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Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 30th January 2006  

277

 

Government of Wales Bill, continued

 
 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

David Mundell

 

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

 

Not called  198

 

Clause  23,  page  14,  line  15,  at end insert ‘and

 

(b)    

make provision for the oath to be taken in public.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 24 Agreed to.

 

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Mark Williams

 

Jenny Willott

 

Not selected  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

 

Not selected  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

 

Not selected  77

 

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

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

David Mundell

 

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

 

Not called  199

 

Clause  25,  page  15,  line  36,  leave out from ‘Officer’ to ‘; and’.

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

David Mundell

 

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

 

Not called  200

 

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

 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 30th January 2006  

278

 

Government of Wales Bill, continued

 
 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Mark Williams

 

Jenny Willott

 

Not selected  78

 

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

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Mark Williams

 

Jenny Willott

 

Not selected  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.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 26 Agreed to.

 

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Mark Williams

 

Jenny Willott

 

Not called  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

 

Not selected  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

 

Not called  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

 

Not selected  111

 

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

 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 30th January 2006  

279

 

Government of Wales Bill, continued

 
 

‘(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.’.

 

Clause 27 Agreed to.

 

Schedule 2 Agreed to.

 

Clause 28 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

David Mundell

 

Not called  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

 

Not called  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.’.

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

David Mundell

 

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

 

Not selected  274

 

Clause  29,  page  18,  line  11,  leave out subsections (2) to (9).

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

Not selected  121

 

Page  18,  line  8,  leave out Clause 29.

 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 30th January 2006  

280

 

Government of Wales Bill, continued

 
 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

Not called  112

 

Clause  30,  page  19,  line  19,  at end insert ‘or by such other name as the standing

 

orders may provide.’.

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Mr Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

David Mundell

 

Not called  113

 

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

 

(e)    

a member of the National Assembly for Wales Commission.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 31 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Not selected  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.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

David Mundell

 

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

 

Not called  203

 

Clause  33,  page  21,  leave out lines 17 to 22 and insert ‘consult the Assembly about the

 

bill.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 30th January 2006  

281

 

Government of Wales Bill, continued

 
 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Mark Williams

 

Jenny Willott

 

Not called  99

 

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

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Mark Williams

 

Jenny Willott

 

Not called  100

 

Clause  34,  page  21,  line  25,  after ‘orders’, insert ‘but only to provide his legal

 

opinion to Senedd Members.’.

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Mark Williams

 

Jenny Willott

 

Not selected  101

 

Clause  34,  page  21,  line  27,  leave out ‘if not an Assembly member’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Mr Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

David Mundell

 

Not called  13

 

Clause  35,  page  21,  line  35,  leave out from ‘effect’ to ‘to’ in line 36 and insert ‘save

 

in exceptional cases where it is not reasonably possible to do so’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 36 to 44 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

David Mundell

 

Not selected  14

 

Clause  45,  page  27,  line  25,  leave out ‘Assembly Government’ and insert

 

‘Executive’.

 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 30th January 2006  

282

 

Government of Wales Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

David Mundell

 

Not called  15

 

Clause  45,  page  27,  line  26,  leave out ‘Assembly Government’ and insert

 

‘Executive’.

 

Dr Hywel Francis

 

Mr Martyn Jones

 

Not called  182

 

Clause  45,  page  27,  line  26,  leave out ‘Assembly Government or Llywodraeth

 

Cynulliad’ and insert ‘Executive or Gweithrediaeth’.

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Not called  47

 

Clause  45,  page  27,  line  26,  leave out ‘Cynulliad’.

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Not called  152

 

Clause  45,  page  27,  line  31,  leave out ‘Assembly Government’ and insert

 

‘Executive’.

 

Dr Hywel Francis

 

Mr Martyn Jones

 

Not called  183

 

Clause  45,  page  27,  line  31,  leave out ‘Assembly Government or Cwnsler

 

Cyffredinol i Lywodraeth Cynulliad’ and insert ‘Executive or Cwnsler Cyffredinol i

 

Weithrediaeth’.

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Hywel Williams

 

Adam Price

 

Not called  153

 

Clause  45,  page  27,  line  32,  leave out ‘Cymulliad’.

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

David Mundell

 

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

 

Not called  219

 

Clause  45,  page  27,  line  38,  leave out ‘Ministers’ and insert ‘Executive’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 46 and 47 Agreed to.

 

 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 30th January 2006  

283

 

Government of Wales Bill, continued

 
 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

David Mundell

 

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

 

Not called  205

 

Clause  48,  page  29,  line  7,  after ‘appoint’, insert ‘not more than eight’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

David Mundell

 

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

 

Not called  207

 

Clause  49,  page  29,  line  28,  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

No recommendation for the appointment of a person as the Counsel General may

 

be made by the First Minister without prior consultation with the Attorney

 

General.

 

(3B)    

No person may be recommended for appointment as the Counsel General unless

 

he is—

 

(a)    

a member of the Bar of England and Wales of at least ten years’ standing,

 

or

 

(b)    

a solicitor of the Supreme Court of at least ten years’ standing.

 

(3C)    

The functions of the Counsel General shall be exercised by him independently of

 

any other person.’.

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Mark Williams

 

Jenny Willott

 

Not called  103

 

Clause  49,  page  29,  line  30,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

The First Civil Service Commissioner shall make recommendations to the First

 

Minister on the appointment of the Counsel General when a vacancy occurs in

 

that office.’.

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Mark Williams

 

Jenny Willott

 

Not called  102

 

Clause  49,  page  29,  line  31,  leave out subsection (5).

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Roger Williams

 

Mark Williams

 

Jenny Willott

 

Not called  104

 

Clause  49,  page  29,  line  34,  leave out ‘First Minister’ and insert ‘Permanent

 

Secretary’.

 
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