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NOTICES RELATING TO PRIVATE BUSINESS DEPOSITED ON WEDNESDAY 30 JANUARY 2002 PETITION AGAINST A PRIVATE BILL Name of Bill Name of Petition By whom deposited Mersey Tunnels Bill North West Regional Council  of the Trades Union  Congress Margaret Hanson OFFICE OF THE EXAMINERS Case to be heard by the Examiner Name of Bill Day appointed for consideration Land at Palace Avenue, Kensington (Acquisition of Freehold) Wednesday 6th February 2002 at Eleven  o'clock, in the Private Bill Office, House of  Commons   Further Consideration of Bill, as amended City of London (Ward Elections) Bill. (By Order.) John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn Mr Kelvin Hopkins John Cryer Ms Diane Abbott Mr Alan Simpson   Mr Neil Gerrard  On further Consideration of the City of London (Ward Elections) Bill, as amended, to move, That the Bill be further considered upon this day six months.  A Clause (NC1) (Exclusion of Crown property)—(Sir George Young)—brought up, and read the first and second time as follows: 'A government department or other body exercising on behalf of the Crown functions conferred by or under any Act shall not be treated as a qualifying body within the meaning of this Act.'. As Amendments to the proposed New Clause John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn Mr Kelvin Hopkins John Cryer Ms Diane Abbott Mr Alan Simpson   Mr Neil Gerrard (a) Line      1,      leave out from 'department' to 'shall' in line 2. (b) Line      1,      after 'other', insert 'government appointed'. (c) Line      2,      after 'Act', insert 'or any institution of the European Union'. (d) Line      3,      at end insert 'unless it has been declared by the Secretary of State to be a qualifying body'. (e) Line      3,      at end insert 'unless the government department or other body has undertaken a ballot of its workforce occupying the premises in respect of which that body's right to appoint voters arises and who work for that body and a majority of its workforce has voted to seek qualification as a qualifying body'. (f) Line      3,      at end insert 'except for the London Development Agency'. Relevant Issues Commission and referenda John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn NC2 To move the following Clause:— '.—(1)   A Relevant Issues Commission shall be appointed by the Secretary of State to determine which issues within the jurisdiction of the Corporation are of overriding relevance to resident voters as defined by section 3(1)(b). (2)   Where an issue is deemed to be of overriding relevance to the resident voters by the Commission, the Corporation shall be empowered to consult those voters by means of a referendum. (3)   A referendum under subsection (2) above shall be mandatory upon the Corporation where a petition requesting consultation has been presented to it which has been signed by no less than two-thirds of the voters as defined by section 3(1)(b). (4)   The results of any referenda conducted under subsections (2) and (3) above shall be binding upon the Corporation.'. Statement of compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn NC3 To move the following Clause:— 'Section 3 of the Act shall not have force until the Secretary of State has made a statement to the effect that in his view the provisions of the Act are compatible with the Convention rights.'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 31 Page      1,      line      15,      [Clause      1],      after 'Elections', insert 'and Appointment of Voters.' John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 32 Page      1,      line      15,      [Clause      1],      after 'Elections', insert 'and Business Appointments'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 33 Page      1,      line      18,      [Clause      2],      at end insert— 'business electoral college" means a body comprising voters appointed under section 3(1)(c) with responsibility for electing the business voters entitled to vote in ward elections.'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 34 Page      1,      line      19,      [Clause      2],      leave out 'city of London' and insert— 'the geographical area administered by the City Corporation'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 35 Page      1,      line      19,      [Clause      2],      at end insert— 'employees electoral college" means a body comprising voters appointed under section 3(1)(d) with responsibility for electing the employees voters entitled to vote in ward elections.'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 36 Page      1,      line      19,      [Clause      2],      at end insert— 'the Convention rights" has the same meaning as in the Human Rights Act 1998'. Amendments to be proposed (by the promoters) Page      2,      [Clause      2],      leave out lines 1 to 4. 1 Page      2,      line      5      [Clause      2],      leave out 'occupation"' and insert 'occupying".' 2 As an Amendment to the Promoters' proposed Amendment (No. 2) (Page 2, line 5 [Clause 2]) John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn Mr Kelvin Hopkins John Cryer Ms Diane Abbott Mr Alan Simpson Mr Neil Gerrard (a)     Line      1,      leave out 'occupying' and insert 'working within'. Page      2,      line      5      [Clause      2],      leave out 'hereditament, or part of a hereditament,' and insert 'premises,'. 3 As an Amendment to the Promoters' proposed Amendment (No. 3) (Page 2, line 5 [Clause 2]) John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn Mr Kelvin Hopkins John Cryer Ms Diane Abbott Mr Alan Simpson Mr Neil Gerrard (a)     Line      1,      leave out 'premises' and insert 'workplace'. Page      2,      line      6      [Clause      2],      leave out 'occupation' and insert 'occupying for relevant purposes'. 