NOTICES OF AMENDMENTS
given up to and including
Tuesday 17th January 2006
New Amendments handed in are marked thus *
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE
GOVERNMENT OF WALES BILL
Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott
59
Clause 92, page 50, line 5, leave out 'Assembly' and insert 'Senedd'.
Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott
60
Clause 92, page 50, line 5, leave out 'National Assembly for Wales' and insert 'Senedd'.
Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott
61
Clause 92, page 50, line 7, leave out 'Assembly' and insert 'Senedd'.
Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott
62
Clause 92, page 50, line 8, leave out first 'Assembly' and insert 'Senedd'.
Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott
96
Clause 92, page 50, line 8, leave out second 'Assembly' and insert 'Senedd'.
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin
48
Clause 92, page 50, line 9, at end insert—
'(2A) No Assembly Measure may be introduced unless a majority of voters in a referendum vote in favour of Assembly Measure provisions coming into force.'.
Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott
63
Clause 92, page 50, line 10, leave out 'Assembly' and insert 'Senedd'.
Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott
64
Clause 92, page 50, line 11, leave out 'Assembly' and insert 'Senedd'.
Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott
65
Clause 92, page 50, line 12, leave out 'Assembly' and insert 'Senedd'.
Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott
107
Clause 93, page 50, line 21, leave out from 'competence' to end of line 4 on page 51 and insert 'unless it relates to one or more of the reserved matters specified in Schedule [Reserved matters].'.
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price
26
Schedule 5, page 108, line 30, at end insert—
'Field 5A: energy'.
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price
25
Schedule 5, page 109, line 39, at end insert—
'Field 13A: police, probation, and prison service'.
Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott
108
Page 108, line 22, leave out Schedule 5.
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price
135
*Clause 94, page 51, line 28, after 'by', insert '(i)'.
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price
134
*Clause 94, page 51, line 29, after 'Parliament', insert ', or
| (ii) | a resolution of the House of Commons subsequently rejected by a resolution of the House of Lords, provided that the Measure shall not take effect until one year has elapsed since the date on which the Order was approved by the House of Commons'. |
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price
27
Clause 94, page 51, line 29, at end insert—
'(5A) In the event of approval of a draft statutory instrument by the Assembly, as specified in subsection (5)(a), but there not being within 60 days of that approval, an approval by a resolution of each House of Parliament as specified in subsection (5)(b), subsection (5) shall cease to have effect in the case of that draft statutory instrument, and the procedure specified in subsection (5B) will then apply to that draft statutory instrument.
(5B) The procedure which will apply in cases specified in subsection (5A) will be that no recommendation is to be made to Her Majesty in Council to make an Order in Council under this section unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the Order in Council—
| (a) | has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Assembly, and |
| (b) | the resolution of the Assembly is passed on a vote in which the number of Assembly members voting in favour of it is not less than two-thirds of the total number of Assembly seats.'. |
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Adam Price
Hywel Williams
122
Clause 94, page 51, line 38, leave out 'either'.
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Adam Price
Hywel Williams
123
Clause 94, page 51, line 39, leave out from 'Parliament' to end of line 1 on page 52.
Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott
53
Clause 94, page 51, line 40, at beginning insert 'if subsection (7A) applies,'.
Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott
54
Clause 94, page 51, line 41, at end insert—
'(7A) This subsection applies only if the Secretary of State has reason to believe that the Assembly Measure—
| (a) | would have an adverse effect no any matter which is not specified in Part 1 of Schedule 5, |
| (b) | might have a serious adverse impact on water resources in England, water supply in England or the quality of water in England, |
| (c) | would have an adverse impact on the law as it applies in England, or |
| (d) | would be incompatible with any international obligation or the interests of defence or national security.'. |
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price
28
Clause 95, page 52, line 11, after 'Counsel General', insert 'or the Assembly'.
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price
30
Clause 96, page 52, line 21, at end insert ', or
| (c) | by any committee of the Assembly established under section 28 or section 30.'. |
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price
29
Clause 98, page 53, line 44, after 'Counsel General', insert 'or the Assembly'.
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price
125
*Clause 100, page 54, line 39, leave out paragraph (a).
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price
126
*Clause 100, page 54, line 43, leave out paragraph (c).
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price
31
Clause 102, page 56, line 25, at end insert—
'(3A) If a resolution passed by the Assembly under section 103 includes the text of the question which the Assembly proposes should be included on the ballot paper at the referendum, that text shall be included in any recommendation made to Her Majesty in Council to make an Order in Council under subsection (1).'.
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price
137
*Clause 102, page 56, line 28, after 'by', insert '(a)'.
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price
136
*Clause 102, page 56, line 29, leave out 'each House of Parliament and the Assembly' and insert 'the Assembly and each House of Parliament, or
| (b) | a resolution of the Assembly and the House of Commons subsequently rejected by a resolution of the House of Lords, provided that the Referendum shall not be held until one year has elapsed since the date on which the instrument was approved by the House of Commons'. |
Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott
55
Page 56, line 17, leave out Clause 102.
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price
32
Clause 103, page 57, line 7, leave out from 'which' to end of line 9 and insert 'a majority of Assembly Members present and voting vote in favour'.
Ian Lucas
Mr Paul Murphy
Mark Tami
Albert Owen
Mr Dai Harvard
110
Clause 103, page 57, line 13, leave out subsection (3) and insert—
'(3) The Secretary of State must—
| (a) | within the period of 120 days beginning immediately after the day upon which it is received consult upon— |
| (i) | the voting system, and |
| (ii) | the number of Assembly members |
of an Assembly after the Assembly Act provisions have come into force, and
| (b) | within the period of 180 days after the end of the consultation— |
| (i) | lay a draft of a statutory instrument containing on Order in Council under section 102(1) before each House of Parliament, or |
| (ii) | give notice in writing to the First Minister of the Secretary of State's refusal to do so and the reasons for that refusal.'. |
Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott
56
Page 57, line 1, leave out Clause 103.
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Adam Price
Hywel Williams
124
Clause 104, page 57, line 38, at end add—
'(5) This section is subject to section [Commencement of provisions relating to Welsh language].'.
