Amendments proposed to the Electoral Administration Bill - continued	House of Commons
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NEW CLAUSE RELATING TO CANDIDATES STANDING IN MORE THAN ONE CONSITUENCY AT AN ELECTION

Candidate not to stand in more than one constituency

   

Sir Patrick Cormack
Sir Menzies Campbell
Mr John Denham
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Chris Grayling
Sir George Young

Mr Oliver Heald	Mr Jonathan Djanogly	Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Henry Bellingham	Mr David Burrowes

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

'In Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act (parliamentary elections rules), in rule 8(3) (candidate's consent to nomination), after paragraph (b) insert—

"(c)	shall state that he is not a candidate at an election for any other constituency the poll for which is to be held on the same day as that for the election to which the consent relates,".'.

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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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Prepared 8 Nov 2005