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Notices of Amendments: 28th February 2008
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Mr William Cash

Mr John Redwood

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Sir Nicholas Winterton

60

Clause  6,  page  3,  line  25,  at end insert ‘, by a majority of not less than two-thirds of

those entitled to vote in each House’.

Mr William Cash

Mr John Redwood

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Sir Nicholas Winterton

61

Clause  6,  page  3,  line  25,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
No motion under subsection (2)(b) or (c) shall be made unless both the scrutiny

reserve resolution of the House of Commons of 17th November 1998 and the

scrutiny reserve resolution of the House of Lords of 6th December 1999 have

been fully complied with.’.

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

Mr Peter Bone

Mr William Cash

Mr Richard Shepherd

41

Clause  6,  page  3,  leave out lines 26 to 35.

Jon Trickett

Colin Burgon

Jon Cruddas

Frank Dobson

Kelvin Hopkins

John McDonnell

67

Clause  6,  page  3,  line  43,  at end insert ‘, and

(c)
“NHS body” means—

(i)
a Strategic Health Authority;

(ii)
a Special Health Authority;

(iii)
a Local Health Board;

(iv)
a Primary Care Trust;

(v)
an NHS trust; or

(vi)
an NHS foundation trust.’.

Jon Trickett

Colin Burgon

Jon Cruddas

Kelvin Hopkins

287

Clause  6,  page  3,  line  43,  at end insert—

‘(c)
“NHS body” means—

(i)
a strategic health authority;

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(ii)
a special health authority;

(iii)
a local health board;

(iv)
a primary care trust;

(v)
an NHS trust; or

(vi)
an NHS foundation trust.

(d)
“The statutory system of public education” has the meaning defined by

the Education Act 1996 (c. 56).

(e)
“Social housing” means the provision of accommodation for rent by a

local housing authority (within the meaning of section 1 of the Housing

Act 1985 (c. 68)), a registered provider of social housing, a county

council, or a person controlled by a local housing authority or country

council.

(f)
“Postal services” means the service of conveying postal packets (within

the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000 (c. 26)) from one place to

another by post, the incidental services of receiving, collecting, sorting

and delivering such packets and any other service which relates to any of

those services and is provided in conjunction with any of them.

(g)
“Public transport” means any of the following—

(i)
“railway services” as defined by the Railways Act 1993 (c. 43);

(ii)
“bus services” as defined by the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38); or

(iii)
any service provided by Transport for London.’.

Day 11

      Clause 8, the Schedule, New Clauses and New Schedules

Mr Nick Clegg

Dr Vincent Cable

Mr Edward Davey

David Howarth

Simon Hughes

Mr Paul Burstow

291


Clause  8,  page  4,  line  7,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
Section [Sunset] comes into force on Royal Assent.’.

Mr Nick Clegg

Dr Vincent Cable

Mr Edward Davey

David Howarth

Simon Hughes

Mr Paul Burstow

292


Clause  8,  page  4,  line  7,  at end insert—

‘(2ZA)
Section [Revocation] comes into force on Royal Assent.’.

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Mr William Hague

Mr David Lidington

Mr Mark Francois

Mr David Evennett

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Clause  8,  page  4,  line  8,  after ‘force’, leave out ‘on Royal Assent’ and add ‘when

Her Majesty’s Government has secured the deletion from the Treaty of Lisbon of all

changes to the Common Security and Foreign Policy made by that Treaty’.

Mr William Hague

Mr David Lidington

Mr Mark Francois

Mr David Evennett

23

Clause  8,  page  4,  line  8,  after ‘force’, leave out ‘on Royal Assent’ and add ‘when

Her Majesty’s Government has reached agreement in the European Council that the

European Union President shall appear at least once a year before any select committee

for the time being having the functions of a European Scrutiny Committee to account for

the conduct of that office’.

Mr William Cash

Mr John Redwood

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr Richard Shepherd

Sir Nicholas Winterton

63

Clause  8,  page  4,  line  8,  leave out ‘on Royal Assent’ and add ‘only if an affirmative

answer has been given to a referendum held in accordance with Schedules (Referendum

on the Treaty of Lisbon) and (Conduct of the Referendum) (which shall have effect) and

any legal challenge made under paragraph 3 of Schedule (Referendum on the Treaty of

Lisbon) has been disposed of by the court or courts in question’.

Daniel Kawczynski

Sir Nicholas Winterton

Mr Peter Bone

Andrew Selous

64

Clause  8,  page  4,  line  8,  leave out ‘on Royal Assent’ and add ‘when Her Majesty’s

Government has secured the agreement of the European Council to a Declaration,

supplementary to the Preamble to the Treaty on European Union, that the Union is based

upon its Christian faith, heritage, culture and history’.

Dr Vincent Cable

Mr Edward Davey

Jo Swinson

Mr Jeremy Browne

236

Clause  8,  page  4,  line  8,  leave out ‘on Royal Assent’ and add ‘when arrangements

have been made for the Secretary of State to report to Parliament each year on the

operation and application of European Union competition policy according to the

principle set out in the Protocol on the Internal Market and Competition’.

Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody

271

Clause  8,  page  4,  line  8,  leave out ‘on Royal Assent’ and insert ‘when

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arrangements have been made for the Secretary of State to report to Parliament each year

on the costs of transport policies under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European

Union’.

