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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 25th April 2006

 

Standing Committee Proceedings

 

Standing Committee B

 

Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill

 

(Except 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 and second SITTINGS]

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Agreed to

 

That—

 

(1)  

during proceedings on the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill

 

the Standing Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on

 

Tuesday 25th April) meet—

 

(a)  

at 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 25th April;

 

(b)  

at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 2nd May;

 

(2)  

the proceedings shall be taken in the following order, namely, Clauses 8 and

 

9, new Clauses relating to Part 2 of the Bill, new Schedules relating to Part 2

 

of the Bill, Clauses 13 to 17, Schedule 1, Clause 18, new Clauses relating to

 

Part 4 of the Bill, new Schedules relating to Part 4 of the Bill, Clauses 23 to

 

27, Schedule 3, Clauses 28 to 31, Schedules 4 and 5, Clauses 32 to 34,

 

remaining proceedings on the Bill;

 

(3)  

the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

 

conclusion at 7.00 p.m. on Tuesday 2nd May.

 

 

Mr Laurence Robertson

 

Withdrawn  11

 

Clause  8,  page  7,  line  28,  after ‘by’, insert ‘Her Majesty The Queen on the

 

recommendation of’.

 

Lady Hermon

 

Withdrawn  20

 

Clause  8,  page  7,  line  30,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

A person must not be appointed as Chief Electoral Officer for less than two years

 

at a time.’.

 
 

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Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Laurence Robertson

 

Not called  5

 

Clause  8,  page  7,  line  31,  leave out subsection (2).

 

Mr Laurence Robertson

 

Not called  6

 

Clause  8,  page  7,  line  33,  leave out subsection (3).

 

Mr Laurence Robertson

 

Not called  12

 

Clause  8,  page  7,  line  35,  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Her Majesty’.

 

Mr Laurence Robertson

 

Not called  13

 

Clause  8,  page  7,  line  37,  leave out ‘dismiss’ and insert ‘recommend to Her

 

Majesty the dismissal of’.

 

Lady Hermon

 

Negatived on division  19

 

Clause  8,  page  7,  line  41,  leave out ‘an’ and insert ‘a criminal’.

 

Mr Laurence Robertson

 

Not called  9

 

Clause  8,  page  8,  line  4,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

The Secretary of State must set out in writing the reasons for dismissing the Chief

 

Electoral Officer in this section and place a copy before each House of

 

Parliament.’.

 

Lady Hermon

 

Negatived on division  21

 

Clause  8,  page  8,  line  4,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

The Secretary of State must dismiss the Chief Electoral Officer if satisfied that he

 

has been convicted of a criminal offence punishable by a term of imprisonment.’.

 

Lady Hermon

 

Not called  22

 

Clause  8,  page  8,  line  4,  at end insert—

 

‘(5B)    

The Secretary of State must dismiss the Chief Electoral Officer if satisfied that he

 

has been convicted of a criminal offence and been sentenced to a term of

 

imprisonment whether suspended or not.’.

 

Mr Laurence Robertson

 

Not called  7

 

Clause  8,  page  8,  line  5,  leave out subsection (6).

 

Lady Hermon

 

Not called  23

 

Clause  8,  page  8,  line  10,  leave out ‘plus’ and insert ‘less’.

 
 

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Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Laurence Robertson

 

Not called  8

 

Clause  8,  page  8,  line  11,  leave out subsection (7).

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 9 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Laurence Robertson

 

Not moved  10

 

Clause  13,  page  10,  line  14,  at end add ‘and shall cease to have effect from 31st

 

October 2010.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Lady Hermon

 

Withdrawn  24

 

Clause  14,  page  10,  line  28,  leave out subsection (4).

 

Lady Hermon

 

Not called  25

 

Clause  14,  page  10,  line  34,  leave out subsection (5).

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Agreed to  14

 

Clause  15,  page  11,  line  28,  leave out ‘has’ and insert ‘and “members association”

 

have’.

 

Lady Hermon

 

Negatived on division  26

 

Clause  15,  page  11,  line  31,  leave out from beginning to end of line 8 on page 12.

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Alan Reid

 

Not selected  1

 

Page  11,  line  15,  leave out Clause 15.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to on division.

 

 
 

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Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, continued

 
 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Alan Reid

 

Not selected  2

 

Page  12,  line  20,  leave out Clause 16.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Alan Reid

 

Withdrawn  3

 

Clause  17,  page  12,  line  40,  leave out from beginning to end of line 8 on page 13.

 

Lady Hermon

 

Not called  28

 

Clause  17,  page  12,  line  40,  leave out subsection (3).

 

Lady Hermon

 

Not selected  27

 

Page  12,  line  34,  leave out Clause 17.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Dr Alasdair McDonnell

 

Withdrawn  33

 

Schedule  1,  page  23,  line  34,  at end insert—

 

‘“71F

Location of donation reports

 

A Northern Ireland report must not at any time be kept in any office of the

 

Commission in Northern Ireland.”’.

 

Schedule Agreed to.

 

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Mr Alan Reid

 

Lady Hermon

 

Not selected  4

 

Page  13,  line  9,  leave out Clause 18.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 
 

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Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, continued

 
 

Lady Hermon

 

Negatived on division  30

 

Clause  23,  page  16,  line  5,  leave out ‘2010’ and insert ‘2008’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 24 Agreed to.

 

Clauses 25 and 26 Agreed to.

 

 

Lady Hermon

 

Withdrawn  31

 

Clause  27,  page  18,  line  27,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

Section 112 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (power to direct

 

a person to leave a place) extends to Northern Ireland.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Schedule 3 Agreed to.

 

Clauses 28 to 31 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Agreed to  16

 

Schedule  4,  page  36,  line  25,  leave out ‘(1)(e)’ and insert ‘(1B)(a)’.

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Agreed to  17

 

Schedule  4,  page  37,  line  2,  leave out ‘56’ and insert ‘58’.

 

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

 

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Agreed to  18

 

Schedule  5,  page  38,  leave out lines 26 to 30.

 

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

 

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Agreed to  15

 

Clause  32,  page  21,  line  21,  leave out ‘sections 10 to 13’ and insert ‘section 13’.

 
 

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Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, continued

 
 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Agreed to  32

 

Clause  33,  page  22,  line  4,  leave out subsection (2) and insert—

 

‘(2)    

But the amendments and repeals made by Schedule 3 (and Schedule 5 so far as

 

relating to that Schedule) extend to England and Wales and Northern Ireland

 

only.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Clause 34 Agreed to.

 

Bill, as amended, to be reported.

 

 
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