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Recall of the House of Commons

Mr Douglas Hogg

NC30

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	Standing Orders of the House of Commons shall make provision to enable the

Speaker to require the House of Commons to meet at a time earlier than that to

which it then stands adjourned, provided only that the Speaker is satisfied that it

is in the public interest that the House of Commons should so meet.’.

Business committee

Mr Douglas Hogg

NC31

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	Standing Orders of the House of Commons shall make provision for the

establishment of a Business committee which shall have as its principal function

the preparation of a rolling fortnightly programme of the public business of the

House, which programme shall be put to the House for decision every week and

shall include the dates of legislative business and of Opposition days.

(2)	The Business Committee shall consist of The Chairman of Ways and Means, who

shall be the Chairman, and eight other Members elected by secret ballot.’.

Referendum on electoral reform

Martin Linton

NC32

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	The Secretary of State shall be under a duty to ensure that a referendum on

reforming the electoral system for the House of Commons is held before 28

October 2010.

(2)	The referendum must offer a choice between the existing method of voting and a

preferential system.

(3)	If the result of the referendum is in favour of changing the electoral system for the

House of Commons, the Secretary of State shall be under a duty to lay

implementing measures before Parliament within three months of the date of the

referendum.

(4)	In this section—

“implementing measures” means measures designed to and likely to

implement the result of the referendum before the general election next

following the referendum, and includes bills and statutory instruments;

“preferential voting system” means a system of voting in which electors

may express their support for individual candidates in order of preference

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and in which they are not restricted to expressing a fixed number of

preferences.’.

Code of conduct for publicly funded bodies

Mr Francis Maude

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mrs Eleanor Laing

NC36

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	The Minister for the Civil Service must publish a code of conduct and lay such a

code before Parliament for publicly funded bodies who do not form part of the

civil service of the State.

(2)	Such a code of conduct must be accompanied by a list of publicly funded bodies

subject to the code as prepared by the Minister for the Civil Service. In preparing

such a list the Minister for the Civil Service must consult with the First Minister

for Scotland and the First Minister for Wales.

(3)	Changes to the list of publicly funded bodies subject to the code must be laid

before Parliament by the Minister for the Civil Service.

(4)	For this purpose, the Minister may publish separate codes of conduct covering

publicly funded bodies who have relations with the Scottish Executive or the

Welsh Assembly.

(5)	Before publishing a code (or any revision of the code) under subsection (4), the

Minister must first consult the First Minister for Scotland or the First Minister for

Wales (as the case may be).

(6)	Such a code of conduct must include but is not limited to—

(a)	an obligation to spend taxpayers’ money responsibility;

(b)	a requirement to minimise expenditure.

(7)	“Publicly funded bodies code” means a code of conduct published under this

section for the time being.

(8)	The First Minister for Scotland must lay before the Scottish Parliament any

publicly funded bodies code under subsection (4) that covers publicly funded

bodies that have a relationship with the Scottish Parliament.

(9)	The First Minister for Wales must lay before the National Assembly of Wales any

civil service code under subsection (4) that covers publicly funded bodies that

have a relationship with the Welsh Assembly Government.’.

Secretary Jack Straw

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Title,  line  10,  after ‘Office;’ insert ‘to amend Schedule 5 to the Government of Wales Act

2006 in relation to the Auditor General for Wales;’.

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Order of the House [20 october 2009]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Constitutional Reform and Governance

Bill:

Committal

1.	The Bill shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House.

Proceedings in Committee

2.	Proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall be completed in four

days.

3.	The proceedings shall be taken in the following order: Clauses 1 and 2,

Schedule 1, Clauses 3 to 19, Schedule 2, Clause 20, new Clauses relating to

Part 1, new Schedules relating to Part 1, Clauses 21 to 25, new Clauses

relating to Part 2, new Schedules relating to Part 2, Clauses 26 and 27,

Schedule 3, Clauses 28 to 31, new Clauses relating to Part 3, new Schedules

relating to Part 3, Clause 32, Schedule 4, new Clauses relating to Part 4, new

Schedules relating to Part 4, Clauses 33 and 34, new Clauses relating to Part

5, new Schedules relating to Part 5, Clause 35, Schedule 5, Clause 36, new

Clauses relating to Part 6, new Schedules relating to Part 6, Clauses 37 to 43,

Schedule 6, Clause 44, Schedule 7, Clauses 45 to 49, Schedules 8 and 9,

Clause 50, new Clauses relating to Part 7, new Schedules relating to Part 7,

Clauses 51 and 52, new Clauses relating to Part 8, new Schedules relating to

Part 8, Clauses 53 to 56, 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 the moment of interruption on the fourth day.

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

proceedings on the Bill in Committee of the whole House.

Consideration and Third Reading

6.	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.

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

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

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

proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

9.	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 HousE [3 November 2009]

That the Order of 20 October 2009 (Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill

(Programme)) be varied as follows:

       1.  Paragraphs 2 to 4 of the Order shall be omitted.

       2.  Proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall be completed in four

days.

       3.  The proceedings shall be taken on each of those days as shown in the first

column of the Table and in the order there shown.

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       4.  Each part of those proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion at the time specified in relation to it in the second

column of that Table.

          TABLE

	Proceedings	Time for conclusion of proceedings
	First day
	Clauses 1 and 2, Schedule 1,	The moment of interruption on the
	Clauses 3 to 19, Schedule 2, Clause	first day.
	20, new Clauses relating to Part 1,
	new Schedules relating to Part 1

	Second day
	Clauses 33 and 34, new Clauses	The moment of interruption on the
	relating to Part 5, new Schedules	second day.
	relating to Part 5, Clause 35,
	Schedule 5, Clause 36, new
	Clauses relating to Part 6, new
	Schedules relating to Part 6,
	Clauses 37 to 43, Schedule 6,
	Clause 44, Schedule 7, Clauses 45
	to 49, Schedules 8 and 9, Clause
	50, new Clauses relating to Part 7,
	new Schedules relating to Part 7,
	Clauses 51 and 52, new Clauses
	relating to Part 8, new Schedules
	relating to Part 8

	Third and fourth days
	Clauses 21 to 25, new Clauses	The moment of interruption on the
	relating to Part 2, new Schedules	fourth day.
	relating to Part 2, Clauses 26 and
	27, Schedule 3, Clauses 28 to 31,
	new Clauses relating to Part 3, new
	Schedules relating to Part 3, Clause
	32, Schedule 4, new Clauses
	relating to Part 4, new Schedules
	relating to Part 4, Clauses 53 to 56,
	remaining new Clauses, remaining
	new Schedules, remaining
	proceedings on the Bill.

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Revised 4 November 2009