4 As an Amendment to the Promoters' proposed Amendment (No. 4) (Page 2, line 6 [Clause 2]) John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn Mr Kelvin Hopkins John Cryer Ms Diane Abbott Mr Alan Simpson Mr Neil Gerrard (a)     Line      1,      leave out 'occupying for relevant purposes' and insert 'working within'. John McDonnell 37 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      6      [Clause      2],      after 'there' insert— 'for a period of no less than 5 years prior to the qualifying date'. John McDonnell 38 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      6      [Clause      2],      leave out from 'there' to end of line 11. John McDonnell 39 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      7      [Clause      2],      leave out from 'occupation' to end of line 11 and insert 'through a relevant employee'. John McDonnell 40 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      8      [Clause      2],      leave out from 'director' to end of line and insert 'or employee'. John McDonnell 41 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      8      [Clause      2],      leave out from 'officer' to end of line 11 and insert 'or employee'. John McDonnell 42 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2      [Clause      2],      leave out lines 9 to 11. John McDonnell 43 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      12      [Clause      2],      leave out from beginning to end of line 14. John McDonnell 44 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      14      [Clause      2],      after '(c. 39)', insert— 'or a church, religious body, voluntary sector or community organisation which has registered as a charity under the Charities Act 1993'. John McDonnell 45 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      14      [Clause      2],      after '(c. 39)', insert— 'or trade union certificated under section one of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992'. John McDonnell 46 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      14      [Clause      2],      at end insert— 'rateable value" means that level of rateable value calculated to ensure that the sum total of persons qualified to vote at ward elections on the basis of occupation in relation to any hereditament, or part of any hereditament, does not exceed the sum total of persons qualified to vote at ward elections on the basis of being residents of the City'. John McDonnell 47 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      14      [Clause      2],      at end insert— 'relevant employee" means a person whose principal or only place of work on the qualifying date is ordinarily the hereditament in respect of which the entitlement to appoint a voter arises and who works for that qualifying body.'. John McDonnell 48 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      14      [Clause      2],      at end insert— 'relevant employee" means a person employed by a qualifying body and registered as such by the City Corporation.'. John McDonnell 49 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      14      [Clause      2],      at end insert— 'relevant issues" means issues within the jurisdiction of the Corporation which are determined by a Commission established by the Secretary of State under this Act to be of over-riding relevance to residents of the wards or as relevant to business voters.'. John McDonnell 50 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      14,      [Clause      2],      at end insert— 'Relevant Issues Commission" means a body established by the Secretary of State under the powers of this Act to determine which issues within the jursidiction of the Corporation are of over-riding relevance to residents of the wards or to business voters.'. John McDonnell 51 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      18      [Clause      2],      leave out from first 'body' to end of the line. Amendment to be proposed (by the promoters) Page      2,      line      18      [Clause      2],      at end insert— 5 'workforce", in relation to a qualifying body, means all those persons whose principal or only place of work on the qualifying date is ordinarily the premises in respect of which that body's right to appoint voters arises, and who work for that body.'. As Amendments to the Promoters' proposed Amendment (No 5) (Page 2, line 18 [Clause 2]) John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn Mr Kelvin Hopkins John Cryer Ms Diane Abbott Mr Alan Simpson Mr Neil Gerrard (a)     Line      2,      leave out 'premises' and insert 'workplace'. (b)     Line      3,      leave out 'who work for that body' and insert— 'who have or will have worked for that body for a period of no less than 12 months prior to the date of the following ward elections or any by-election'. (c)     Line      4,      at end insert 'who are members of a trade union' (d)     Line      4,      at end insert or who are contracted to supply services to that body" John McDonnell 52 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      19      [Clause      2],      leave out subsection (2). Amendments to be proposed (by the promoters) Page      2,      line      19      [Clause      2],      leave out from 'is' to 'shall' in line 20 and insert 'occupying any premises'. 