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Order of the House [20th OCTOBER 2008] as amended by order of

27th october

That the following provisions shall apply to the Political Parties and Elections Bill:

Committal

1.	The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

2.	Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 20th November 2008.

3.	The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

4.	Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

5.	Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

6.	Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

7.	Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the

Lords) may be programmed.

Order of the Committee [4th November 2008]

That—

(1)	the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.00 a.m. on Tuesday

4th November) meet—

(a)	at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 6th November;

(b)	at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday 11th November;

(c)	at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 13th November;

(d)	at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday 18th November;

(e)	at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 20th November;

(2)	the Committee shall hear evidence in accordance with the following Table;

	Date	Time	Witness
	Tuesday 4th	Until no later than	Ministry of Justice
	November	12.00 p.m.
	Tuesday 4th	Until no later than	Sir Hayden Phillips;
	November	1.00 p.m.	Sir Christopher Kelly
	Thursday 6th	Until no later than	Electoral Commission
	November	10.25 a.m.
	Thursday 6th	Until no later than	Professor Keith
	November	2.00 p.m.	Ewing, King’s College
			London;
			Professor Justin
			Fisher, Brunel
			University;
			Dr Michael Pinto-
			Duschinsky
	Thursday 6th	Until no later than	Representatives of the
	November	3.00 p.m.	Labour Party, the
			Conservative Party,
			and the Liberal
			Democrats

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(3)	the proceedings shall be taken in the following order: Clauses 4 to 7; new

Clauses relating to Electoral Commisioners etc; new Schedules relating to

Electoral Commissioners etc; Clauses 1 and 2; Schedule 1; Clause 3;

Schedule 2; new Clauses relating to functions of Electoral Commission; new

Schedules relating to functions of Electoral Commission; Clauses 12 and 13;

new Clauses relating to elections and electoral registration; new Schedules

relating to elections and electoral registration; Clause 8; Schedule 3; Clauses

9 to 11; new Clauses relating to political donations and expenditure; new

Schedules relating to political donations and expenditure; Clauses 14 and 15;

Schedules 4 and 5; Clauses 16 to 20; remaining new Clauses; remaining new

Schedules; remaining proceedings on the Bill;

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

conclusion at 4.00 p.m. on Thursday 20th November.

NOTICES WITHDRAWN

The following Notices have been withdrawn:

Removal of specified offences

Mr Fabian Hamilton

NC6

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41) is amended as

follows.

(2)	The following provisions are omitted—

(a)	section 47(1)(b),

(b)	section 65(3), and

(c)	paragraph 12(1) of Schedule 7.

(3)	In Schedule 20 (penalties) the following entries in the table, and the

corresponding entries in column 2, are omitted—

(a)	Section 47(1)(b) (failure to deliver proper statement of accounts),

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(b)	Section 65(3) (failure to deliver donation reports to Commission within

time limits), and

(c)	paragraph 12(1) of Schedule 7 (failure to deliver donation report to

Commission within time limit).’.

Mr Fabian Hamilton

Mr Denis MacShane

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Clause  2,  page  2,  line  3,  leave out subsection (3).

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