NOTICES OF AMENDMENTS
given up to and including
Tuesday 1st November 2005
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE
ELECTORAL ADMINISTRATION BILL
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
1
Clause 9, page 6, line 26, at end insert—
'( ) ensuring that registers are compiled in accordance wih the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act 2001'.
Mr David Heath
2
Clause 10, page 7, line 29, leave out from 'address' to end of line 30 and insert,'an entry is to be made in accordance with section 9 above.'.
Mr David Heath
3
Clause 10, page 8, line 18, leave out from 'registered' to end of line 20 and insert, 'in pursuance of a further application.'.
Mr David Heath
10
Clause 11, page 8, line 28, leave out 'fifth' and insert 'seventh'.
Mr David Heath
11
Clause 11, page 9, line 1, leave out 'fifth' and insert 'seventh'.
Mr David Heath
13
Clause 13, page 12, line 5, leave out from beginning of line to end of line 24 and insert—
| '(a) | leave out paragraph (1B); and |
| (b) | in paragraph 2, leave out "in Northern Ireland".'. |
Mr David Heath
4
Clause 15, page 14, line 17, leave out subsection (1).
Mr David Heath
5
Clause 15, page 14, line 26, leave out from 'to' to end of line and insert—
'one or more electoral regions as defined for the purposes of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 (c.24)'.
Mr David Heath
6
Clause 16, page 15, line 1, leave out subsections (10) and (11).
Mr David Heath
7
Clause 16, page 15, line 40, leave out 'local authority in response to whose proposal' and insert 'local authorities within the region or regions in which'.
Mr David Heath
8
Clause 16, page 15, line 43, leave out 'local authority in response to whose proposal' and insert 'local authorities within the region or regions in which'.
Mr David Heath
9
Clause 16, page 16, line 1, leave out first 'The' and insert 'Each'.
NEW CLAUSE
Registration of service personnel
Mr Andrew Tyrie
NC1
To move the following Clause:—
'(1) After section 10A of the 1983 Act (Preparation of registers) insert—
"10A Right to be registered
(1) A person who may be entitled to vote as an elector at parliamentary elections for which any register is to be used is entitled to be registered in that register, subject to subsections (2) and (3) below.
(2) A person who on the qualifying date has a service qualification is not entitled to be registered as mentioned in subsection (1) above except in pursuance of an appropriate service declaration; and in this subsection and in subsection (3) below "appropriate service declaration" means—
| (a) | in the case of a person who on the qualifying date is a member of the forces or the wife or husband of such a member, a service declaration made in accordance with section 15 below and in force on that date; and |
| (b) | in any other case, a service declaration made in accordance with that section with reference to that date. |
(3) Subsection (2) above does not apply to a person who on the qualifying date is the wife or husband of a member of the forces if on that date—
| (a) | that person has no other service qualification; |
| (b) | that person is resident in the United Kindgdom; and |
| (c) | no appropriate service declaration is in force in respect of that person.".'. |
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.
| Proceedings | Time 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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