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Report Stage Proceedings: 11th January 2006
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“(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”.’.

Ms Harriet Harman

Agreed to  47

Page  1,  line  11  [Clause  1],  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

Ms Harriet Harman

Agreed to  48

Page  7,  line  16  [Clause  10],  leave out from ‘the’ to end of line 17 and insert ‘safety

test is satisfied’.

Ms Harriet Harman

Agreed to  49

Page  7,  line  18  [Clause  10],  leave out from second ‘the’ to end of line 19 and insert

‘safety test is satisfied’.

Ms Harriet Harman

Agreed to  50

Page  7,  line  27  [Clause  10],  leave out from second ‘the’ to ‘no entry’ in line 29 and

insert ‘safety test is satisfied’.

Ms Harriet Harman

Agreed to  51

Page  7,  line  42  [Clause  10],  at end insert—

‘(9A)
The safety test is satisfied if the safety of the applicant for an anonymous entry or

that of any other person of the same household would be at risk if the register

contains the name of the applicant or his qualifying address.’.

Mr David Heath

Not called  1

Page  11,  line  15  [Clause  13],  at end insert ‘and to whom section 13E (2A)(a)

applies.’.

Mr David Heath

Not called  6

Page  11,  line  25  [Clause  13],  at end insert ‘and to whom section 13E (2A)(a)

applies.’.

Mr David Heath

Not called  7

Page  11,  line  32  [Clause  13],  at end insert ‘and to whom section 13E (2A)(a)

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applies.’.

Mr David Heath

Not called  8

Page  11,  line  32  [Clause  13],  at end insert—

‘(2AA)
An application for alteration of registers may be made by any person already

included in a register at an address who wishes to provide personal identifiers in

accordance with section 13E.’.

Mr David Heath

Not called  9

Page  11,  line  34  [Clause  13],  at end insert ‘and (2AA).’.

Mr Oliver Heald

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mrs Eleanor Laing

Not called  16

Page  12,  line  35  [Clause  14],  at end insert—

‘(ba)
his national insurance number or a statement that he does not have one;’.

Mr David Heath

Not called  10

Page  12,  line  36  [Clause  14],  at end insert—

‘(2A)
In relation to England and Wales and Scotland—

(a)
in respect of any person wishing to be included in an absent voters list,

personal identifiers in accordance with subsection (2) must be provided

to the registration officer.

(b)
in respect of any person wishing to vote in person, personal identifiers in

accordance with subsection (2) may be provided to a registration officer,

but will not be required to be provided unless the Secretary of State by

order so prescribes.’.

Mr David Heath

Mr Oliver Heald

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mrs Eleanor Laing

Not called  11

Page  14,  line  16,  leave out Clause 15.

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Mr David Heath

Mr Oliver Heald

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mrs Eleanor Laing

Not called  12

Page  15,  line  25,  leave out Clause 16.

Mr David Heath

Mr Oliver Heald

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mrs Eleanor Laing

Not called  13

Page  16,  line  10,  leave out Clause 17.

Ms Harriet Harman

Agreed to  52

Page  23,  line  40  [Clause  22],  leave out from ‘paragraph’ to end of line 3 on page 24

and insert ‘(3)(a)—

(a)
the words “(of not more than 6 words in length)” are omitted;

(b)
after “rule 6A(1)” insert “or (1B)”.’.

Ms Harriet Harman

Mr Oliver Heald

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mrs Eleanor Laing

Agreed to  18

Page  24,  line  33  [Clause  22],  leave out subsection (9).

Ms Harriet Harman

Agreed to  54

Page  24,  line  35,  leave out Clause 23.

Mr Oliver Heald

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mrs Eleanor Laing

Not selected  19

Page  24,  line  42  [Clause  23],  leave out ‘or’ and insert ‘and’.

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Mr David Heath

Not called  2

Page  25,  line  7  [Clause  23],  leave out ‘Annibynnwr’ and insert ‘Annibynnol’.

Ms Harriet Harman

Agreed to  55

Page  28,  line  7  [Clause  25],  leave out ‘(against upgrading the M399)’.

Mr Oliver Heald

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mrs Eleanor Laing

Not called  21

Page  33,  line  36  [Clause  29],  leave out ‘of four months ending with’ and insert

‘from Notice of Election until’.

Mr Oliver Heald

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mrs Eleanor Laing

Not called  22

Page  33,  line  40  [Clause  29],  leave out ‘of four months ending with’ and insert

‘from Notice of Election until’.

Mr Oliver Heald

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mrs Eleanor Laing

Not called  23

Page  34,  line  1  [Clause  29],  leave out ‘starting with the day when the vacancy

occurs and ending with’ and insert ‘from Notice of Election until’.

Mr Oliver Heald

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mrs Eleanor Laing

Not called  20

Page  34,  line  17  [Clause  29],  leave out subsection (6).

