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Amendment Paper as at
Monday 30th January 2006

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE


GOVERNMENT OF WALES BILL

NOTE

     The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the House
[9th January 2006].

Clause No. 103 (Proposal for referendum by Assembly).

Another Amendment (No. 110) proposed, in page 57, line 13, to leave out subsection (3) and insert the words—

    '(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.'.—(Ian Lucas).

Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.


   

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].'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

57

Page     57,     line     24,     leave out Clause 104.


   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

58

Page     57,     line     39,     leave out Clause 105.


   

Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

190

Clause     106,     page     58,     line     9,     leave out subsection (3).


   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

109

Clause     107,     page     58,     line     20,     leave out from 'competence' to end of line 3 on page 59 and insert 'unless it relates to one or more of the reserved matters specified in Schedule [Reserved matters].'.

   

Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

191

Clause     107,     page     58,     line     40,     leave out 'England and'.


   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

33

Schedule     7,     page     115,     leave out line 17.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

149

Schedule     7,     page     116,     leave out line 6.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

34

Schedule     7,     page     116,     line     19,     leave out from beginning to 'monopolies' in line 20.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

36

Schedule     7,     page     116,     leave out lines 44 to 47.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

37

Schedule     7,     page     117,     leave out lines 1 to 7.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

44

Schedule     7,     page     117,     line     15,     at end insert—

      'Energy

    5A  Energy.'.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

38

Schedule     7,     page     119,     leave out line 2.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

39

Schedule     7,     page     119,     leave out lines 38 and 39.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

40

Schedule     7,     page     119,     leave out line 42.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

43

Schedule     7,     page     120,     line     17,     at end insert—

      'Police, probation and prison service

    13A  Police. Probation. Prison service.'.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Adam Price
Hywel Williams

275

Schedule     7,     page     120,     line     42,     at end insert—

      'Public holidays

    14A  Public holidays.'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

114

Page     115,     line     8,     leave out Schedule 7.


   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

159

Clause     108,     page     59,     line     18,     after 'Parliament', insert 'or

      (aa) has been laid before each House of Parliament and has been approved by a resolution of the House of Commons, but has been rejected by the House of Lords,'.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

160

Clause     108,     page     59,     line     21,     at end insert—

    '(4A)   If subsection (4)(aa) applies, the Order in Council shall not take effect until one year has elapsed since the date on which the House of Commons came to the resolution.'.


   

Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Dominic Grieve
David Mundell
Mr Patrick McLoughlin

192

Clause     110,     page     60,     line     15,     leave out subsection (2).

   

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

193

Clause     110,     page     60,     line     29,     leave out from 'Welsh' to end of line 31.


   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

45

Clause     113,     page     61,     line     38,     leave out paragraph (a).

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

148

Clause     113,     page     61,     line     41,     leave out paragraph (b).

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

46

Clause     113,     page     61,     line     43,     leave out paragraph (c).


   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

66

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     5,     leave out from 'be' to end of line 6 and insert 'A Parliament for Wales to be known as the "Senedd".'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

67

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     7,     leave out subsection (2) and insert—

    '(1A)   The Senedd is to consist of eighty members elected through the single transferable vote from multi-member constituencies.'.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

1

Clause     1,     page     1,     leave out lines 8 and 9.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

85

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     12,     leave out 'Assembly' and insert 'Senedd'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

86

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     12,     leave out '"Assembly' and insert '"Senedd'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

87

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     15,     leave out 'Assembly' and insert 'Senedd'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

88

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     16,     leave out 'Assembly' and insert 'Senedd'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

89

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     17,     leave out 'Assembly' and insert 'Senedd'.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

2

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     17,     at end insert—

    '(3A)   The system of election shall be a single transferable vote system under which—

      (a) a vote is capable of being given so as to indicate the voter's order of preference for the candidates, and

      (b) a vote is capable of being transferred to the next choice—

      (i) when the vote is not required to give a prior choice the necessary quota of votes, or

      (ii) when, owing to the deficiency in the number of votes given for a prior choice, that choice is eliminated from the list of candidates.'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

90

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     18,     leave out 'Assembly' and insert 'Senedd'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

91

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     20,     leave out 'Assembly' and insert 'Senedd'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

92

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     21,     leave out 'Assembly' and insert 'Senedd'.

   

Lembit Öpik
Mr Roger Williams
Mark Williams
Jenny Willott

93

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     22,     leave out 'Assembly' and insert 'Senedd'.


   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

3

Clause     2,     page     2,     leave out line 2.

   

Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Hywel Williams
Adam Price

4

Clause     2,     page     2,     line     7,     leave out 'four' and insert 'sixteen'.

 
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