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(4)	The right conferred on a person by subsection (1) is in addition to any right the

person may have to vote in any poll for the return of a constituency member.

(5)	The persons who are to be returned under the alternative-vote system must be

determined before the persons who are to be returned as the regional members

for the region.

(6)	For each registered political party which has submitted a regional list, the

regional figure for the purposes of this schedule is—

(a)	the total number of regional votes given for the party in all the

constituencies included in the region, divided by

(b)	the aggregate of one plus the number of candidates of the party

returned as constituency members for any of those constituencies.

(7)	Each time a seat is allocated to the party under this rule, that figure shall be

recalculated by increasing (or further increasing) the aggregate in subsection

(4)(b) by one.

(8)	For each individual candidate to be a regional member for the region, the

regional figure for the purposes of this schedule is the total number of regional

votes given for him in all the constituencies included in the region.

(9)	The first regional member seat shall be allocated to the registered political

party or individual candidate with the highest regional figure.

(10)	The second and subsequent regional member seats shall be allocated to the

registered political party or individual candidate with the highest regional

figure, after any recalculation required by subsection (5) has been carried out.

(11)	An individual candidate already returned as a constituency or regional member

shall be disregarded.

(12)	Seats for the region which are allocated to a registered political party shall be

filled by the persons in the party’s regional list in the order in which they

appear in the list.

(13)	For the purposes of this schedule, a person in a registered political party’s

regional list who is returned as a member of the Parliament shall be treated as

ceasing to be in the list (even if his return is void).

(14)	Once a party’s regional list has been exhausted the party shall be disregarded.’.

David Howarth

Mr David Heath

Chris Huhne

95

Clause  62,  page  32,  line  38,  at beginning insert ‘Except for section [Electoral

System for the House of Commons], which shall come into force at Royal Assent,’.

Secretary Jack Straw

100

Clause  62,  page  32,  line  38,  leave out ‘(apart from this Part)’.

David Howarth

Mr David Heath

35

Clause  62,  page  32,  line  40,  at end insert—

‘(3A)

Subsection (3) is subject to section [Commencement of Part 3].’.

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Secretary Jack Straw

101

Clause  62,  page  32,  line  40,  at end insert—

‘( )	Subsection (3) does not apply to—

(a)	section [Section 3 of the Act of Settlement], and

(b)	this Part,

(which accordingly come into force on the day this Act is passed).’.

Secretary Jack Straw

132

Clause  62,  page  32,  line  40,  at end insert—

‘( )	Subsection (3) does not apply to the following provisions of this Act (which

accordingly come into force on the day this Act is passed)—

(a)	section [Tax status of MPs and members of the House of Lords];

(b)	section [Tax status of members of the House of Lords: transitional

provision] (or section 33, so far as applied by that section);

(c)	section [Section 3 of the Act of Settlement];

(d)	this Part.’.

Secretary Jack Straw

136

Clause  62,  page  32,  line  40,  at end insert—

‘( )	Subsection (3) does not apply to the following provisions of this Act (which

accordingly come into force on the day this Act is passed)—

(a)	sections [Referendum on voting systems] and [Referendum period];

(b)	section [Tax status of MPs and members of the House of Lords];

(c)	section [Tax status of members of the House of Lords: transitional

provision] (or section 33, so far as applied by that section);

(d)	section [Section 3 of the Act of Settlement];

(e)	sections [Referendums: person may not be “responsible person” for

more than one permitted participant] and [Referendums: expenses

incurred by persons acting in concert];

(f)	this Part.’.

David Howarth

Mr David Heath

135

Clause  62,  page  33,  line  38,  after ‘Part’, insert ‘and section [Referendum on

electoral reform]’.

Secretary Jack Straw

102

Title,  line  1,  after ‘State;’ insert ‘to make provision in relation to section 3 of the Act of

Settlement and other provision in relation to nationality restrictions connected with

employment or the holding of office in a civil capacity under the Crown;’.

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Secretary Jack Straw

133

Title,  line  2,  after ‘treaties;’, insert ‘to amend the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 and

the European Parliament (Pay and Pensions) Act 1979 and to make provision relating to

pensions for members of the House of Commons, Ministers and other office-holders;’.

Secretary Jack Straw

137

Title,  line  2,  after ‘treaties;’ insert ‘to make provision for a referendum on the voting

system for parliamentary elections, and about referendums generally;’.

