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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 15th November 2005

 

Standing Committee Proceedings

 

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 can­


 

didates standing in more than one constituency at an election.)


 

[First And Second Sittings]


 

Harriet Harman

 

Agreed to

 

That—

 

(1)  

during the proceedings on the Electoral Administration Bill, in addition to its

 

first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday 15th November, the Standing

 

Committee shall meet at:

 

(a)  

4.00 p.m on Tuesday 15th November,

 

(b)  

9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 17th November,

 

(c)  

10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 22nd November,

 

(d)  

9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m on Thursday 24th November;

 

(2)  

the Bill be considered in the following order, namely, Clauses 1 to 8, Clauses

 

19 to 66, Schedules 1 and 2, Clauses 67 to 71, new Clauses, new Schedules,

 

remaining proceedings on the Bill;

 

(3)  

proceedings on the Bill shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought

 

to a conclusion at 4.00 p.m on Thursday 24th November.

 

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Withdrawn  35

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  4,  after ‘may’, insert ‘, pursuant to consultation with all

 

affected political parties,’.


 
 

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Electoral Administration Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not called  36

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  11,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not called  37

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  5,  at end insert ‘, and

 

(c)    

require the CORE keeper to maintain the information securely to protect

 

the integrity of the information from non-specified third parties.’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not selected  38

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  7,  at end insert—

 

‘(7A)    

the relevant person in HM Forces shall provide the CORE keeper with accurate

 

details of anyone who has left HM Forces every three months.’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not selected  39

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  26,  at end insert—

 

‘(12)    

A CORE scheme may require, in the interests of protecting entries from fraud,

 

that all electors must supply an individual unique identifier such as, where

 

appropriate, a national insurance number.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Withdrawn  40

 

Clause  2,  page  3,  line  19,  at end insert ‘in an individual constituency;’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 3 and 4 Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not called  42

 

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  29,  at end insert—


 
 

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Electoral Administration Bill, continued

 
 

‘(11)    

A CORE scheme shall make provision to allow registered political parites full

 

access, without charge, to information controlled by the CORE keeper. Access to

 

information shall be governed by the Political Parties, Elections and

 

Referendums Act 2000 (c.41).’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not called  43

 

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  42,  at end insert ‘; and

 

(e)    

affected political parties.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 7 and 8 Agreed to.

 


 

Mr David Heath

 

Dr John Pugh

 

Withdrawn  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 election the date of which is prescribed.’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not selected  44

 

Clause  19,  page  20,  line  36,  at end insert—

 

‘18E  

Electoral Boundary Reform

 

There shall be introduced an electoral quota system to determine the size of each

 

constituency electorate. The quota shall be determined by dividing the total

 

electorate in the United Kingdom by the number of seats. Maintaining an equal

 

number of electors per seat shall be the overriding consideration in determining

 

electoral boundaries.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr David Heath

 

Dr John Pugh

 

Withdrawn  4

 

Clause  20,  page  22,  line  5,  leave out ‘nominated as a candidate’ and insert

 

‘elected’.


 
 

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Electoral Administration Bill, continued

 
 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 21 Agreed to.

 


 

Mr David Heath

 

Dr John Pugh

 

Withdrawn  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 Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Negatived on division  46

 

Clause  22,  page  24,  line  33,  leave out section (9).

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not selected  47

 

Clause  23,  page  24,  line  42,  leave out ‘or’ and insert ‘and’.

 

Mr Angus MacNeil

 

Mr Alex Salmond

 

Pete Wishart

 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Angus Robertson

 

Stewart Hosie

 

Withdrawn  19

 

Clause  23,  page  25,  line  3,  leave out ‘Scotland’.

 

Mr Angus MacNeil

 

Mr Alex Salmond

 

Pete Wishart

 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Angus Robertson

 

Stewart Hosie

 

Withdrawn  20

 

Clause  23,  page  25,  line  7,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

in relation to a candidate standing in an election in Scotland, it consists

 

of the word “independent” or the word “Neo-eisimeil”.’.


 
 

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Electoral Administration Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Heath

 

Dr John Pugh

 

Withdrawn  6

 

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

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not called  48

 

Clause  23,  page  25,  line  13,  leave out ‘to be likely’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not called  49

 

Clause  23,  page  25,  line  15,  leave out ‘it is not likely to’ and insert ‘will not’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not called  50

 

Clause  23,  page  25,  line  22,  leave out ‘be likely’.

