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| Wednesday 15 September 2010 |
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| For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:
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| 121-31, 133-34, 135-37, 143-44, 151-52 and 163-65 |
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| Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 7, after first ‘The’, insert ‘first’. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 4, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4A) | The second question that is to appear on the ballot papers is— |
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| | Do you want the United Kingdom to make it mandatory, for any general |
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| | election of Members of Parliament to the House of Commons, for all |
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| | persons whose names appear on the electoral register either to attend a |
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| | polling station and be handed a ballot paper on election day, or to |
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| | request that a ballot paper be received through the post? |
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| | (4B) | In Wales, a Welsh version of the second question is also to appear on the ballot |
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| Clause 6, page 4, line 28, after ‘“No”’, insert ‘to the first question’. |
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| Clause 6, page 4, line 32, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | The Minister must make an order bringing into force section [Mandatory voting |
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| | at general elections: amendments] if more votes are cast in the referendum in |
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| | favour of the answer “Yes” than in favour of the answer “No” to the second |
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| Clause 6, page 4, line 39, after ‘subsection (1)’, insert ‘or (1A)’. |
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| Clause 16, page 13, line 3, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | Section [Mandatory voting at general elections: amendments] comes into force |
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| | in accordance with provision made by an order under section 6 (1A).’. |
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| Schedule 2, page 47, line 22, leave out ‘the referendum question’ and insert ‘either |
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| or both of the referendum questions’. |
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| Schedule 2, page 54, line 16, at end insert— |
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| Referendum on mandatory voting for parliamentary general elections
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Do you want the United Kingdom to make it mandatory, for any general |
| | | | election of Members of Parliament to the House of Commons, for all persons |
| | | | whose names appear on the electoral register either to attend a polling station |
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| Schedule 2, page 54, line 20, after ‘system’, insert ‘and on mandatory voting’. |
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| Schedule 2, page 57, line 15, after ‘only’, insert ‘in relation to each question’. |
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| Schedule 2, page 58, line 32, after ‘only’, insert ‘in relation to each question’. |
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| Schedule 2, page 60, line 7, after ‘only’, insert ‘in relation to each question’. |
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| Schedule 2, page 63, line 17, after ‘only’, insert ‘in relation to each question’. |
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| Schedule 2, page 67, line 9, after ‘only’, insert ‘in relation to each question’. |
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| Schedule 2, page 73, line 7, after ‘only’, insert ‘in relation to each question’. |
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| | Mandatory voting at general elections: amendments |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | All persons on the electoral register in the case of United Kingdom parliamentary |
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| | general elections must, unless they have a reasonable excuse, either— |
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| | (a) | attend the polling station at which they are to vote on election day during |
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| | the hours when the poll is open and receive a ballot paper, or |
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| | (b) | request that a ballot paper be sent to them by post. |
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| | (2) | Electoral registration officers must issue penalty notices to all persons on the |
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| | electoral register for which they are responsible who have not complied with one |
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| | of the requirements in subsection (1). |
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| | (3) | On receipt of a penalty notice the elector concerned must either— |
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| | (a) | pay a penalty of not more than £50, or |
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| | (b) | give notice within 28 days of an appeal under the mechanism prescribed |
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| | (4) | For each complete period of 28 days in which a person sent a penalty notice does |
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| | not pay the penalty, the penalty payable shall rise by a further £50. |
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| | (5) | The Secretary of State must by order prescribe an appeal mechanism for notices |
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| | issued under subsection (2), which must include provision for electors to offer a |
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| | reasonable excuse for not complying with subsection (1). |
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| | (6) | An order under subsection (5) is to be made by statutory instrument and is subject |
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| | to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. |
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| | (7) | Electoral registration officers must comply with any guidance issued by the |
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| | Secretary of State about their responsibilities under this section.’. |
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| Title, line 4, after ‘that;’, insert ‘to make provision for a referendum on whether to require |
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| electors to participate in parliamentary general elections and to provide for mandatory |
