Amendments proposed to the Government of Wales Bill - continued House of Commons

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Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

11

Clause     7,     page     4,     line     34,     at end insert 'or'.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

10

Clause     7,     page     4,     line     36,     leave out out from second 'region' to end of line 38.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

130

Clause     7,     page     4,     line     37,     leave out paragraph (c).

   

Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

94

Clause     7,     page     4,     line     42,     at end insert 'or'.

   

Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

95

Clause     7,     page     5,     line     2,     leave out 'or'.

   

Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams

Adam PriceLembit ÖpikMr Roger Williams
Mark WilliamsJenny Willott

52

Clause     7,     page     5,     line     3,     leave out paragraph (c).


   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price
Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

5

Page     5,     line     8,     leave out Clause 8.


   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price
Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

6

Page     5,     line     33,     leave out Clause 9.


   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

127

Clause     11,     page     7,     line     43,     leave out paragraph (b).


   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

98

Clause     12,     page     8,     line     14,     at end insert—

    '(1A)   For the purposes of subsection (1), section 2 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) (local government electors) shall have effect as if for subsection (1)(d) there were substituted—

          "(d) is of voting age (that is, 16 years or over)".'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

73

Clause     12,     page     8,     line     16,     leave out paragraph (a).


   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

7

Clause     13,     page     8,     line     26,     at end insert 'and

      (d) the number of Assembly constituencies.'.


   

Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

213

*Clause     15,     page     9,     line     29,     at end add—

    '(2)   An Assembly regional member shall be deemed to have resigned if he ceases to receive the whip of the registered political party on whose list of candidates he was elected as an Assembly regional member.'.


   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

74

Clause     16,     page     10,     line     1,     at end insert 'Parliamentary Service or Assembly Government.'.


   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

12

Clause     20,     page     12,     line     25,     leave out 'may' and insert 'must'.


   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

143

Clause     23,     page     14,     line     12,     after 'affirmation)', insert 'or in the form of the Assembly Oath set out in subsection (1A)'.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

144

Clause     23,     page     14,     line     13,     at end insert—

    '(1A)   The wording of the Assembly Oath shall be:"I do solemnly swear to discharge the responsibilities required of me to the best of my abilities and faithfully serve the people of Wales whom I here represent".'.

   

Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

198

*Clause     23,     page     14,     line     15,     at end insert 'and

      (b) make provisions for the oath to be taken in public.'.


   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

75

Clause     25,     page     15,     leave out lines 31 to 34 and insert 'an acting presiding officer.'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

76

Clause     25,     page     15,     line     34,     at end insert—

    '(1A)   The Assembly must, within 28 days following a general election, elect from among the Assembly members—

      (a) a presiding officer (referred to in this Act as the "Presiding Officer"), and

      (b) a deputy presiding officer (referred to in this Act as the "Deputy Presiding Officer").'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

77

Clause     25,     page     15,     line     35,     leave out '(1)' and insert '(1A)'.

   

Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

199

*Clause     25,     page     15,     line     36,     leave out from 'Officer' to '; and'.

   

Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

200

*Clause     25,     page     15,     line     38,     leave out from 'Officer' to end of line 39.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

78

Clause     25,     page     15,     line     41,     leave out '(1)' and insert '(1A)'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

79

Clause     25,     page     16,     line     11,     at end insert 'or

      (c) different political groups both of which are political groups without an executive role.'.


   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

80

Clause     27,     page     17,     line     15,     at end insert 'not belonging to the same political group.'.

   

Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

201

*Clause     27,     page     17,     line     15,     at end insert—

    '(2A)   The Deputy Presiding Officer may act as a member of the Assembly Commission in the absence of the Presiding Officer.'.

   

Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

202

*Clause     27,     page     17,     line     17,     at end insert—

    '(3A)   The standing orders must provide that, so far as is practicable, the four other Assembly members are drawn from different political groups.'.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Adam Price
Hywel Williams

111

Clause     27,     page     17,     line     28,     at end add—

    '(8)   Any expenditure of the Assembly Commission, so far as it is not met out of sums received and used in accordance with section 119(2), shall be payable out of the Welsh Consolidated Fund.'.


   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

251

*Clause     29,     page     18,     line     10,     at end insert—

    '(1A)   The standing orders shall include provision for ensuring that, in appointing members to committees and sub-committees, regard is had to the balance of political parities in the Assembly.'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

97

Clause     29,     page     18,     line     11,     leave out subsections (2) to (9) and insert—

    '(1A)   The members of any committee established by the Assembly under section 28(1)—

      (a) shall be elected by the Assembly from among the Assembly members, and

      (b) shall, unless the committee exists solely to provide advice, be elected so as to secure that, as far as is practicable, the balance of the parties in the Assembly is reflected in the membership of the committee.

    (1B)   The committees established by the Assembly under section 28(1) shall be, as far as is practicable, chaired by members of political parties in proportion to the number of members of the Assembly belonging to each party.'.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Adam Price
Hywel Williams

121

Page     18,     line     8,     leave out Clause 29.


   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Adam Price
Hywel Williams

112

Clause     30,     page     19,     line     19,     at end insert 'or by such other name as the standing orders may provide.'.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Adam Price
Hywel Williams

113

Clause     30,     page     19,     line     28,     at end insert 'or

      (e) a member of the National Assembly for Wales Commission.'.


   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

140

Clause     32,     page     20,     line     44,     at end add—

    '(6)   The provisions of this section cease to have effect on the day on which the Assembly Act provisions come into force.'.


   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

99

Clause     34,     page     21,     line     24,     leave out 'If not an Assembly Member'.

 
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