Amendment Paper as at
Monday 12th May 2003
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE
New Amendments handed in are marked thus *
NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY (ELECTIONS AND PERIODS OF SUSPENSION) BILL
Mr Lembit Öpik
Mr Alistair Carmichael
1
*Clause 1, page 1, line 8, leave out 'a' and insert '23rd October 2003 or any earlier'.
Mr Peter Robinson
Mr Seamus Mallon
Mr Eddie McGrady
Mr John Hume
Mr Kevin McNamara
3
*Clause 1, page 1, line 8, leave out 'a date to be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State' and insert '26th June 2003'.
Mr Andrew Mackinlay
12
*Clause 1, page 1, line 9, at end insert 'and which shall be made no later than 14th November 2003.'.
Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr David Maclean
Mr John Taylor
2
*Clause 1, page 1, line 9, at end insert—
'(2A) If the Secretary of State has not specified a date for the poll for the election of an Assembly in accordance with subsection (2) above by 16th October 2003, a poll for such an election shall take place on 6th November 2003.'.
Mr Peter Robinson
Mr Seamus Mallon
Mr Eddie McGrady
Mr John Hume
Mr Kevin McNamara
4
*Clause 1, page 1, line 10, leave out subsection (3).
Mr Peter Robinson
5
*Clause 1, page 1, line 15, leave out 'the date specified in an order under section 31(2) of the 1998 Act' and insert '26th June 2003'.
Mr Seamus Mallon
Mr Eddie McGrady
Mr John Hume
Mr Kevin McNamara
10
*Clause 1, page 1, line 15, leave out 'in an order'.
Mr Andrew Mackinlay
13
*Clause 2, page 2, line 20, leave out subsection (2).
Mr Andrew Mackinlay
14
*Clause 3, page 2, line 29, after 'section', insert 'contained in an order made by statutory instrument.'.
Mr Andrew Mackinlay
15
*Clause 4, page 3, line 28, leave out subsection (2) and insert—
'(2) The Secretary of State may, by order made by statutory instrument, make provision for remuneration for persons described in subsection (1) above.
(2A) Any order made under subsection (2) above shall detail the scale and terms of any such remuneration.
(2B) An order made under subsection (2) above shall be subject to approval by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
(2C) The power to make an order under subsection (2) above shall cease to have effect upon the election of the new Assembly or on 31st December 2003, whichever is the earlier.'.
Mr Peter Robinson
6
*Clause 4, page 3, line 34, leave out 'the date specified in an order under section 31(2) of the 1998 Act as substituted by section 1(2) of this Act' and insert '26th June'.
Mr Seamus Mallon
Mr Eddie McGrady
Mr John Hume
Mr Kevin McNamara
11
*Clause 4, page 3, line 34, leave out 'in an order'.
Mr Peter Robinson
7
*Clause 4, page 3, line 35, at end add—
'(4A) No payment is to be made under this section for any period after 26th June 2003.'.
Mr Andrew Mackinlay
16
*Clause 4, page 3, line 35, at end add—
'(5) For the purposes of this section and of section 51 of the 1998 Act, the Presiding Officer of the Assembly on 28th April 2003 shall be deemed to be the Presiding Officer until a new Presiding Officer has been elected by the [newly-elected] Assembly.'.
Mr Andrew Mackinlay
17
*Clause 5, page 4, line 35, after 'Commons', insert 'or a person provided for under section 4(1) of this Act'.
Mr Andrew Mackinlay
18
*Clause 6, page 5, line 21, leave out subsections (6), (7), (8) and (9).
NEW CLAUSES
Negotiations during suspension
Mr Peter Robinson
NC1
*To move the following Clause:—
'If after the next election section 1 of the Northern Ireland Act 2000 is in force, the Secretary of State shall invite the nominating representative of each party for which members have been returned to nominate from among those members a team to participate in the negotiations.'.
Duration
Mr Andrew Mackinlay
NC2
*To move the following Clause:—
'. This Act shall cease to have effect on 15th November 2003 unless the Secretary of State shall have laid an order under section 96(1A) of the 1998 Act.'.
Resignation of Members of the Assembly
Mr Andrew Mackinlay
NC3
*To move the following Clause:—
'. Section 51 of the 1998 Act shall have effect as if for that section there were substituted—
| "51. | A person may for the purposes of section 47 resign by giving notice to the Presiding Officer or, in the event of the Presiding Officer wishing to resign or having resigned, to the Secretary of State.".'. |
Electoral register
Mr Andrew Mackinlay
NC4
*To move the following Clause:—
'.The entry for Rule 1 of the Parliamentary Elections Rules (timetable) in Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001 (SI 2001/2599) (which provides for the application with modifications to Assembly elections of provisions of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c 2) and other Acts) is to have effect as if the first entry in the second column of the substituted Timetable (which relates to publication of notice of an election) read "Not later than the 20th day before the date of the poll.".'.
NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY (ELECTIONS AND PERIODS OF SUSPENSION) BILL (ALLOCATION OF TIME)
That the following provisions shall apply to the proceedings on the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections and Periods of Suspension) Bill—
Timetable
1. Proceedings on Second Reading, in Committee, on consideration and on Third Reading shall be completed at this day's sitting and shall be brought to a conclusion, if not previously concluded, at Ten o'clock.