Mr David Heath

Not called  3

Page  34,  line  33  [Clause  30],  at end insert—

‘“(3B)
For the purposes of subsection (3A), any expenses incurred by a registered

political party in respect of communicating with an individual elector in that

election, at the address at which he is registered, shall be treated as an election

expense if that communication makes reference to—

(a)
the constituency in which the elector is registered, or

(b)
any place or person within that constituency, or

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(c)
any candidate in that election,


irrespective of whether that communication makes reference to the candidate of

that party by name.”.’.

Mr Bruce George

Not called  24

Page  39,  line  21  [Clause  33],  leave out ‘apply for permission to’.

Mr Bruce George

Not called  25

Page  39,  line  29  [Clause  33],  leave out subsections (3) to (8).

Mr Bruce George

Not called  26

Page  40,  line  11  [Clause  33],  leave out subsection (10).

Mr Bruce George

Not called  27

Page  40,  line  26  [Clause  33],  leave out ‘apply for permission to’.

Mr Bruce George

Not called  28

Page  40,  line  35  [Clause  33],  leave out subsections (3) to (7).

Mr Bruce George

Not called  29

Page  41,  line  15  [Clause  33],  leave out ‘following’.

Mr Bruce George

Not called  30

Page  41,  line  18  [Clause  33],  leave out paragraphs (a) to (c).

Mr Bruce George

Not called  31

Page  41,  line  21  [Clause  33],  leave out from ‘may’ to ‘attend’ in line 26.

Mr Bruce George

Not called  32

Page  41,  line  27  [Clause  33],  leave out subsections (3) and (4).

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Mr Bruce George

Not called  33

Page  41,  line  42  [Clause  33],  leave out subsections (8) and (9).

Mr Bruce George

Not called  34

Page  42,  line  8  [Clause  33],  leave out subsection (11).

Mr Bruce George

Not called  35

Page  42,  line  12  [Clause  33],  leave out ‘following’.

Mr Bruce George

Not called  36

Page  42,  line  15  [Clause  33],  leave out paragraphs (a) to (c).

Mr Bruce George

Not called  37

Page  42,  line  17  [Clause  33],  at end insert—

‘(1A)
The organisations which may apply under subsection (1) shall include the

following—

(a)
the Organisation for Security and Co-Operation in Europe, and the Office

for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights;

(b)
the European Parliament;

(c)
the European Commission;

(d)
the Commonwealth;

(e)
the Commonwealth of Independent States;

(f)
the United Nations;

(g)
the Council of Europe and its Parliamentary Assembly; and

(h)
the Inter Parliamentary Union.

(1B)
For the purposes of subsection (1), “an organisation” shall also include a United

Kingdom political party, as registered under section 28 of the 2000 Act, a media

organisation and a United Kingdom, or foreign, non-governmental organisation.’.

Mr Bruce George

Not called  38

Page  42,  line  19  [Clause  33],  leave out from ‘may’ to ‘nominate’ in line 23.

Mr Bruce George

Not called  39

Page  42,  line  25  [Clause  33],  leave out subsections (3) and (4).

Mr Bruce George

Not called  40

Page  43,  line  1  [Clause  33],  leave out subsections (8) to (12).

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Mr Bruce George

Not called  41

Page  43,  line  30  [Clause  33],  leave out paragraphs (c) and (d).

Mr Bruce George

Not called  42

Page  43,  line  40  [Clause  33],  leave out ‘6A(5), 6B(5), 6C(4) and 6D(4)’ and insert

‘6A(1), 6B(1), 6C(2) and 6D(2)’.

Mr Bruce George

Not called  43

Page  43,  line  42  [Clause  33],  at end insert—

‘(3A)
The code shall make provision for the withdrawal of accreditation from any

person or organisation observing any proceedings relating to an election pursuant

to sections 6A(1), 6B(1), 6C(1) or 6D(1) found to be in breach of the code of

practice.’.

Ms Harriet Harman

Agreed to  56

Page  46,  line  34  [Clause  35],  leave out subsection (9).

Ms Harriet Harman

Agreed to  57

Page  48,  line  6  [Clause  37],  before ‘in’ insert ‘at an election held’.

Ms Harriet Harman

Agreed to  58

Page  48,  line  8  [Clause  37],  before ‘in’ insert ‘at an election held’.

Ms Harriet Harman

Agreed to  59

Page  48,  line  10  [Clause  37],  leave out ‘(whether free of charge or otherwise)’.

Ms Harriet Harman

Agreed to  60

Page  48,  line  19  [Clause  37],  at end insert—

    ‘(4)
In the case of a ballot paper issued to a person resident in the United Kingdom,

the returning officer must ensure that the return of the ballot paper and postal

voting statement or declaration of identity is free of charge to the voter.

      (5)
In any other case, regulations may provide that the returning officer must so

ensure.’.