6 As Amendments to the Promoters' proposed Amendment (No 6) Page 2, line 19 [Clause 2] John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn Mr Kelvin Hopkins John Cryer Ms Diane Abbott Mr Alan Simpson Mr Neil Gerrard (a)     Line      2,      leave out 'occupying any premises' and insert— 'employing a workforce which has or will have been physically working within the workplace for a period of no less than 12 months prior to the date of the following ward elections or any by-election'. (b)     Line      2,      leave out 'premises' and insert 'workplace'. Amendment to be proposed (by the promoters) Page      2,      line      20      [Clause      2],      after 'to be', insert 'doing'. 7 John McDonnell 53 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      21      [Clause      2],      leave out from beginning to end of line 22. Amendment to be proposed (by the promoters) Page      2,      line      21      [Clause      2],      leave out from 'of' to end of line 22 and insert 'those premises is occupying them.'. 8 As an Amendment to the Promoters' proposed Amendment (No 8) (Page 2, line 21 [Clause 2]) John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn Mr Kelvin Hopkins John Cryer Ms Diane Abbott Mr Alan Simpson Mr Neil Gerrard (a)     Line      1,      leave out 'those premises is occupying them' and insert 'that workplace is occupying it'. John McDonnell 54 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      25      [Clause      3],      at beginning insert— '(   )   This section shall not come into force until the Corporation has presented to the Secretary of State a report on the benefits which its provisions will bring to the Greater London area and to Londoners; and the Secretary of State has laid that report before Parliament and has published a notice that it has been laid in the London Gazette.'. John McDonnell 55 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      25      [Clause      3],      at beginning insert— '(   )   This section shall not come into force until the Corporation of the City of London has consulted the Mayor and Greater London Assembly elected under the Greater London Authority Act 1999, on its provisions, and has published a report on the issues raised by the Mayor and Greater London Assembly and the Corporation's response.'. John McDonnell 56 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      25      [Clause      3],      at begining insert— '(   )   This section shall not come into force until the Corporation of the City of London has consulted the Mayor and Greater London Assembly elected under the Greater London Authority Act 1999, on its provisions, and has secured the approval of the Mayor for its implementation.'. John McDonnell 57 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      25      [Clause      3],      at beginning insert— '(   )   This section shall not come into force until the Corporation of the City of London has consulted the residents of the City and has secured their majority approval by means of a referendum.'. Amendment to be proposed (by the promoters) Page      2,      line      25      [Clause      3],      leave out subsection 1 and insert— 149 '(1)      Section 6 of the 1957 Act (qualification of voters at ward elections) shall be amended as follows—               (a)   After subsection (1)(b) there shall be inserted—   or 5        (c)   are persons appointed in writing as voters by a qualifying body which ordinarily occupies as owner or tenant any premises situated in that ward, being premises in respect of which the right to appoint one or more voters depends on the size of the workforce there;".               (b)   After subsection (2) there shall be inserted— 10        (3)   In this section 'occupies' shall be construed in accordance with subsection (1) of section (2) of the City of London (Ward Elections) Act 2002; and 'qualifying body' and 'workforce' have the respective meanings given by that subsection.". 15          (1A)      The extent of the right to appoint mentioned in section 6(1)(c) of the 1957 Act as depending on the size of the workforce shall be—               (a)   one for a workforce of up to 5, plus one for every 5 by which a workforce exceeds 5, up to a workforce of 50; and               (b)   for a workforce that exceeds 50, the number given by paragraph (a), of this subsection plus 1 for every 50 of that excess. 20          (1B)      In the case of a workforce of over 5 whose number is not exactly divisible by 5 or 50, as the case may be, the remainder shall be disregarded for the purposes of subsection (1A) above.'. As Amendments to the Promoters' proposed Amendment (Amendment 149) John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn Mr Kelvin Hopkins John Cryer Ms Diane Abbott Mr Alan Simpson Mr Neil Gerrard (a)     Line      5,      leave out from 'persons' to 'a' and insert 'elected as voters by a ballot of the workforce of'. (b)     Line      5,      leave out from 'persons' to 'a' and insert 'elected as voters subject to (1C) below, by a ballot of the workforce of'. (c)     Line      6,      leave out from 'ordinarily' to 'situated' and insert 'works within any workplace'. (d)     Line      16,      after first '5', insert 'trade union members'. (e)     Line      16,      after second '5', insert 'trade union members'. (f)     Line      17,      after '5', insert 'trade union members'. (g)     Line      17,      after '50', insert 'trade union members'. (h)     Line      18,      after '50', insert 'trade union members'. (i)     Line      19,      after '50', insert 'trade union members'. (j)     Line      19,      at end insert— '(c)   the number of trade union members in the workforce shall be reported annually to the town clerk by the trade unions whose members comprise the workforce'. (k)     Line      20,      after first '5', insert 'trade union members'. (l)     Line      22,      at end insert— '(1C)   For the election of voters under (1)(c) above each vote in the poll shall be a single transferable vote. (1D)   A single transferable vote is a vote—(a)   capable of being given so as to indicate the voter's order of preference for the candidates for election; and(b)   capable of being transferred to the next choice when the vote is not needed to give a prior choice the necessary quota of votes or when a prior choice is eliminated from the list of candidates because of a deficiency in the number of votes given for him.'