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SUPPLEMENT TO THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

Wednesday 1 July 2009

Report Stage Proceedings

Parliamentary Standards Bill, As Amended

(Page and line references are to the Bill as read a second time)

New Clauses

Data controller

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

Withdrawn  NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘The IPSA shall become the data controller for the purposes of the Data

Protection Act 1998 two months after the day this Act is passed.’.

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Bill of Rights 1689

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr William Cash

Sir George Young

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

Mark Fisher

Mr Richard Shepherd

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Peter Lilley

Mr John Redwood

Mr Desmond Swayne

Anne Main

Mr Douglas Carswell

Mr David Wilshire

Patrick Mercer

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr Graham Brady

Mr David Drew

Mr Christopher Chope

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Edward Leigh

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Nadine Dorries

Mr Charles Walker

Sir Nicholas Winterton

Ann Winterton

Mr Peter Bone

Mr Philip Hollobone

Mr John Whittingdale

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

Mr Greg Knight

Mr James Arbuthnot

Mr Oliver Heald

Mr Michael Ancram

Mr David Davis

Sir Michael Spicer

Not selected  NC2

To move the following Clause:—

‘Notwithstanding any provision of the European Communities Act 1972, the

European Convention of Human Rights or the Human Rights Act 1998, nothing

in this Act shall be construed by any court in the United Kingdom as affecting

Article IX of the Bill of Rights 1689.’.

Supremacy of Parliament

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr William Cash

Sir George Young

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

Mark Fisher

Mr Richard Shepherd

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr Peter Lilley

Mr John Redwood

Mr Desmond Swayne

Mr Graham Brady

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr Greg Knight

Mr Christopher Chope

Patrick Mercer

Mr Douglas Carswell

Mr Charles Walker

Nadine Dorries

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

Sir Nicholas Winterton

Ann Winterton

Mr Philip Hollobone

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Mr John Whittingdale

Mr Edward Leigh

Mr David Drew

Mr James Arbuthnot

Anne Main

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Peter Bone

Mr David Wilshire

Mr Michael Ancram

Sir Michael Spicer

Not selected  NC3

To move the following Clause:—

‘Notwithstanding any provision of the European Communities Act 1972, the

European Convention of Human Rights or the Human Rights Act 1998, nothing

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in this Act shall affect or be construed by any court in the United Kingdom as

affecting the supremacy of the United Kingdom Parliament.’.

Ms Harriet Harman

Agreed to  7

Page  3,  line  13  [Clause  4],  at end insert—

‘(7)
The scheme may provide for an allowance to which a member is entitled under

the scheme to be paid to another person at the member’s direction; and references

in this Act to the payment of an allowance to a member are to be read

accordingly.’.

Ms Harriet Harman

Agreed to  8

Page  3,  line  38  [Clause  5],  leave out subsection (9).

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Withdrawn  6

Page  4,  line  33  [Clause  7],  at end insert—

‘(1A)
Any investigations under this section shall be deemed to be proceedings in

Parliament as expressed in the Bill of Rights 1689, notwithstanding any other

provisions of this Act.’.

Sir George Young

Not called  4

Page  4,  line  42  [Clause  7],  at end add—

‘( )
Subsection (4) does not apply where the Commissioner finds that the member

who was the subject of the investigation complied fully with the Members of

Parliament allowances scheme and with the code of conduct relating to financial

interests as they relate to that investigation.’.

Sir George Young

Not called  3

Page  5,  line  1  [Clause  7],  leave out ‘IPSA’ and insert ‘Commissioner’.

Ms Harriet Harman

Agreed to  9

Page  8,  line  5  [Clause  12],  leave out lines 5 to 7.

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Ms Harriet Harman

Agreed to  10

Page  8,  line  36  [Clause  13],  leave out paragraph (c).

Sir Stuart Bell

Agreed to  1

Page  8,  line  45  [Clause  13],  leave out subsections (5) and (6).

Ms Harriet Harman

Agreed to  11

Page  9,  line  24  [Clause  13],  leave out from ‘section’ to the end of line 25 and insert

‘may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a

resolution of the House of Commons.’.

Sir Stuart Bell

Agreed to  2

Page  9,  line  24  [Clause  13],  leave out from ‘section’ to end of line 25 and insert

‘shall not be made unless a draft of the instrument has first been laid before, and approved

by a resolution of, the House of Commons.’.

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

Negatived on division  5

Page  9,  line  39  [Clause  14],  at end add—

‘(4)
This Act and any Statutory Instrument made under this Act shall cease to have

effect on the first anniversary of the day on which the Act is passed.’.

Ms Harriet Harman

Agreed to  12

Page  10,  line  12  [Schedule  1],  leave out ‘holds or has held’ and insert ‘has held (but

no longer holds)’.

Ms Harriet Harman

Agreed to  13

Page  16,  line  3  [Schedule  1],  after ‘and’ insert ‘the Speaker must’.

Ms Harriet Harman

Agreed to  14

Page  19,  line  3  [Schedule  2],  after ‘and’ insert ‘the Speaker must’.

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Ms Harriet Harman

Agreed to  15

Page  19,  line  5  [Schedule  2],  leave out ‘On laying’ and insert ‘When the Speaker

lays’.

Bill read the third time, and passed.