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475

House of Commons

Wednesday 19th April 2006

Committee of the Whole House

Proceedings

Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill

(Clauses 1 to 7, 10 to 12, 19 to 22, Schedule 2, any new Clauses, other than any new Clauses

relating to Part 2 or 4 of the Bill and any new Schedules, other than any new Schedules

relating to Part 2 or 4 of the Bill)

[First DAY]

Lady Hermon

Withdrawn  23

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  5,  leave out subsection (1).

Lady Hermon

Not called  24

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  13,  leave out subsection (2).

Lembit Öpik

Mr Alan Reid

Not selected  1

Page  1,  line  4,  leave out Clause 1.

Clause Agreed to.

Lady Hermon

Not selected  25

Page  2,  line  8,  leave out Clause 2.

Clause Agreed to.

Lady Hermon

Negatived on division  26

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  24,  leave out from ‘2010’ to end of line 26.

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Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, continued

Lembit Öpik

Mr Alan Reid

Not called  2

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  27,  leave out ‘tenth’ and insert ‘fourth’.

Mr Laurence Robertson

Not called  11

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  27,  leave out ‘tenth’ and insert ‘fifth’.

Mr Laurence Robertson

Negatived on division  13

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  37,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
For the purposes of subsection (2) the “public interest” is the requirement to meet

the “relevant registration objectives” as set out in section 4.’.

Lady Hermon

Not called  27

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  37,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
When considering a recommendation from the Chief Electoral Officer under

subsection (2)(a) above, the Secretary of State must have particular regard to

prevention of electoral fraud with a presumption that prevention of electoral fraud

is in the public interest.’.

Mr Laurence Robertson

Not called  12

Clause  3,  page  2,  leave out lines 38 and 39.

Mr Laurence Robertson

Not called  14

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  1,  after ‘2010’, insert ‘and’.

Lembit Öpik

Mr Alan Reid

Not called  3

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  1,  leave out ‘tenth’ and insert ‘fourth’.

Mr Laurence Robertson

Lady Hermon

Not called  15

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  1,  leave out ‘tenth’ and insert ‘fifth’.

Mr Laurence Robertson

Not called  16

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  2,  leave out from ‘2010’ to end of line 3.

Mr Laurence Robertson

Not called  17

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  12,  at end insert—

‘(5A)
For the purposes of subsection (5) the “public interest” is the requirement to meet

the “relevant registration objectives” as set out in section 4.’.

Clause Agreed to.

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Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, continued

Clauses 4 and 5 Agreed to.

Lembit Öpik

Mr Alan Reid

Withdrawn  4

Clause  6,  page  5,  leave out lines 17 to 24.

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 7 Agreed to.

NEW CLAUSEs RELATING TO PART 1

Anonymous registration

Lembit Öpik

Mr Alan Reid

Not called  NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘In section 73 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006, in subsection (2)(a) leave

out “10”.’.

Maintenance of the registers: Northern Ireland

Lembit Öpik

Mr Alan Reid

Not called  NC2

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
The 1983 Act is amended as follows.

(2)
After section10A there is inserted—

“10ZA
Maintenance of registers: Northern Ireland

(1)
The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland must confirm annually

the details of every voter registered in every household in Northern

Ireland.

(2)
The form to be used for the purposes of subsection (1) above shall be

prescribed by the Secretary of State by order, but shall include—

(a)
the details of all such persons registered in that household;

(b)
the ability for every voter to confirm their details by provision of

their signature; and

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(c)
the ability to amend the recorded information by requesting the

removal of a person from the register or requesting an individual

registration form to be sent to that particular address to allow

another voter to be added to the register.”.’.

Lady Hermon

Not selected  28

Clause  10,  page  8,  line  32,  after ‘order’, insert ‘made by statutory instrument’.

Lady Hermon

Not selected  29

Clause  10,  page  8,  line  36,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
After subsection (2) of that section insert—

“(2A)
No order is to be made under subsection (2) above unless a draft of the

instrument containing the order has been laid before and approved by a

resolution of each House of Parliament.”.’.

Mr Secretary Hain

Lembit Öpik

Mr Alan Reid

Not selected  5

Page  8,  line  29,  leave out Clause 10.

Clause Disagreed to.

Mr Secretary Hain

Lembit Öpik

Mr Alan Reid

Not selected  6

Page  9,  line  1,  leave out Clause 11.

Clause Disagreed to.

Mr Secretary Hain

Lembit Öpik

Mr Alan Reid

Not selected  7

Page  9,  line  13,  leave out Clause 12.

Clause Disagreed to.