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| | Wednesday 3 February 2010 |
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| | For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:
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| | Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill |
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| | | Referendum on voting systems |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | A referendum is to be held, no later than 31 October 2011, on the voting system |
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| | | (2) | The Secretary of State must— |
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| | | (a) | present to Parliament a Command Paper describing an alternative-vote |
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5 | | system for consideration by voters in the referendum; |
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| | | (b) | by order made by statutory instrument specify the question to be asked in |
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| | | the referendum (and any statement that is to precede the question) and fix |
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| | | (3) | The question specified under subsection (2)(b) must ask voters whether they |
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10 | | would prefer the alternative-vote system described in the Command Paper to be |
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| | | used for parliamentary elections instead of the existing voting system (commonly |
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| | | referred to as “first past the post”). |
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| | | | Any form of words to that effect may be used. |
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| | | (4) | In this section “alternative-vote system” means a system under which, for each |
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| | | (a) | one candidate is elected; |
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| | | (b) | voters must indicate their first-choice candidate and may also rank any or |
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| | | all of the other candidates in order of preference; |
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| | | (c) | votes are allocated to candidates in accordance with voters’ first choices |
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20 | | and, if one candidate has more votes than the other candidates put |
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| | | together, that candidate is elected; |
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| | | (d) | if not, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and that |
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| | | candidate’s votes are dealt with as follows— |
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| | | (i) | each vote cast by a voter who also ranked one or more of the |
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25 | | remaining candidates is reallocated to that remaining candidate |
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| | | or (as the case may be) to the one that the voter ranked highest; |
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| | | (ii) | any votes not reallocated play no further part in the counting; |
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| | | (e) | if one candidate now has more votes than the other remaining candidates |
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| | | put together, that candidate is elected; |
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30 | | (f) | if not, the process mentioned in paragraph (d) is repeated as many times |
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| | | as necessary until one candidate has more votes than the other remaining |
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| | | candidates put together, and so is elected. |
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| | | (5) | The reference in subsection (4)(d) to the candidate with the fewest votes, in a case |
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| | | where there are two or more candidates with fewer votes than the others but an |
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35 | | equal number to each other, is a reference to the candidate eliminated in |
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| | | accordance with whatever provision is made for that case. |
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| | | (6) | The reference in subsection (4)(f) to the candidate with more votes than the other |
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| | | remaining candidates put together, in a case where there are only two remaining |
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| | | candidates and they have an equal number of votes, is a reference to the candidate |
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40 | | elected in accordance with whatever provision is made for that case. |
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| | | (7) | A statutory instrument specifying the question to be asked in the referendum or |
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| | | fixing the date of the poll may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has |
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| | | been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament. |
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| | | (8) | Subsection (1) and sections [Entitlement to vote] to [Restriction on legal |
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45 | | challenge to referendum result] do not apply (and no further duty arises under |
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| | | subsection (2)(b)) if either House of Parliament, on a motion to approve a draft |
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| | | laid under subsection (7), decides not to approve it (unless the Secretary of State |
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| | | decides to lay the draft again under subsection (7), or to lay a revised draft under |
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| | | that subsection, and the re-laid or revised draft is approved by a resolution of each |
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| | | As Amendments to Secretary Jack Straw’s proposed New Clause (NC88):— |
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| | Line 1, leave out ‘31 October’ and insert ‘30 May’. |
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| | Line 4, leave out ‘an alternative-vote’ and insert ‘a single transferable vote’. |
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| | Line 10, leave out ‘the alternative-vote’ and insert ‘a single transferable vote’. |
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| | Line 14, leave out subsections (4) to (6) and insert— |
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| | | ‘(4) | A single transferable vote system is one conducted according to the rules laid out |
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| | | in schedule [Single Transferable Vote System of Election for the House of |
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| | Line 44, leave out subsection (8). |
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| | | Intelligence and Security Committee (No. 2) |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Intelligence and Services Act 1994 (c. 13) is amended as follows. |
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| | | (2) | In section 10, after subsection (4) insert the following subsection— |
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| | | “(4) | The Committee’s secretariat and financial provision shall be supplied |
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| | | from a Government department, which has no significant duties |
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| | | (a) | the Security Service; |
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| | | (b) | the Intelligence Service; and |
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