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given up to and including

Tuesday 1st November 2005


New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

STANDING COMMITTEE B

ELECTORAL ADMINISTRATION BILL


Except Clauses Nos. 9 to 18; any new Clauses or new Schedules relating to Part 2 or Part 3 of the Bill; any new Clauses or new Schedules relating to the procedure to be followed at an election on the death of a candidate; and any new Clauses or new Schedules relating to candidates standing in more than one constituency at an election.


   

Mr David Heath

3

Clause     19,     page     18,     line     36,     at end insert 'except that such a notice may not be made in the period of three months before an eletion the date of which is prescribed.'.


   

Mr David Heath

4

*Clause     20,     page     22,     line     5,     leave out 'nominated as candidate' and insert 'elected'.


   

Mr David Heath

5

*Clause     22,     page     24,     line     18,     at end insert—

    '(7A)   In rule 7 (subscription of nomination paper), in paragraph) (1), for the word "eight" substitute "one hundred".'.


   

Mr David Heath

6

*Clause     23,     page     25,     line     8,     leave out subsections (3) to (9).


   

Mr David Heath

7

*Clause     29,     page     30,     line     38,     at end insert—

    '(2A)   For the purposes of subsection (1), any expenses incurred by a registered political party in respect of communicating with an individual elector in that election, irrespective of whether that communiction makes reference to the candidate of that party by name, shall be treated as an election expense.'.

   

Mr David Heath

8

*Clause     29,     page     31,     line     4,     leave out subsections (5) and (6).


   

Mr David Heath

9

*Clause     36,     page     44,     line     38,     at end insert—

    '"(1ZF)   If a person applies for a ballot paper and it seems to the presiding officer or a clerk that he is entitled to a tendered ballot paper under this rule, the presiding officer or clerk shall inform him of the circumstances under which he can cast a tendered ballot paper.".'.


   

Mr David Heath

10

*Clause     39,     page     47,     line     16,     after third 'the', insert 'marked'.


   

Mr David Heath

11

*Clause     40,     page     49,     line     39,     after second 'the', insert 'marked'.


   

Mr David Heath

1

Clause     69,     page     68,     line     22,     at end insert—

    '( )   section 13;

    ( )   section 14;'.

   

Mr David Heath

2

Clause     69,     page     68,     line     37,     leave out subsection (5).


   

Mr David Heath

12

*Clause     70,     page     69,     line     6,     leave out paragraph (b).


NEW CLAUSE

Content of election address

   

Mr David Heath

NC1

*To move the following Clause:—

          '(1)   Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act (parliamentary election rules) is amended as follows.

          (2)   In rule 91 (candidate's right to send election address post free), after 1(a) insert—

          "( )   If, and only if, the universal service provider considers any matter in that communication not properly to consitute 'matter related to the election only' in paragraph 1(a), then the question as to whether it is included must be referred to the Electoral Commission for determination.

          ( )   The universal service provider may not by any other means specify what matter can be included in a communication under this section.".'.


ORDER OF THE HOUSE [25th OCTOBER]

Committal

    1.   The following shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House—

      (a) Clauses Nos. 9 to 18;

      (b) any new Clauses or new Schedules relating to Part 2 or Part 3 of the Bill;

      (c) any new Clauses or new Schedules relating to the procedure to be followed at an election on the death of a candidate;

      (d) any new Clauses or new Schedules relating to candidates standing in more than one constituency at an election.

    2.   The remainder of the Bill shall be committed to a Standing Committee.

Proceedings in Committee

    3.   Proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall be completed in one day.

    4.   Those Proceedings shall be taken in the order shown in the first column of the following table and shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the times specified in the second column of that table.

ProceedingsTime for conclusion of proceedings
Clauses Nos. 9 to 12, new Clauses relating to Part 2 of the Bill, new Schedules relating to Part 2 of the Bill.Two and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Bill.
Clauses Nos. 13 to 18, new Clauses relating to Part 3 of the Bill, new Schedules relating to Part 3 of the Bill.Two and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on Clause No. 13.
New Clauses and new Schedules relating to the procedure to be followed at an election on the death of candidate or relating to candidates standing in more than one consituency at an election.The moment of interruption or one hour after the commencement of proceedings on the first such new Clause, whichever is the later.

    5.   Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to the proceedings in Committee of the whole House.

Proceedings in Standing Committee

    6.   Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 24th November.

    7.   The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.

Proceedings after Commmittee

    8.   When the provisions of the Bill considered respectively by the Committee of the whole House and by the Standing Committee have been reported to the House, the Bill shall be proceeded with as if it had been reported as a whole from the Standing Committee.

Consideration and Third Reading

    9.   Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.

    10.   Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

    11.   Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.

Programming of proceedings

    12.   Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments or any further messages from the Lords) may be programmed.


 
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