S.C.A.
Amendment Paper as at
Thursday 16th January 2003
STANDING COMMITTEE A
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT (REPRESENTATION) BILL
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [9th January].
Mr William Cash
Angela Watkinson
Mr David Ruffley
Andrew Rosindell
65
Clause 21, page 10, line 34, after '(4A)', insert 'In respect only of Part 2 of the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 and subject to section 11 of that Act'.
Mr William Cash
Angela Watkinson
Mr David Ruffley
Andrew Rosindell
66
Clause 21, page 10, line 41, after 'Kingdom', insert 'and Gibraltar'.
Mr David Heath
Bob Russell
8
Clause 21, page 10, line 41, leave out from 'Kingdom' to end of line 43.
Mr William Cash
Angela Watkinson
Mr David Ruffley
Andrew Rosindell
67
Clause 21, page 10, line 42, leave out paragraph (c).
Mr William Cash
Angela Watkinson
Mr David Ruffley
Andrew Rosindell
68
Clause 22, page 11, line 16, leave out subsection (3).
Mr David Heath
Bob Russell
9
Clause 23, page 11, line 31, after 'Act', insert 'shall be exercised by a Minister in the Lord Chancellor's Department who is a Member of the House of Commons, and who is designated for that purpose, and'.
Mr William Cash
28
Page 11, line 30, leave out Clause 23.
Mr William Cash
29
Clause 24, page 11, line 35, at end insert '"consult" and "consultation" mean paying due regard to the views expressed and includes publishing the reasons of the Secretary of State, following such consultation, for the making of an order under this Act and the 2002 Act no sooner than three months before making the order.'.
Mr William Cash
30
Clause 25, page 12, line 3, after '(3)', insert 'Subject to the provisions of this Act and the 2002 Act,'.
Mr William Cash
Angela Watkinson
Mr David Ruffley
Andrew Rosindell
69
Clause 25, page 12, line 5, leave out from 'Act' to end of line 7 and insert 'and shall come into force in Gibraltar on such day as the Secretary of State, following consultation with the Chief Minister of Gibraltar, may appoint by order made by statutory instrument.'.
Mr William Cash
36
Clause 25, page 12, line 6, leave out 'Lord Chancellor' and insert 'Secretary of State'.
Mr William Cash
Angela Watkinson
Mr David Ruffley
Andrew Rosindell
70
Clause 25, page 12, line 8, leave out subsection (4) and insert—
(4) Sections 10 to 21 shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State, following consultation with the Chief Minister of Gibraltar, may appoint by order made by statutory instrument.'.
Mr William Cash
37
Clause 25, page 12, line 8, leave out 'Lord Chancellor' and insert 'Secretary of State'.
NEW CLAUSES
Recommendations by Electoral Commission relating to methods of election of United Kingdom MEPs
Mr David Heath
Bob Russell
NC1
To move the following Clause:—
'(1) Before making any recommendation as to the distribution of MEPs between the electoral regions under section 2, the Electoral Commission shall—
| (a) | review the methods of election of MEPs currently used; |
| (b) | make an assessment of the efficacy of the methods of election in ensuring (i) proportionality; (ii) accountability; and (iii) effectiveness of representation; |
| (c) | make such recommendations to the Lord Chancellor as it shall determine. |
(2) A recommendation under this section must be published by the Electoral Commission and laid before Parliament by the Lord Chancellor.'.
Expiry of Act
Mr William Cash
NC2
To move the following Clause:—
'.— Part I of this Act shall cease to have effect if the electorate of any of the states whose government or governments have agreed to accede to the European Union (where such state or states are required by law to hold a referendum before such accession) votes in such a referendum to decline accession to the European Union.'.
EXTRACT FROM THE ORDER OF THE HOUSE [10TH DECEMBER]
Standing Committee
Proceedings in the Standing Committtee shall (so far as not peviously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 16th September 2003.
The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.
ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE [9TH JANUARY]
That—
(1) during proceedings on the European Parliament (Representation) Bill the Standing Committee shall, after its first sitting on Tuesday 7th January at 4.30 p.m., sit on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9.25 a.m. and 2.30 p.m.;
(2) the proceedings to be taken at the sittings shall be as shown in the second column of the Table below and shall be taken in the order so shown;
(3) the proceedings which under paragraph 2 are to be taken at any sitting shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the third column of the Table;
(4) paragraph 2 does not prevent proceedings being taken (in the order shown in the second column of the table) at any earlier sitting than that provided for under paragraph 2 if previous proceedings have already been concluded.
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