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| voting if a majority of those voting in the referendum are in favour of that;’. |
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| Clause 7, page 5, line 1, at end insert— |
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| | ‘The alternative vote system |
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| | 37(ZA) | There shall be two elections, to be held on succeeding Sundays, where in the |
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| | event no candidate obtains 50 per cent. of the vote in the first election there |
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| | shall be a run off in the second election between the first and second choice |
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| | candidates in the first election.’. |
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| | European parliamentary elections: Saint-Lague method |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 shall be amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | In section 2, for subsection (6) there shall be substituted— |
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| | “(6) | The second and subsequent seats are to be allocated in the same way, |
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| | except that the number of votes given to a party to which one or more |
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| | seats have already been allocated are to be divided by 2S + 1, where S is |
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| | the number of seats already allocated to that party.”.’. |
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| | Recommendations to the Boundary Commission |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘Where a substantial number of representations proposing changes to the |
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| | Commission’s provisional recommendations are received but the Commission |
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| | decides not to arrange a public inquiry, the Commission shall request an Assistant |
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| | Commissioner drawn from a national panel of independent lawyers, to consider |
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| | all written representations together with the provisional recommendations and |
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| | publish a summary of the main points and the Assistant Commissioner’s own |
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| | recommendations to the Boundary Commission.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘Notwithstanding any provision of this or any other Act, there shall be no change |
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| | to the number of boundaries or constituencies in Wales unless the Assembly Act |
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| | provisions as defined in Part 4 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 have come |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 28, at end insert ‘with the addition of such number of |
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| additional constituencies in Wales as are required by rule 6A (Wales) above what would |
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| have been the allocation of seats to Wales by the application of rule 8.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 33, after ‘6 (2)’, insert ‘6A’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 35, leave out ‘598’ and insert ‘E – 42’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 37, at end insert ‘and rule 6A, and E is the number of |
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| constituencies in the United Kingdom’. |
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| Clause 9, page 8, line 6, at end insert ‘, subject to the terms of rule 6A’. |
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| Clause 9, page 8, line 39, at end insert— |
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| | 6A (1) | There shall continue to be 40 constituencies in Wales. |
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| | (2) | Rule 2 does not apply in relation to Wales. |
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| | (3) | The electorate of any constituency in Wales shall be— |
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| | (a) | no less than 95 per cent. of the Wales electoral quota, |
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| | (b) | no more than 105% of that quota. |
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| | (4) | The “Wales electoral quota” means W/40 |
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| | (a) | where W is the electorate of Wales.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 28, at end insert ‘, plus the number of any additional |
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| constituencies required under rule 8(4A).’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 33, leave out ‘and 7’ and insert ‘, 7 and 8(4B)’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 35, leave out ‘598’ and insert ‘E – P – 2’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 37, at end insert ‘and minus the electorate of Wales, E is the |
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| number of constituencies in the United Kingdom, and P is the number of constituencies |
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| Clause 9, page 9, line 40, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4A) | If the number of constituencies allocated to Wales under 8(3) is fewer than 35, an |
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| | additional allocation shall be made to Wales to ensure that it has 35 |
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| | (4B) | Where an additional allocation is made under sub-paragraph (4A) above, sub- |
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| | paragraph (4C) shall apply in place of rule 2. |
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| | (4C) | The electorate of any constituency in Wales shall be— |
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| | (a) | no less than 95 per cent. of the Wales electoral quota |
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| | (b) | no more than 105 per cent of that quota; |
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| | | the “Wales electoral quota” meaning W/P, where W is the electorate of Wales and |
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| | P is the number of constituencies allocated to Wales.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 8, leave out lines 25 to 30. |
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| Clause 9, page 8, line 30, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2A) | The Boundary Commission for England must, so far as reasonably practicable, |
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| | use parishes rather than wards or eletoral divisions as the basis for |
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