 

Mr Angus MacNeil

 

Mr Alex Salmond

 

Pete Wishart

 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Angus Robertson

 

Stewart Hosie

 

Not called  21

 

Clause  23,  page  25,  line  43,  after ‘Wales’ insert ‘or Scotland’.

 

Mr Angus MacNeil

 

Mr Alex Salmond

 

Pete Wishart

 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Angus Robertson

 

Stewart Hosie

 

Not called  22

 

Clause  23,  page  25,  line  45,  after ‘or’ insert ‘Scottish Gaelic or’.

 

Sir Patrick Cormack

 

Sir Menzies Campbell

 

Mr John Denham

 

Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody

 

Chris Grayling

 

Sir George Young

 

Agreed to  13

 

Clause  23,  page  26,  line  8,  leave out ‘(b)’ and insert ‘(c) (inserted by section

 

[Candidate not to stand in more than one constituency])’.


 
 

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Electoral Administration Bill, continued

 
 

Sir Patrick Cormack

 

Sir Menzies Campbell

 

Mr John Denham

 

Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody

 

Chris Grayling

 

Sir George Young

 

Agreed to  14

 

Clause  23,  page  26,  line  10,  leave out ‘(c)’ and insert ‘(d)’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Not called  51

 

Clause  23,  page  26,  line  23,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

If the returning officer thinks that the description on the nomination paper of a

 

candidate whose description is not authorised as mentioned in rule 6A(1) or (1B)

 

is misleadingly similar to a “registered description”, as detailed in section 28A or

 

28B of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, he must, as

 

soon as practicable after the receipt of the non-authorised description, give his

 

decision on its validity.’.

 

Mr Angus MacNeil

 

Mr Alex Salmond

 

Pete Wishart

 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Angus Robertson

 

Stewart Hosie

 

Not called  23

 

Clause  23,  page  26,  line  35,  leave out ‘Scotland’.

 

Mr Angus MacNeil

 

Mr Alex Salmond

 

Pete Wishart

 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Angus Robertson

 

Stewart Hosie

 

Not called  24

 

Clause  23,  page  26,  line  38,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

in relation to an election in Scotland “IND/NEO-E” or, if the candidate

 

so requests, “NEO-E/IND”.’.

 

Mr Angus MacNeil

 

Mr Alex Salmond

 

Pete Wishart

 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Angus Robertson

 

Stewart Hosie

 

Not called  26

 

Clause  23,  page  26,  line  45,  after ‘“ANNIB/IND”’, insert ‘“IND/NEO-E” and

 

“NEO-E/IND”.’.


 
 

S.C.B. Standing Committee Proceedings: 15th November 2005        

145

 

Electoral Administration Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Angus MacNeil

 

Mr Alex Salmond

 

Pete Wishart

 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Angus Robertson

 

Stewart Hosie

 

Not called  25

 

Clause  23,  page  26,  line  45,  leave out ‘and’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Clauses 24 and 25 Agreed to.

 


 

Sir Patrick Cormack

 

Sir Menzies Campbell

 

Mr John Denham

 

Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody

 

Chris Grayling

 

Sir George Young

 

Agreed to  15

 

Clause  26,  page  28,  line  22,  leave out first ‘In’.

 

Sir Patrick Cormack

 

Sir Menzies Campbell

 

Mr John Denham

 

Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody

 

Chris Grayling

 

Sir George Young

 

Agreed to  16

 

Clause  26,  page  28,  line  22,  after ‘papers)’, insert ‘is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In subsection (1), after paragraph (b) insert “or

 

(c)    

a certificate authorising for the purposes of rule 6A of the

 

parliamentary elections rules the use by a candidate of a

 

description if he knows that the candidate is standing at an

 

election in another consituency in which the poll is to be held on

 

the same day as the poll at the election to which the certificate

 

relates.”.’.

 

Sir Patrick Cormack

 

Sir Menzies Campbell

 

Mr John Denham

 

Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody

 

Chris Grayling

 

Sir George Young

 

Agreed to  17

 

Clause   26,  page  28,  line  29,  after ‘election,’, insert—

 

‘(c)    

at statement 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 the poll

 

at the election to which the consent relates,’.


 
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