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House of Commons

 
 

Monday 30th January 2006

 

Committee of the Whole House

 

Proceedings

 

Government of Wales Bill

 

[Third Day]

 

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.

 

Withdrawn

 

 
 

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Government of Wales Bill, continued

 
 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Mark Williams

 

Jenny Willott

 

Not selected  56

 

Page  57,  line  1,  leave out Clause 103.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

Withdrawn  124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

 

Not selected  57

 

Page  57,  line  24,  leave out Clause 104.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Mark Williams

 

Jenny Willott

 

Not selected  58

 

Page  57,  line  39,  leave out Clause 105.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

David Mundell

 

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

 

Not moved  190

 

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

 
 

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Government of Wales Bill, continued

 
 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Mark Williams

 

Jenny Willott

 

Not selected  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

 

Not selected  191

 

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

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Withdrawn  33

 

Schedule  7,  page  115,  leave out line 17.

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Not called  149

 

Schedule  7,  page  116,  leave out line 6.

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Not called  34

 

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

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Not called  36

 

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

 
 

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Government of Wales Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Not called  37

 

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

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Not called  44

 

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

 

‘Energy

 

5A         

Energy.’.

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Not called  38

 

Schedule  7,  page  119,  leave out line 2.

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Not called  39

 

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

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Not called  40

 

Schedule  7,  page  119,  leave out line 42.

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Not called  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

 

Not called  275

 

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

 

‘Public holidays

 

14A      

Public holidays.’.

 
 

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Government of Wales Bill, continued

 
 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Mark Williams

 

Jenny Willott

 

Not selected  114

 

Page  115,  line  8,  leave out Schedule 7.

 

Schedule Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Withdrawn  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

 

Not called  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.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 109 Agreed to.

 

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

David Mundell

 

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

 

Withdrawn  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

 

Not called  193

 

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

 

Clause Agreed to.

 
 

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Government of Wales Bill, continued

 
 

Clauses 111 and 112 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Withdrawn  45

 

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

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Not called  148

 

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

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Not called  46

 

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

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 114 and 115 Agreed to.

 

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Mark Williams

 

Jenny Willott

 

Not called  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

 

Negatived on division  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

 

Not called  1

 

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

 
 

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Government of Wales Bill, continued

 
 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Mark Williams

 

Jenny Willott

 

Not called  85

 

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

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Mark Williams

 

Jenny Willott

 

Not called  86

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  12,  leave out ‘“Assembly’ and insert ‘“Senedd’.

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Mark Williams

 

Jenny Willott

 

Not called  87

 

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

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Mark Williams

 

Jenny Willott

 

Not called  88

 

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

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Mark Williams

 

Jenny Willott

 

Not called  89

 

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

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Not called  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.’.

 
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