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| Tuesday 15th November 2005 |
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| Electoral Administration Bill
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| (Except Clauses Nos. 9 to 18; any new Clauses or new Schedules relating to Part 2 or Part 3
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| of the Bill; any new Clauses or new Schedules relating to the procedure to be followed at an
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| election on the death of a candidate; and any new Clauses or new Schedules relating to can
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| didates standing in more than one constituency at an election.)
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| [First And Second Sittings]
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| | (1) | during the proceedings on the Electoral Administration Bill, in addition to its |
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| | first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday 15th November, the Standing |
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| | (a) | 4.00 p.m on Tuesday 15th November, |
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| | (b) | 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 17th November, |
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| | (c) | 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 22nd November, |
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| | (d) | 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m on Thursday 24th November; |
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| | (2) | the Bill be considered in the following order, namely, Clauses 1 to 8, Clauses |
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| | 19 to 66, Schedules 1 and 2, Clauses 67 to 71, new Clauses, new Schedules, |
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| | remaining proceedings on the Bill; |
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| | (3) | proceedings on the Bill shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought |
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| | to a conclusion at 4.00 p.m on Thursday 24th November.
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 4, after ‘may’, insert ‘, pursuant to consultation with all |
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| affected political parties,’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 11, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 5, at end insert ‘, and |
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| | (c) | require the CORE keeper to maintain the information securely to protect |
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| | the integrity of the information from non-specified third parties.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 7, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(7A) | the relevant person in HM Forces shall provide the CORE keeper with accurate |
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| | details of anyone who has left HM Forces every three months.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 26, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(12) | A CORE scheme may require, in the interests of protecting entries from fraud, |
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| | that all electors must supply an individual unique identifier such as, where |
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| | appropriate, a national insurance number.’. |
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| Clause 2, page 3, line 19, at end insert ‘in an individual constituency;’. |
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| | Clauses 3 and 4 Agreed to. |
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| Clause 5, page 5, line 29, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(11) | A CORE scheme shall make provision to allow registered political parites full |
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| | access, without charge, to information controlled by the CORE keeper. Access to |
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| | information shall be governed by the Political Parties, Elections and |
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| | Referendums Act 2000 (c.41).’. |
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| Clause 6, page 5, line 42, at end insert ‘; and |
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| | (e) | affected political parties.’. |
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| | Clauses 7 and 8 Agreed to. |
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| Clause 19, page 18, line 36, at end insert ‘, except that such a notice may not be |
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| made in the period of three months before an election the date of which is prescribed.’. |
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| Clause 19, page 20, line 36, at end insert— |
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| | ‘18E | Electoral Boundary Reform |
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| | There shall be introduced an electoral quota system to determine the size of each |
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| | constituency electorate. The quota shall be determined by dividing the total |
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| | electorate in the United Kingdom by the number of seats. Maintaining an equal |
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| | number of electors per seat shall be the overriding consideration in determining |
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| Clause 20, page 22, line 5, leave out ‘nominated as a candidate’ and insert |
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| Clause 22, page 24, line 18, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(7A) | In rule 7 (subscription of nomination paper), in paragraph (1), for the word |
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| | “eight” substitute “one hundred”.’. |
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| Clause 22, page 24, line 33, leave out section (9). |
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| Clause 23, page 24, line 42, leave out ‘or’ and insert ‘and’. |
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| Clause 23, page 25, line 3, leave out ‘Scotland’. |
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| Clause 23, page 25, line 7, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(c) | in relation to a candidate standing in an election in Scotland, it consists |
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| | of the word “independent” or the word “Neo-eisimeil”.’. |
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| Clause 23, page 25, line 8, leave out subsections (3) to (9). |
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| Clause 23, page 25, line 13, leave out ‘to be likely’. |
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| Clause 23, page 25, line 15, leave out ‘it is not likely to’ and insert ‘will not’. |
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| Clause 23, page 25, line 22, leave out ‘be likely’. |
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| Clause 23, page 25, line 43, after ‘Wales’ insert ‘or Scotland’. |
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| Clause 23, page 25, line 45, after ‘or’ insert ‘Scottish Gaelic or’. |
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| Clause 23, page 26, line 8, leave out ‘(b)’ and insert ‘(c) (inserted by section |
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| [Candidate not to stand in more than one constituency])’. |
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| Clause 23, page 26, line 10, leave out ‘(c)’ and insert ‘(d)’. |
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| Clause 23, page 26, line 23, at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | If the returning officer thinks that the description on the nomination paper of a |
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| | candidate whose description is not authorised as mentioned in rule 6A(1) or (1B) |
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| | is misleadingly similar to a “registered description”, as detailed in section 28A or |
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| | 28B of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, he must, as |
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| | soon as practicable after the receipt of the non-authorised description, give his |
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| | decision on its validity.’. |
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| Clause 23, page 26, line 35, leave out ‘Scotland’. |
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| Clause 23, page 26, line 38, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(c) | in relation to an election in Scotland “IND/NEO-E” or, if the candidate |
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| | so requests, “NEO-E/IND”.’. |
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| Clause 23, page 26, line 45, after ‘“ANNIB/IND”’, insert ‘“IND/NEO-E” and |
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| Clause 23, page 26, line 45, leave out ‘and’. |
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| | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | Clauses 24 and 25 Agreed to. |
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| Clause 26, page 28, line 22, leave out first ‘In’. |
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| Clause 26, page 28, line 22, after ‘papers)’, insert ‘is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | In subsection (1), after paragraph (b) insert “or |
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| | (c) | a certificate authorising for the purposes of rule 6A of the |
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| | parliamentary elections rules the use by a candidate of a |
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| | description if he knows that the candidate is standing at an |
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| | election in another consituency in which the poll is to be held on |
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| | the same day as the poll at the election to which the certificate |
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| Clause 26, page 28, line 29, after ‘election,’, insert— |
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| | ‘(c) | at statement that he is not a candidate at an election for any other |
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| | constituency the poll for which is to be held on the same day as the poll |
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| | at the election to which the consent relates,’. |
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