Timing of proceedings and Questions to be put
2. When the Bill has been read a second time—
| (a) | it shall, notwithstanding Standing Order No. 63 (Committal of bills), stand committed to a Committee of the whole House without any Question being put; |
| (b) | proceedings on the Bill shall stand postponed while the Question is put, in accordance with paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 52 (Money resolutions and ways and means resolutions in connection with bills), on any financial resolution relating to the Bill; |
| (c) | on the conclusion of proceedings on any financial resolution relating to the Bill, proceedings on the Bill shall be resumed and the Speaker shall leave the Chair whether or not notice of an Instruction has been given. |
3. On the conclusion of proceedings in Committee the Chairman shall report the Bill to the House without putting any Question and, if the Bill is reported with amendments, the House shall proceed to consider the Bill as amended without any Question being put.
4. For the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 1 the Speaker or Chairman shall forthwith put the following Questions (but no others)—
| (a) | any Question already proposed from the Chair; |
| (b) | any Question necessary to bring to a decision a Question so proposed; |
| (c) | the Question on any amendment moved or Motion made by a Minister of the Crown; |
| (d) | any other Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded. |
5. On a Motion so made for a new Clause or a new Schedule, the Chairman or Speaker shall put only the Question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill.
Consideration of Lords Amendments
6.—(1) Any Lords Amendments to the Bill shall be considered forthwith without any Question being put.
(2) Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments shall be brought to a conclusion, if not previously concluded, one hour after their commencement.
7.—(1) This paragraph applies for the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 6.
(2) The Speaker shall first put forthwith any Question already proposed from the Chair and not yet decided.
(3) If that Question is for the amendment of a Lords Amendment the Speaker shall then put forthwith—
| (a) | a single Question on any further Amendments to the Lords Amendment moved by a Minister of the Crown, and |
| (b) | the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, That this House agrees or disagrees to the Lords Amendment or (as the case may be) to the Lords Amendment as amended. |
(4) The Speaker shall then put forthwith—
| (a) | a single Question on any Amendments moved by a Minister of the Crown to a Lords Amendment, and |
| (b) | the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, That this House agrees or disagrees to the Lords Amendment or (as the case may be) to the Lords Amendment as amended. |
(5) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown, That this House disagrees to a Lords Amendment.
(6) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question, That this House agrees to all the remaining Lords Amendments.
(7) As soon as the House has agreed or disagreed to a Lords Amendment, or disposed of an Amendment relevant to a Lords Amendment which has been disagreed to, the Speaker shall put forthwith a single Question on any Amendments moved by a Minister of the Crown and relevant to the Lords Amendment.
Subsequent stages
8.—(1) Any further Message from the Lords on the Bill shall be considered forthwith without any Question being put.
(2) Proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement.
9.—(1) This paragraph applies for the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph 8.
(2) The Speaker shall first put forthwith any Question which has already been proposed from the Chair and not yet decided.
(3) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown which is related to the Question already proposed from the Chair.
(4) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown on or relevant to any of the remaining items in the Lords Message.
(5) The Speaker shall then put forthwith the Question, That this House agrees with the Lords in all the remaining Lords Proposals.
Reasons Committee
10.—(1) The Speaker shall put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown for the appointment, nomination and quorum of a Committee to draw up Reasons in relation to the Bill and the appointment of its Chairman.
(2) A Committee appointed to draw up Reasons shall report before the conclusion of the sitting at which it is appointed.
(3) Proceedings in the Committee shall, if not previously brought to a conclusion, be brought to a conclusion 30 minutes after their commencement.
(4) For the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) the Chairman shall—
| (a) | first put forthwith any Question which has been proposed from the Chair but not yet decided, and |
| (b) | then put forthwith successively Questions on motions which may be made by a Minister of the Crown for assigning a Reason for disagreeing with the Lords in any of their Amendments. |
(5) The proceedings of the Committee shall be reported without any further Question being put.
Miscellaneous
11. Paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 15 (Exempted business) shall apply to any proceedings to which this Order applies.
12. The proceedings on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown for varying or supplementing the provisions of this Order shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement and paragraph (1) of Standing Order No. 15 shall apply to those proceedings.
13. Standing Order No. 82 (Business Committee) shall not apply in relation to any proceedings to which this Order applies.
14. No Motion shall be made to alter the order in which any proceedings on the Bill are taken or to re-commit the Bill.
15. No dilatory Motion shall be made in relation to proceedings to which this Order applies except by a Minister of the Crown; and the Question on any such Motion shall be put forthwith.
16.—(1) This paragraph applies if—
| (a) | a Motion for the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 24 (Adjournment on specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration) has been stood over to Seven o'clock, Three o'clock or Four o'clock (as the case may be), but |
| (b) | proceedings to which this Order applies have begun before then. |
(2) Proceedings on that Motion shall stand postponed until the conclusion of those proceedings.
17. If the House is adjourned, or the sitting is suspended, before the conclusion of any proceedings to which this Order applies, no notice shall be required of a Motion made at the next sitting by a Minister of the Crown for varying or supplementing the provisions of this Order.
18. Proceedings to which this Order applies shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to the sittings of the House.