. (m)     Line      22,      at end insert— '(1E)   The qualifying body shall submit before 1st September next after the passing of this Act and before each subsequent 1st September to the town clerk a list of the names of all persons comprising the workforce of the qualifying body'. John McDonnell 58 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      28      [Clause      3],      leave out from beginning to end of line 31. John McDonnell 59 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      28      [Clause      3],      leave out 'is ordinarily in occupation' and insert— 'has been ordinarily in occupation for no less than 5 years'. John McDonnell 60 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      28      [Clause      3],      leave out 'or tenant'. John McDonnell 61 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      31      [Clause      3],      leave out '£200' and insert '£1,000,000'. John McDonnell 62 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      31      [Clause      3],      leave out '£200' and insert '£500'. John McDonnell 63 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      31      [Clause 3],      leave out '£200' and insert 'the determined rateable value'. John McDonnell 64 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      32      [Clause      3],      leave out from 'ward' to end of line 37. John McDonnell 65 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      32,      [Clause      3],      after 'ward' insert— 'or is a resident of a ward within a London borough, where the ward has a common ward boundary with a ward of the City of London'. John McDonnell 66 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      32,      [Clause      3],      after 'ward', insert— 'or in any ward in any London borough in which the City of London Corporation owns and manages property or facilities for public use other than the Traffic Control Systems Unit.'. John McDonnell 67 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      33,      [Clause      3],      leave out from 'is' to 'which' and insert— 'a relevant employee of the qualifying body elected as a voter by the relevant employees of that qualifying body'. John McDonnell 68 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      33,      [Clause      3],      leave out from 'person' to second 'a' and insert 'elected from the business electoral college comprising voters appointed by'. John McDonnell 69 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      33,      [Clause      3],      leave out from 'person' to 'ordinarily' in line 34 and insert— 'elected from the business electoral college comprising voters appointed by the qualifying bodies which are'. John McDonnell 70 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      34,      [Clause      3],      leave out 'is ordinarily in occupation' and insert 'has been ordinarily in occupation for no less than 5 years'. John McDonnell 71 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      34,      [Clause      3],      leave out 'or tenant'. John McDonnell 72 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      37,      [Clause      3],      leave out '£200' and insert '£1,000,000'. John McDonnell 73 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      37,      [Clause      3],      leave out '£200' and insert '£500'. John McDonnell 76 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      37,      [Clause      3],      leave out '£200' and insert 'the determined rateable value'. John McDonnell 74 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      37,      [Clause      3],      after '£200', insert 'and which has conducted a ballot of its relevant employees to determine the person to be appointed as a voter'. John McDonnell 75 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      37,      [Clause      3],      after '£200', insert 'following a ballot of its shareholders or members to determine the appointment of the person appointed as its voter'. John McDonnell 77 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      37,      [Clause      3],      at end insert— '(d)   is a person elected from the employees electoral college comprising voters who are employees of a qualifying body which is ordinarily in occupation for relevant purposes as owner or tenant of the whole or part of a hereditament situated in that ward which is shown in the local non-domestic rating list as having a rateable value of not less than £200'. John McDonnell 78 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      37,      [Clause      3],      at end insert— '(e)   the employees' electoral college shall reflect the range of occupations operating within the City of London, and shall comprise relevant occupational constituencies for which an employee must register based upon his/her principal occupation as defined under the DFES Standard Occupational Classification Major Groups; and the proportion of voters to be elected from an occupational constituency shall be determined in proportion to the number of employees registering for a particular occupational constituency in relation to the total registrations.'