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| Tuesday 4th November 2008 |
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| Political Parties and Elections Bill
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| | (1) | the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.00 a.m. on Tuesday |
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| | (a) | at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 6th November; |
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| | (b) | at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday 11th November; |
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| | (c) | at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 13th November; |
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| | (d) | at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday 18th November; |
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| | (e) | at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 20th November; |
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| | (2) | the Committee shall hear evidence in accordance with the following Table; |
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| | (3) | the proceedings shall be taken in the following order: Clauses 4 to 7; new |
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| | Clauses relating to Electoral Commisioners etc; new Schedules relating to |
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| | Electoral Commissioners etc; Clauses 1 and 2; Schedule 1; Clause 3; |
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| | Schedule 2; new Clauses relating to functions of Electoral Commission; new |
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| | Schedules relating to functions of Electoral Commission; Clauses 12 and 13; |
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| | new Clauses relating to elections and electoral registration; new Schedules |
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| | relating to elections and electoral registration; Clause 8; Schedule 3; Clauses |
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| | 9 to 11; new Clauses relating to political donations and expenditure; new |
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| | Schedules relating to political donations and expenditure; Clauses 14 and 15; |
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| | Schedules 4 and 5; Clauses 16 to 20; remaining new Clauses; remaining new |
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| | Schedules; remaining proceedings on the Bill; |
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| | (4) | the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a |
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| | conclusion at 4.00 p.m. on Thursday 20th November. |
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| | That, subject to the discretion of the Chairman, any written evidence received by the |
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| | Committee shall be reported to the House for publication. |
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| | That, at this and any subsequent meeting at which oral evidence is to be heard, the |
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| | Committee shall sit in private until the witnesses are admitted. |
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| | The following witnesses gave oral evidence:
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| | Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State, Michael Wills MP, Minister of State, and offi |
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| | cials, Ministry of Justice.
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| | Sir Hayden Phillips and Sir Christopher Kelly. |
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| [Adjourned till Thursday at 9.00 a.m. |
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