Secretary Jack Straw

134

Title,  line  4,  after ‘Lords;’, insert ‘to make provision for treating members of the House

of Commons and members of the House of Lords as resident, ordinarily resident and

domiciled in the United Kingdom for taxation purposes;’.

Secretary Jack Straw

43

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;’.

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.

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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.

       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

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	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.

Note

The Bill as presented on 19 November 2009 [Bill 4] includes new Clauses and new

Schedules added to the Bill in committee in the previous session. As a result the

numbering of Clauses and Schedules in the Bill has changed. The Table for proceedings

on the third and fourth days as agreed on 3 November 2009 should be read as follows:

‘Clauses 24 to 28, new Clauses relating to Part 2, new Schedules relating to Part 2,

Clauses 29 and 30, Schedule 4, Clauses 31 to 34, new Clauses relating to Part 3, new

Schedules relating to Part 3, Clause 35, Schedule 5, new Clauses relating to Part 4, new

Schedules relating to Part 4, Clauses 59 to 62, remaining new Clauses, remaining new

Schedules, remaining proceedings on the Bill.’

ORDER OF THE HOUSE [19 January 2010]

That—

1.	The Order of 3 November 2009 in the last Session of Parliament

(Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Programme) (No. 2)) be varied

as follows: in the Table, for the entry relating to the third and fourth days of

Committee there shall be substituted:

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        TABLE

	Third day
	Proceedings	Time for conclusion of proceedings
	Clauses 24 to 28, new Clauses	The moment of interruption on the
	relating to Part 2, new Schedules	third day.
	relating to Part 2, Clause 35,
	Schedule 5, new Clauses relating to
	Part 4, new Schedules relating to
	Part 4, new Clauses relating to the
	effect of section 18(7) of the
	Electoral Administration Act 2006.

	Fourth day
	Proceedings	Time for conclusion of proceedings
	Clauses 29 and 30, Schedule 4,	The moment of interruption on the
	Clauses 31 to 34, new Clauses	fourth day.
	relating to Part 3, new Schedules
	relating to Part 3, remaining new
	Clauses, remaining new Schedules,
	Clauses 59 to 62, remaining
	proceedings on the Bill.

2.	Notwithstanding paragraphs 3 and 4 of that Order, if the proceedings shown

for the third day in the first column of the Table above are concluded before

the moment of interruption on the third day, the proceedings shown for the

fourth day may be taken on the third day.

ORDER OF THE HOUSE [25 January 2010]

That the Order of 3 November 2009 in the last Session of Parliament (Constitutional

Reform and Governance Bill (Programme) (No. 2)), as varied by the Order of 19 January

2010 (Consequential Reform and Governance Bill (Programme) (No. 3)) be further varied

as follows—

1.	in paragraph 2, for ‘four days’ there shall be substituted ‘five days’;

2.	in the Table, for the entry relating to the fourth day of Committee there shall

be substituted:

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        TABLE

	Fourth day
	Proceedings	Time for conclusion of proceedings
	Clauses 29 and 30, Schedule 4,	The moment of interruption on the
	Clauses 31 to 34, new Clauses and	Fourth day.
	new Schedules relating to Part 3
	(except any new Clauses and new
	Schedules relating to the tax status
	of members of the House of Lords).

	Fifth day
	Proceedings	Time for conclusion of proceedings
	Remaining new Clauses and	The moment of interruption on the
	remaining new Schedules, Clauses	fifth day.
	59 to 62, remaining proceedings on
	the Bill.

Order of the House [1 February 2010]

Secretary Jack Straw

That the Order of 3 November 2010 in the last Session of Parliament (Constitutional

Reform and Governance Bill (Programme) (No. 2)), as varied by the Orders of 19 and 26

January 2010, be further varied as follows—

1.	in paragraph 2, for ‘five days’ there shall be substituted ‘six days’;

2.	in the Table, for the entry relating to the fifth day of Committee there shall be

substituted:

        TABLE

	Fifth day
	Proceedings	Time for conclusion of proceedings
	New Clauses and new Schedules	The moment of interruption on the
	relating to the Parliamentary	fifth day.
	Standards Act 2009 or the
	European Parliament (Pay and
	Pensions) Act 1979 or to pensions
	for members of the House of
	Commons, Ministers or other
	office-holders; new Clauses and
	new Schedules relating to the tax
	status of members of the House of
	Commons or members of the
	House of Lords.

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Revised 9 February 2010