. John McDonnell 79 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      37,      [Clause      3],      at end insert— '(f)   the business electoral college shall reflect the range of business activity within the city, and shall comprise relevant business operational constituencies for which a qualifying body must register based upon its principal business operation; and the proportion of voters to be elected from a business operational constituency will be determined in proportion to the number of qualifying bodies registering for a particular business operational constituency in relation to the total registrations.'. John McDonnell 80 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      37,      [Clause      3],      at end insert— '(d)   is a person who has been an employee of a qualifying body for no less than two years.'. John McDonnell 81 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      37,      [Clause      3],      at end insert— '(1A)   The number of business voters elected from the business electoral college shall be no more than 2000.'. John McDonnell 82 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      37,      [Clause      3],      at end insert— '(1B)   The number of employee voters elected from the employees' electoral college shall be no more than 2000.'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 83 Page      2,      line      40,      [Clause      3],      after 'year', insert— 'except for electors appointed under subsections 3(1)(a) and 3(1)(c) above, for whom the qualifying date is 1st September in the second preceding year,'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 84 Page      2,      line      41,      [Clause      3],      at end insert— '(2A)   —(1)   For the election of voters to represent the business operational and occupational constituencies within the electoral colleges, each vote in the poll shall be a single transferable vote. (2)  A single transferable vote is a vote—   (a)   capable of being given so as to indicate the voter's order of preference for the candidates for election as members for the constituency, and   (b)   capable of being transferred to the next choice when the vote is not needed to give a prior choice the necessary quota of votes or when a prior choice is eliminated from the list of candidates because of a deficiency in the number of votes given for him.'. John McDonnell 85 Jeremy Corbyn Page      2,      line      44,      [Clause      3],      leave out from second 'year' to end of line and insert 'determined by ballot of the voters qualified to vote as in section 3(1)(b) above'. John McDonnell 86 Jeremy Corbyn Page      3,      line      1,      [Clause      3],      leave out paragraph (b). Amendment to be proposed (by the promoters) Page      3,      line      6,      [Clause      3],      leave out from 'of' to 'of' in line 7 and insert 'section 6 of the 1957 Act, any premises partly situated in each of two or more wards'. 10 John McDonnell 87 Jeremy Corbyn Page      3,      line      8,      [Clause      3],      leave out from 'greater' to end of line 9 and insert 'number of employees of the qualifying body.'. Amendment to be proposed (by the promoters) Page      3,      line      9,      [Clause      3],      leave out 'hereditament' and insert 'premises'. 11 As an Amendment to the Promoters' proposed Amendment (No 11) (Page 3, line 9 [Clause 3]) John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn Mr Kelvin Hopkins John Cryer Ms Diane Abbott Mr Alan Simpson Mr Neil Gerrard (a)     Line      1,      leave out 'premises' and insert 'workplace'. Amendment to be proposed (by the promoters) Page      3,      line      10,      [Clause      3],      leave out subsections (6) to (8) and insert— 12 '(   )      Where, apart from this subsection, sections 6(1)(a) and 6(1)(c) of the 1957 Act would both apply in relation to the same premises, only section 6(1)(a) shall apply in relation to those premises.'. As an Amendment to the Promoters' proposed Amendment (No 12) (Page 3, line 10 [Clause 3]) John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn Mr Kelvin Hopkins John Cryer Ms Diane Abbott Mr Alan Simpson Mr Neil Gerrard (a)     Line      2,      leave out '6(1)(a)', and insert '6(1)(c)'. (b)     Line      3,      leave out 'premises' and insert 'workplace'. John McDonnell 88 Jeremy Corbyn Page      3,      line      10,      [Clause      3],      leave out from beginning to end of line 18. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 89 Page      3,      line      13,      [Clause      3],      leave out 'appoint' and insert 'elect'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 90 Page      3,      line      17,      [Clause      3],      after 'values', insert 'the number of relevant employees.' John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 91 Page      3,      line      18,      [Clause      3],      leave out 'appoint' and insert 'elect'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 92 Page      3,      line      18,      [Clause      3],      at end insert 'subject to subsections (1A) and (1B) above'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 93 Page      3,      line      22,      [Clause      3],      after 'Elections', insert 'and Appointment of Voters'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 94 Page      3,      line      22,      [Clause      3],      at end insert— '(8A)   This section shall not come into effect until the Corporation has reported to the Secretary of State that it has by a referendum gained consent to the qualification set out in subsection 3(1) above; and those entitled to vote in the referendum shall be those listed on the electoral register as resident in a ward of the City on the day that notice of the referendum is given.'