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(2)	Subject to the following amendments, the Parliamentary Constituencies Act

1986 shall apply for the purpose of revising the constituency names,

boundaries and number of members to be elected contained in each

constituency provided for in (1).

(3)	In section 1 of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, leave out the words

“, each returning a single member,”.

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(4)	In Schedule 2 of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986:

(a)	in rule 1(1), delete “613” and insert “513”;

(b)	delete rule 1(3) and insert “The number of seats in Wales shall be not

less than 28.”;

(c)	delete rule 1(4) and insert “The number of seats in Northern Ireland

shall not be greater than 14 or less than 12, and shall be 13 unless it

appears to the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland that

Northern Ireland should for the time being be divided into 12 or (as the

case may be) into 14 constituencies.”;

(d)	rules 2 and 3 are repealed;

(e)	in rule 4(1)(a), delete (i) and (ii), and insert “regard shall be had to the

boundaries of local authority areas, and, in Wales, to the boundaries of

the preserved counties as defined by section 64 of the Local

Government (Wales) Act 1964.”;

(f)	rule 4(1A) is repealed;

(g)	in rule 5 delete “The electorate of any constituency” and insert “The

electorate of any constituency divided by the number of members to

be elected in that constituency”;

(h)	insert after rule 5—

“(5A)

In setting the sizes of constituencies and the number of

members to be elected from each constituency, a Boundary

Commission shall normally provide for constituencies of

no fewer than three and no more than six members, but in

areas of exceptionally low population density or in

exceptionally isolated areas, the Commission shall

consider providing for constituencies with fewer than three

members, including single member constituencies. This

rule is subject to rule 3A.”’.

David Howarth

Mr David Heath

Chris Huhne

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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

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

David Howarth

Mr David Heath

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

‘(3A)

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

Secretary Jack Straw

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

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‘( )	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

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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;’.

Secretary Jack Straw

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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;’.

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

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