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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Tuesday 7 September 2010

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:

121-31

Committee of the whole House

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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

Jacob Rees-Mogg

39

Clause  9,  page  8,  line  30,  at end insert ‘The Boundary Commission for England

shall take into account counties as listed in Schedule 1 to the 1997 Lieutenancies Act in

so far as is possible in accordance with rule 2 above.’.

Jacob Rees-Mogg

40

Clause  9,  page  10,  line  8,  after ‘counties’, insert ‘as defined by the 1997

Lieutenancies Act’.

Mr Graham Allen

41

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  28,  leave out ‘600’ and insert ‘gradually reduced to 600 in

accordance with the terms of rule 1A.

1A  (1)

In each periodic report submitted by a Boundary Commission under section

3(2), the overall number of constituencies in each part of the United Kingdom

shall be no more than in the previous report.

(2)	The Boundary Commissions shall meet at the outset of each periodic review to

determine the overall number of constituencies in the United Kingdom, and the

number to be allocated to each of the four parts of the United Kingdom by each

Commission, in accordance with rule 8.

(3)	The Boundary Commissions shall ensure that the overall number of

constituencies in the United Kingdom is reduced in each succeeding periodic

report to no more than 600 by 2029 in their fourth/fifth periodic reports.’.

Notices of Amendments: 7 September 2010

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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

Mr Graham Allen

42

Clause  9,  page  7,  leave out lines 35 to 37 and insert —

'U
T

where U is the electorate of the United Kingdom minus the electorate of the constituencies

mentioned in rule 6 and T is the overall number of constituencies in the United Kingdom

determined by the Boundary Commissions under rule 1A above.’.

Mr Andrew Turner

Mrs Eleanor Laing

Mr Graham Allen

Mr Mike Hancock

Dr Julian Lewis

43

Clause  9,  page  8,  line  39,  at end insert—

‘Isle of Wight

6A  (1)

All parts of the Isle of Wight must be included in a constituency which is

wholly in the Isle of Wight.

(2)	Rule 2 does not apply to any such constituency.’.

Mr Andrew Turner

Mrs Eleanor Laing

Mr Graham Allen

Mr Mike Hancock

Dr Julian Lewis

44

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  33,  after ‘6(2)’, insert ‘, 6A(2)’.

Mr William Cash

Mr Peter Bone

Mr Brian Binley

45

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  28,  after ‘No’, insert ‘and the number of electors casting a

vote in the referendum is equal to or greater than two-thirds of those entitled to cast such

a vote,’.

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Revised 8 September 2010