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 95 Page      3,      line      24,      leave out Clause 4. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 96 Page      3,      line      24,      [Clause      4],      leave out 'appoint' and insert 'elect'. Amendment to be proposed (by the promoters) 13 Page      3,      line      25,      [Clause      4],      leave out 'section 3(1)(c) above' and insert 'section 6(1)(c) of the 1957 Act'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 97 Page      3,      line      25,      [Clause      4],      leave out from 'shall' to end of line 27 and insert 'conduct a ballot of all relevant employees to elect its voter or voters'. Amendment to be proposed (by the promoters) 14 Page      3,      line      26,      [Clause      4],      leave out second 'the' and insert 'its'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 98 Page      3,      line      27,      [Clause      4],      after 'workforce', insert 'including gender, race and disability'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 99 Page      3,      line      27,      [Clause      4],      after 'workforce' insert— 'in consultation with the Commission for Racial Equality, Women's National Commission and any other bodies designated by the Secretary of State'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 100 Page      3,      line      27,      [Clause      4],      after 'workforce', insert— 'subject to the verification to this effect of the Commission for Racial Equality and any other such bodies which shall be designated from time to time by the Secretary of State'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 101 Page      3,      line      27,      [Clause      4],      after 'workforce', insert— 'and to this end will conduct a ballot of its workforce to elect that person or persons to serve as a voter or voters for that qualifying body.'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 102 Page      3,      line      27,      [Clause      4],      at end insert— 'and such appointments shall be made following consultation with the recognised Trade Unions or a body or bodies representing staff, or any proportion of staff'. Amendment to be proposed (by the promoters) 15 Page      3,      line      28,      [Clause      4],      leave out subsection (2). John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 103 Page      3,      line      30,      [Clause      4],      leave out 'appoint' and insert 'elect'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 104 Page      3,      line      33,      leave out Clause 5. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 105 Page      3,      line      33,      [Clause      5],      leave out 'appointed' and insert 'elected'. Amendment to be propsed (by the promoters) 16 Page      3,      line      33,      [Clause      5],      leave out 'section 3(1)(c) above' and insert 'section 6(1)(c) of the 1957 Act'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 106 Page      3,      line      36,      [Clause      5],      leave out from 'him;' to end of line 40. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 107 Page      4,      line      1,      [Clause      5],      leave out 'appoint' and insert 'elect'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 108 Page      4,      line      2,      [Clause      5],      after 'months', insert— '; and (c)      he has submitted a declaration to the town clerk of interests and membership of any bodies, including masonic lodges, which may lead to any conflict of interest as a voter.'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 109 Page      4,      line      3,      [Clause      5],      leave out subsection (3). John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 110 Page      4,      line      9,      [Clause      5],      leave out subsection (4). John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 111 Page      4,      line      12,      [Clause      5],      leave out subsection (5). John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 112 Page      4,      line      13,      [Clause      5],      after 'shall', insert— 'if he has been a member of that board of directors on that governing body for no less than 2 years prior to the qualifying date.'. Amendment to be proposed (by the promoters) 17 Page      4,      line      16,      [Clause      5],      leave out 'hereditament (or part)' and insert 'premises'. As an Amendment to the Promoters' proposed Amendment (No 17) (Page 4, line 16 [Clause 5]) John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn Mr Kelvin Hopkins John Cryer Ms Diane Abbott Mr Alan Simpson Mr Neil Gerrard (a)     Line      2,      leave out 'premises', and insert 'workplace'. Amendment to be proposed (by the promoters) 18 Page      4,      line      16,      [Clause      5],      leave out from 'which' to 'arises' in line 17 and insert 'that qualifying body's right to appoint'. As an Amendment to its Promoters' proposed Amendment (No 18) (page 4, line 16 [Clause 5]) John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn Mr Kelvin Hopkins John Cryer Ms Diane Abbott Mr Alan Simpson Mr Neil Gerrard (a)     Line      2,      at end insert 'or to submit him as a candidate in a ballot of the workforce'. Amendment to be proposed (by the promoters) 19 Page      4,      line      18,      leave out Clause 6. