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Amendments proposed to the Electoral Administration Bill - continued	House of Commons

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Minimum age of voting

Ms Diana R. Johnson
Andrew Mackinlay

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

'(1) In section 1 of the 1983 Act (parliamentary electors), for subsection (d) substitute—"(d) is of voting age (that is, 16 years or over)".

(2) In section 2 of the 1983 Act (local government electors), for subsection (d) substitute—"(d) is of voting age (that is, 16 years or over)".

(3) In paragraph 6(5) of Schedule 4 of the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c.2), for "18" substitute "16".'.

Absent and overseas voters

Mr Andrew Turner

NC3

To move the following Clause:—

'(1) The Secretary of State shall, within 12 months of the passage of this Bill lay regulations—

(a) providing that overseas voters' ballot papers may be delivered to a British diplomatic representative and if so delivered before the close of the poll shall be counted there in secure conditions and the result transmitted by electronic means to the returning officer or officers in any such polls;

(b) providing that absent voters' ballot papers may on any weekday after their distribution by post be left at a place designated by the returning officer at any time designated in this regulation and kept in secure conditions until the close of the poll when they shall be counted with other ballot papers; and

(c) providing that a returning officer or officers shall adopt a common date on which absent voters' ballot papers shall be posted.

(2) Regulations made under this section shall be laid in draft before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament before being made.'.

Extra provision for collection of postal votes

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

NC4

To move the following Clause:—

'There shall be available, in each constituency until, and including, polling day, a ballot box at which postal votes may be cast in person.'.

Referendum campaign funding

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mrs Eleanor Laing

NC5

To move the following Clause:—

'(1) Section 125 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 125 (restriction on publication etc. of promotional material by central and local government etc.), for paragraph (4)(b), substitute—

"(b) 'the relevant period', in relation to a referendum, means the period commencing with the beginning of the referendum campaign and ending with the date of the poll.".'.

Challenging election results

Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mrs Eleanor Laing

NC6

To move the following Clause:—

'The ongoing conduct of a police investigation into an election shall not prevent such election result being capable of being challenged by way of an election petition.'.

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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