,     line     6     [Clause     2],     at end insert 'the Speaker of the House of Commons, who shall be the chairman of the Committee, and the following other members, namely'.

   

Mr Secretary Straw

4

Page     2,     line     14     [Clause     2],     leave out 'six' and insert 'five'.


   

Mr Secretary Straw

86

Page     103,     line     20     [Schedule     2],     leave out 'Commission' and insert 'Committee'.

   

Mr Secretary Straw

87

Page     103,     line     25     [Schedule     2],     at end insert—

      '(aa) the Speaker of the House of Commons;'.

   

Mr Secretary Straw

88

Page     103,     line     41     [Schedule     2],     leave out paragraph 3.


   

Mr Secretary Straw

89

Page     104,     line     9     [Schedule     2],     at end insert—

    '(3) The Committee may appoint a member of the Committee to act as chairman at any meeting of the Committee in the absence of the Speaker.'.


   

Mr Secretary Straw

5

Page     2,     line     36     [Clause     3],     leave out 'chairman of the Speaker's Committee' and insert 'Speaker of the House of Commons'.


   

Sir George Young
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Robert Walter

141

*Page     4,     line     7     [Clause     5],     after 'however', insert 'save with the consent of the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales or the Northern Ireland Assembly (as the case may be)'.

   

Mr Secretary Straw

6

Page     4,     line     21     [Clause     5],     at end insert—

    '(4A) Each report made by the Commission under this section shall be published by them in such manner as they may determine.'.

   

Sir George Young
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Robert Walter

142

*Page     4,     line     26     [Clause     5],     at end insert—

      '(iv) local government elections in Scotland (with the consent of the Scottish Parliament); and'.


   

Mr Secretary Straw

7

Page     5,     line     7     [Clause     6],     at end insert—

          '(i) an order under section 17A(3) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (free delivery of election addresses at elections to the Greater London Authority).'.


   

Sir George Young
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Robert Walter

143

*Page     6,     line     31     [Clause     8],     at end insert 'unless the Scottish Parliament requests otherwise'.

   

Mr Secretary Straw

8

Page     6,     line     45     [Clause     9],     leave out from 'broadcasts,' to end of line 5 on page 7.


   

Mr Secretary Straw

9

Page     8     [Clause     11],     leave out lines 12 and 13 and insert—

      '(a) current electoral systems in the United Kingdom and any pending such systems, together with such matters connected with any such existing or pending systems as the Commission may determine;

      (b) current systems of local government and national government in the United Kingdom and any pending such systems; and'.

   

Sir George Young
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Robert Walter

157

*Page     8     [Clause     11],     leave out line 14.

   

Mr Secretary Straw

10

Page     8,     line     14     [Clause     11],     at end insert—

    '(1A) For the purposes of subsection (1) any system such as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of that subsection is pending at a time when arrangements for giving effect to it have been made by any enactment but the arrangements are not yet in force.'.

   

Sir George Young
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Robert Walter

144

*Page     8,     line     16     [Clause     11],     after 'Scotland', insert 'except with the consent of the Scottish Parliament'.

   

Sir George Young
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Robert Walter

159

*Page     8,     line     28     [Clause     11],     at end insert—

    '(4A) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (4), any grant under subsection 3(b) may not be used to promote or otherwise publicise—

      (a) any change in the system of national government in the United Kingdom (other than a change that is pending for the purposes of this section);

      (b) any change in the electoral system in use at any particular election within the United Kingdom (other than a change that is pending for the purposes of this section); or

      (c) any change in the system of local government in use in any particular part of the United Kingdom (other than a change that is pending for the purposes of this section).'.


   

Sir George Young
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Robert Walter

158

*Page     14,     line     33     [Clause     22],     leave out 'none of the following shall' and insert 'the following may'.


   

Mr Secretary Straw

11

Page     17,     line     27     [Clause     28],     leave out subsection (4) and insert—

    '(4) However, until the end of the financial year of the party which follows that in which its entry is removed from the register—

      (a) the Commission shall, when considering applications made by other parties under this Part, treat the entry as if it were still contained in the register, and

      (b) the requirements of Parts III and IV shall continue to apply to the party as if it were still registered.'.


   

Mr Secretary Straw

12

Page     22,     line     13     [Clause     37],     leave out '£1,000' and insert '£5,000'.

   

Mr Secretary Straw

13

Page     22,     line     14     [Clause     37],     leave out '£1,000' and insert '£5,000'.


   

Mr Secretary Straw

14

Page     23,     line     29     [Clause     39],     after 'all', insert 'reasonable'.


   

Sir George Young
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Robert Walter

156

*Page     27     [Clause     45],     leave out line 13.


   

Sir George Young
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Robert Walter

153

*Page     29,     line     16     [Clause     48],     leave out 'European Union' and insert 'United Kingdom'.

   

Mr Secretary Straw

15

Page     29,     line     32     [Clause     48],     leave out subsection (4).


   

Mr Secretary Straw

16

Page     35,     line     14     [Clause     55],     at end insert—

    '(10A) However, for the purposes of subsections (3) to (7) in their application in relation to the central organisation and any year by virtue of subsection (10), any donation—

      (a) which is accepted from a permissible donor by any of the accounting units during that year, but

      (b) which is not required to be recorded under subsection (4) or (6) (as they apply by virtue of subsection (10)) as a donation accepted by the accounting unit,

    shall be treated as a donation accepted from the donor during that year by the central organisation.'.


   

Mr Secretary Straw

90

Page     109,     line     5     [Schedule     5],     leave out 'the following provisions of this paragraph' and insert 'sub-paragraphs (2) to (8) and (10) below'.

   

Mr Secretary Straw

91

Page     109,     line     8     [Schedule     5],     at end insert—

    'or, in the case of a donation falling within sub-paragraph (9) below, the information required by that sub-paragraph.'.

 
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