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 113 Page      4,      line      24,      [Clause      7],      leave out '5' and insert '2'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 114 Page      4,      line      24,      [Clause      7],      leave out '5' and insert '3'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 115 Page      4,      line      24,      [Clause      7],      leave out from 'year,' to 'a' in line 25 and insert 'the Secretary of State shall establish a committee comprising representatives of the City Corporation, the Greater London Authority and the boroughs to prepare'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 116 Page      4,      line      27,      [Clause      7],      at end insert 'no later than six months after the appointment of the said committee'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 117 Page      4,      line      28,      [Clause      7],      leave out 'The Corporation' and insert 'The committee'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 118 Page      4,      line      28,      [Clause      7],      leave out from 'reports,' to 'and' in line 29 and insert 'every 5 years thereafter;'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 119 Page      4,      line      29,      [Clause      7],      after 'require', insert 'but no later than every two years after the laying before Parliament of the previous report'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 120 Page      4,      line      30,      [Clause      7],      at end insert— '(2A)   Prior to the preparation of any report under subsection (1) or (2) above, each voter qualified under section 3(1)(b) shall be sent a notice by the town clerk inviting representations within a period of twenty-eight days; and any such representation received shall be listed in the report, and kept available for public inspection and duplication for six months from the date of publication of the report.'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 121 Page      4,      line      32,      [Clause      7],      at end insert— '(4)   Such report shall contain information on any consultations undertaken by the Corporation with persons entitled to vote at ward elections in the City of London on any further proposals with respect to altering the qualifications of voters at such elections.'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 122 Page      4,      line      32,      [Clause      7],      at end insert— '(5)   Such report shall be distributed by the City Corporation to every person entitled to vote at such elections.'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 123 Page      4,      line      32,      [Clause      7],      at end insert— '(6)   Prior to the submission of such report to the Secretary of State, the City Corporation shall consult on its contents with the Mayor of London, the Greater London Authority, the boroughs and the Electorial Commission.'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 124 Page      4,      line      36,      [Clause      8],      after 'bodies' insert 'and their relevant employees'. Amendment to be proposed (by the promoters) 20 Page      5,      line      1,      [Clause      8],      leave out 'hereditament or part of a hereditament' and insert 'premises'. As an Amendment to the Promoters' proposed Amendment (No 20) (Page 5, line 1, [Clause 8]), John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn Mr Kelvin Hopkins John Cryer Ms Diane Abbott Mr Alan Simpson Mr Neil Gerrard (a)     Line      2,      leave out premises" and insert workplace". John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 125 Page      5,      line      3,      [Clause      8],      leave out 'appoint' and insert 'elect'. Amendment to be proposed (by the promoters) 21 Page      5,      line      4,      [Clause      8],      leave out 'Schedule 1 to this Act' and insert 'section 3(1A) above' As an Amendment to the Promoters' proposed Amendment (No 21) (Page 5, Line 4 [Clause 8], John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn Mr Kelvin Hopkins John Cryer Ms Diane Abbott Mr Alan Simpson Mr Neil Gerrard (a)     Line      2,      at end insert a list of the names of those persons comprising the workforce of that body; and" John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 126 Page      5,      line      6,      [Clause      8],      leave out 'appointed' and insert 'elected'. Amendment to be proposed (by the promoters) 22 Page      5,      line      7,      [Clause      8],      leave out 'section 3(1)(c) above' and insert 'section 6(1)(c)of the 1957 Act'. As an Amendment to the Promoters' proposed Amendment (No 22) (Page 5, line 7 [Clause 8]) John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn Mr Kelvin Hopkins John Cryer Ms Diane Abbott Mr Alan Simpson Mr Neil Gerrard (a)     Line      2,      at end insert—and the result of any ballot of the workforce of the qualifying body setting out the number of votes cast for each candidate" John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 127 Page      5,      line      7,      [Clause      8],      at end insert— '(c)   stating the relevant employees registered to vote in the election of the voters pursuant to section 3(1)(c) above and the procedure for the election of the voters.'