S.C.A.
NOTICES OF AMENDMENTS
given up to and including
Friday 29th November 2002
New Amendments handed in are marked thus *
STANDING COMMITTEE A
REGIONAL ASSEMBLIES (PREPARATIONS) BILL
(Except Clauses Nos. 1 to 4)
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order to be proposed by Mr Nick Raynsford.
Mr Nick Raynsford
To move, That the Bill (except Clauses Nos. 1 to 4) be considered in the following order, namely Clauses 5 to 14, Clause 15, the Schedule, Clauses 16 to 18, New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 2, Clauses 19 to 22, New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 3, Clauses 23 to 29, Remaining New Clauses and New Schedules and any remaining proceedings on the Bill.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
1
Clause 5, page 3, line 9, leave out subsections (1) and (2).
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
30
*Clause 5, page 3, line 11, at end insert—
'(aa) at least fifty per cent. of persons eligible to vote in such a referendum voted, and'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
40
*Clause 5, page 3, line 15, leave out from first 'the' to third 'the' and insert 'period of 20 years has elapsed from'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
2
Clause 5, page 3, line 15, leave out 'five' and insert 'twenty'.
Mr Edward Davey
Matthew Green
24
*Clause 5, page 3, line 15, leave out 'five' and insert 'six'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
3
Clause 5, page 3, line 20, at end add 'subject to any finding to the contrary by any court of competent jurisdiction'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
31
*Clause 6, page 3, line 28, at end add 'except a General Election or a Parliamentary by-election'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
6
Clause 6, page 3, leave out line 33 and insert 'has consulted the Electoral Commission on the proposed order and has published the response of the Electoral Commission'.
Mr Edward Davey
Matthew Green
25
*Clause 6, page 3, line 33, at end insert 'and publishes their advice'.
Mr Edward Davey
Matthew Green
26
*Clause 6, page 3, line 33, at end insert 'and the voluntary chamber of the Region and publishes the advice of both'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
32
*Clause 7, page 3, line 37, leave out 'voting' and insert 'participating'.
Mr Edward Davey
Matthew Green
27
*Clause 7, page 3, line 38, at end add 'subject to voters being given the option of voting at polling stations'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
33
*Clause 7, page 3, line 38, at end add 'provided that any such thing that the Electoral Commission do shall treat abstention as an act of participation and shall draw attention to the effect of abstention in such a referendum'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
7
Clause 7, page 3, line 38, at end add 'provided that the Electoral Commission shall certify that anything done under this section is not likely, in the Commission's judgement, disproportionately to benefit one of the possible outcomes of the referendum.'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
28
*Clause 8, page 4, line 13, at end add 'and the significance to the outcome of the referendum of abstention'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
29
*Clause 8, page 4, line 20, leave out subsection (4) and insert 'no Minister of the Crown may make any order under section 109(6) of the 2000 Act in respect of a referendum held pursuant to section 1 above'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
8
Clause 8, page 4, line 24, leave out from 'secure' to end of line 26 and insert 'a dissemination of such information to the maximum number of persons entitled to vote in the referendum that can be cost effectively achieved'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
34
*Clause 8, page 4, line 26, at end add '(6) The cost incurred by the Electoral Commission pursuant to this section may not exceed the aggregate of the maximum permitted grants that the Electoral Commission would be empowered to make under subsection 110(2) of the 2000 Act if it had designated a participant in respect of each of the possible outcomes of the proposed referendum'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
9
Clause 9, page 4, line 44, at end add 'and publishes the Electoral Commission's response'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
4
Clause 10, page 5, line 3, leave out 'No Court shall' and insert 'A court shall only'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
5
Clause 10, page 5, line 6, at end add 'if such a claim is brought within 10 days of the date of the referendum as specified in the order under section 2(1).'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
10
Clause 11, page 5, line 13, leave out subsection (2).
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
11
Clause 12, page 5, line 37, leave out 'But'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
12
Clause 12, page 5, line 37, after 'direction', insert 'under subsection (1)'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
13
Clause 12, page 5, line 37, leave out from 'has' to end of line 38 and insert 'concluded on the basis of the evidence available to him that there is likely to be a majority in favour of an elected assembly if a referendum is held in that region'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
14
Clause 12, page 6, line 1, leave out subsection (3).
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
15
Clause 12, page 6, line 11, after 'direction', insert 'under subsection (1)'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
16
Clause 12, page 6, line 11, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
17
Clause 12, page 6, line 24, at end insert—
'(5A) If the Secretary of State makes a direction under subsection (1) he shall cause to be paid to every relevant local authority in the region concerned such sum as the Boundary Committee shall advise him represents a reasonable estimate of the likely cost (in the case of each individual relevant authority) to that authority of the direction.'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
18
Clause 12, page 6, line 31, leave out subsection (7).
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
19
Clause 12, page 6, line 38, at end insert 'and published their response'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
20
Clause 12, page 6, line 39, leave out subsection (10).
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
21
Clause 13, page 7, line 1, leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert 'the appropriate boundaries for the introduction of Unitary local authorities within the region'.
