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     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).'.


   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Mr Malcolm Bruce

177

*Page     13,     line     12     [Clause 21],     after 'must', insert 'either—(a)'.

   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Mr Malcolm Bruce

178

*Page     13,     line     16     [Clause 21],     at end insert '; or

      (b) where there is an approved federal party structure have overall responsibility for—

          (i) the financial affairs of the federal party and for ensuring compliance with the provisions of Parts III to V and VII, and

          (ii) notifying the Electoral Commission of the duly authorised treasurer of every other approved constitutent part of the party.'.


   

Mr Andrew Stunell
Mr Malcolm Bruce

179

*Page     14,     line     17     [Clause 22],     at end insert—

    '(5A) Where a Party seeks to register an approved federal structure, it must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Commission that its constitution includes specific provision for two separate bodies with responsibility for the same geographical area, where one of those bodies (the "Federal Party") has powers and duties relating to the whole of one or more of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, and where each party has

      (i) wholly separate functions, powers and duties, and

      (ii) no duty either to approve accounts or submit accounts to the other.'.

   

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

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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.


   

Mr Martin Linton

161

*Page     29,     line     12      [Clause     48],      after 'register', insert 'and ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom'.

   

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 Martin Linton

162

*     Page     29,     line     28     [Clause     48],      at end add—

      '(g) an individual who is by reason only of his age incapable of being included in any register of electors and is ordinarily resident in the UK.'.

   

Mr Secretary Straw

15

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


   

Mr Martin Linton

163

*     Page     30,     line     30     [Clause     48],      at end add—

    '(10) No donation by an individual under subsection (2) (a) above may exceed £250,000 in any financial year.'.


   

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

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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.'.

   

Mr Secretary Straw

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Page     109,     line     38     [Schedule     5],     leave out 'falling within section 48(4)(a)' and insert 'to which section (Payments etc. which are (or are not) to be treated as donations by permissible donors)(2) applies'.

   

Mr Secretary Straw

93

Page     109,     line     39     [Schedule     5],     at end insert—

    '(10) In the case of a donation to which section (Payments etc. which are (or are not) to be treated as donations by permissible donors)(3) applies, the report must give the full name and address of the donor.'.


   

Mr Secretary Straw

94

Page     110,     line     5     [Schedule     5],     after 'report)', insert—

          '(i)''.

   

Mr Secretary Straw

95

Page     110,     line     6     [Schedule     5],     at end insert ', or

          (ii) in the case of a donation to which section 55(10A) applies, indicate that it is a donation which falls to be treated as made to the party by virtue of that provision.'.

   

Mr Secretary Straw

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Page     110,     line     6     [Schedule     5],     at end insert—

    "(1A) In the case of a donation to which section (Payments etc. which are (or are not) to be treated as donations by permissible donors)(3) applies, the report must in addition give—

      (a) the date or dates on or between which the visit to which the donation relates took place, and

      (b) the destination and purpose of the visit.'.

   

Mr Secretary Straw

136

Page     110,     line     20     [Schedule     5],     after 'each', insert 'recordable'.


   

Mr Secretary Straw

17

Page     38,     line     3     [Clause     58],     leave out subsection (8) and insert—

    '(8) Section 57(9) applies for the purposes of this section.'.

   

Mr Secretary Straw

18

Page     38,     line     10     [Clause     59],     after '(2)', insert ', (2A)'.

   

Mr Secretary Straw

19

Page     38,     line     11     [Clause     59],     after '55', insert '(other than one making a nil return)'.

 
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