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 128 Page      5,      line      9,      [Clause      8],      leave out 'appointed' and insert 'elected'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 129 Page      5,      line      10,      [Clause      8],      leave out 'appointment' and insert 'election'. Amendments to be proposed (by the promoters) 23 Page      5,      line      14,      [Clause      8],      after 'Act' insert 'shall'. 24 Page      5,      line      20,      [Clause      9],      leave out 'third' and insert 'second'. 25 Page      6,      line      1,      leave out Schedule 1. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 130 Page      6,      line      6,      [Schedule      1],      leave out from beginning to end of line 34 on page 7. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 131 Page      6,      line      7,      [Schedule      1],      leave out 'appoint' and insert 'elect'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 132 Page      6,      line      8,      [Schedule      1],      leave out from 'calculated' to end of line 23 and insert— 'in proportion to the rateable value of the hereditament occupied by the qualifying body, so that the sum total of persons qualified to vote at ward elections on the basis of sections 3(1)(a) and 3(1)(c) of this Act does not exceed the total of persons qualified to vote at ward elections on the basis of being residents of the City'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 133 Page      6,      line      8,      [Schedule      1],      leave out from 'scale;' to end of line 23 and insert— Number of Relevant Employees Maximum Number of Persons whom that Body may Elect Up to 1,000 1. For every 1,000 over the first 1,000      1 for every thousand relevant employees. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 134 Page      6,      line      8,      [Schedule      1],      leave out from 'scale;' to end of line 23 and insert— 'One voter for the first £1,000,000 rateable value and one voter for every £1,000,000 rateable value hereditament thereafter up to a maximum of 10 voters'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 135 Page      6,      line      10,      [Schedule      1],      in second column leave out 'appoint' and insert 'elect'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 136 Page      6,      line      25,      [Schedule      1],      leave out 'appointment' and insert 'election'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 137 Page      6,      line      26,      [Schedule      1],      leave out 'rateable value' and insert 'number of relevant employees'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 138 Page      6,      line      29,      [Schedule      1],      leave out 'appoint'and insert 'elect'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 139 Page      7,      line      39,      [Schedule      1],      leave out 'appoint' and insert 'elect.' John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 140 Page      7,      line      42,      [Schedule      1],      leave out 'appoint' and insert 'elect.' John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 141 Page      8,      line      4,      [Schedule      1],      leave out 'appoint' and insert 'elect.' John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 142 Page      8,      line      10,      [Schedule      1],      leave out 'appointment' and insert 'election.' John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 143 Page      8,      line      25,      [Schedule      1],      leave out paragraph 14. Amendments to be proposed (by the promoters) 26 Page      9,      line      24,      [Schedule      2],      at end insert— '7      In paragraph 6 of that Schedule, for the words their application", substitute its application"'. 27 Page      9,      line      28,      [Schedule      3],      leave out 'In section 4(1), the definition rateable"' and insert— 'In section 4(2) the words subsections (3) and (4) and", and the explanatory words in brackets'. 28 Page      9,      line      29,      [Schedule      3],      leave out 'Section 4(2)' and insert— 'In section 6(1)(a), the words , and for which the rateable value shown in that list is not less than £10"'. As an Amendment to the Promoters' proposed Amendment (No 28) (page 9 line 29 [Schedule 3]). John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn Mr Kelvin Hopkins John Cryer Ms Diane Abbott Mr Alan Simpson Mr Neil Gerrard (a)     Line      2,      leave out £10" and insert £200" Amendments to be proposed (by the promoters) 29 Page      9,      line      31,      [Schedule      3],      leave out in Schedule 6, paragraph 6' and insert— 'In paragraph 6 of Schedule 6, the words subsections (3) and (4) and", and the explanatory words in brackets'. 30 Page      9,      line      33,      [Schedule      3],      leave out lines 33 and 34. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 144 Page      1,      line      3,      [Preamble],      after '(c. x)' insert 'and is not based upon universal adult suffrage.' John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 145 Page      1,      line      4,      [Preamble],      leave out 'expedient' and insert 'in the interests of certain commercial occupiers of premises within the City of London'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 146 Page      1,      line      4,      [Preamble],      leave out 'expedient' and insert 'open to debate'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 147 Page      1,      line      7,      [Preamble],      leave out 'expedient' and insert 'open to debate'. John McDonnell Jeremy Corbyn 148 Page      1,      [Long title],      after 'elections' to insert 'and the appointment of voters'.

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