Jon Trickett

Colin Burgon

Jon Cruddas

Kelvin Hopkins

288

Clause  8,  page  4,  line  8,  leave out ‘on Royal Assent’ and add ‘when the

Government has laid before the House a statement on the implications of the following

judgements of the European Court of Justice:

(a)
The International Transport Workers’ Federation and the Finnish

Seamen’s Union v Viking Line ABP;

(b)
Laval un Partneri Ltd v Svenska Byggnadsarbetareförbundet and

Svenska Elektrikerförbundet; and

(c)
Watts v Bedford Primary Care Trust and the Secretary of State for

Health.’.

Mr William Hague

Mr David Lidington

Mr Mark Francois

Mr David Evennett

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Clause  8,  page  4,  line  8,  leave out ‘Royal Assent’ and add ‘the Government

publishing a report on—

(a)
the relationship between the Presidency of the EU Council and the EU

Secretariat; and

(b)
its interpretation of Article 1, paragraph 16, inserted Article 9B TEU,

paragraph 5 relating to the election and term of office of the President of

the European Council.’.

Mr Ian Davidson

Kelvin Hopkins

Ann Winterton

Sir Nicholas Winterton

285

Clause  8,  page  4,  leave out line 8, and insert—

‘(2A)
Section [Referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon] and Schedule [Conduct of the

Referendum] come into force on Royal Assent.

(2B)
The other provisions of this Act come into force if affirmative answers have been

given to both of the questions asked in a referendum held in accordance with

section [Referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon] and Schedule [Conduct of the

Referendum] and any legal challenge made under that Schedule has been

disposed of by the court or courts in question.’.

Mr William Hague

Mr David Lidington

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr Mark Francois

Mr David Evennett

293


Clause  8,  page  4,  leave out line 8 and insert—

‘(2A)
Section [Referendum] comes into force on Royal Assent.

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(2B)
The other provisions of this Act come into force if an affirmative answer has been

given to the question asked in a referendum held in accordance with section

[Referendum] and any legal challenge made under an order made under that

section has been disposed of by the court or courts in question.’.

Mr Nick Clegg

Dr Vincent Cable

Mr Edward Davey

David Howarth

Simon Hughes

Mr Paul Burstow

289


Clause  8,  page  4,  leave out line 8 and insert—

‘(2A)
Section [Declaration by Secretary of State and Referendum] comes into force on

Royal Assent.

(2B)
The other provisions of this Act come into force when the Secretary of State

makes a declaration as referred to in [Declaration by Secretary of State and

Referendum].’.

Mr Nick Clegg

Dr Vincent Cable

Mr Edward Davey

David Howarth

Simon Hughes

Mr Paul Burstow

290


Clause  8,  page  4,  leave out line 8 and insert—

‘(2A)
Section [Declaration by Secretary of State, Resolution by House of Commons and

Referendum] comes into force on Royal Assent.

(2B)
The other provisions of this Act come into force when the Secretary of State

makes a declaration as referred to in section [Declaration by Secretary of State,

Resolution by House of Commons and Referendum] and the House of Commons

has passed a resolution as referred to in the same section.’.

Mr William Hague

Mr David Lidington

Mr Mark Francois

Mr David Evenett

218

Page  4,  line  1,  leave out Clause 8.

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new clauses

Referendum

Mr William Hague

Mr David Lidington

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr Mark Francois

Mr David Evennett

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
A referendum shall be held throughout the United Kingdom and Gibraltar on the

day specified by an order made by a Minister of the Crown.

(2)
The question to be asked in the referendum is—


“Should the United Kingdom approve the Lisbon Treaty?”
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(3)
A Minister of the Crown may by order make provision in relation to the

referendum which—

(a)
determines the referendum period for the purposes of Part 7 of the

Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41); and

(b)
requires ballot papers to be used by voters in Wales, after having set out
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the question and the possible answers in English, to set them out again,

with equal prominence, in Welsh.

(c)
makes provision as to the conduct of the referendum, entitlement to vote

in the referendum and legal challenge to the referendum result.

(4)
The question in Welsh is—
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“A ddylai’r Deyrnas Gyfunol gymeradwyo Cyfundeb Lisbon?”

(5)
Every power of a Minister of the Crown to make an order under this section shall

be exercisable by statutory instrument.

(6)
An order under this section may be made only if a draft of the order has been—

(a)
laid before Parliament; and
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(b)
approved by a resolution of each House.

(7)
The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument bring the

provisions of this Act into force provided that a majority of votes in the

referendum shall have been cast in favour of approving the Lisbon Treaty.’.

As Amendments to Mr William Hague’s proposed New Clause (Referendum)

(NC1):—

Mr Nick Clegg

Dr Vincent Cable

Mr Edward Davey

David Howarth

Simon Hughes

Mr Paul Burstow

(a)


Leave out line 4 and insert ‘ “Should the United Kingdom remain in the European

Union?” ’.

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Mr Nick Clegg

Dr Vincent Cable

Mr Edward Davey

David Howarth

Simon Hughes

Mr Paul Burstow

(b)


Leave out line 15 and insert ‘ “A ddylai’r Deyrnas Unedig aros o fewn yr Undeb

Ewropeaidd?” ’.

Commencement

Mr William Hague

Mr David Lidington

Mr Mark Francois

Mr David Evennett

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

‘The provisions of this Act come into force in accordance with section

[Referendum].’.

Common foreign and security policy

Mr William Hague

Mr David Lidington

Mr Mark Francois

Mr David Evennett

NC3

To move the following Clause:—

‘The Secretary of State shall, not later than 1st January 2009, lay before both

Houses of Parliament a report setting out the role and powers of the High

Representative and External Action Service and how they differ from those of the

proposed Foreign Minister and External Action Service in the Treaty establishing

a Constitution for Europe.’.