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House of Commons

 
 

Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Wednesday 15 September 2010

 

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

 

121-31, 133-34, 135-37, 143-44, 151-52 and 163-65

 

Committee of the whole House


 

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

 

Mr Roger Godsiff

 

Fiona Mactaggart

 

Tom Greatrex

 

77

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  7,  after first ‘The’, insert ‘first’.

 

Mr Roger Godsiff

 

Fiona Mactaggart

 

Tom Greatrex

 

78

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  4,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

The second question that is to appear on the ballot papers is—

 

  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 and be handed a ballot paper on election day, or to

 

request that a ballot paper be received through the post?

 

(4B)    

In Wales, a Welsh version of the second question is also to appear on the ballot

 

papers.’.

 

Mr Roger Godsiff

 

Fiona Mactaggart

 

Tom Greatrex

 

79

 

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  28,  after ‘“No”’, insert ‘to the first question’.

 

Mr Roger Godsiff

 

Fiona Mactaggart

 

Tom Greatrex

 

80

 

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

 

at general elections: amendments] if more votes are cast in the referendum in

 

favour of the answer “Yes” than in favour of the answer “No” to the second

 

question.’.

 

Mr Roger Godsiff

 

Fiona Mactaggart

 

Tom Greatrex

 

81

 

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  39,  after ‘subsection (1)’, insert ‘or (1A)’.

 

Mr Roger Godsiff

 

Fiona Mactaggart

 

Tom Greatrex

 

82

 

Clause  16,  page  13,  line  3,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

Section [Mandatory voting at general elections: amendments] comes into force

 

in accordance with provision made by an order under section 6 (1A).’.

 

Mr Roger Godsiff

 

Fiona Mactaggart

 

Tom Greatrex

 

88

 

Schedule  2,  page  47,  line  22,  leave out ‘the referendum question’ and insert ‘either

 

or both of the referendum questions’.

 

Mr Roger Godsiff

 

Fiona Mactaggart

 

Tom Greatrex

 

89

 

Schedule  2,  page  54,  line  16,  at end insert—

 

Referendum on mandatory voting for parliamentary general elections

 
 


 
 

Vote (X) once only

 
 

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

 
 

and be handed a ballot paper on polling day, or to request that a ballot paper be

 
 

received through the post?

 
 

YES

  
 

NO

  
 

Mr Roger Godsiff

 

Fiona Mactaggart

 

Tom Greatrex

 

90

 

Schedule  2,  page  54,  line  20,  after ‘system’, insert ‘and on mandatory voting’.


 
 

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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Roger Godsiff

 

Fiona Mactaggart

 

Tom Greatrex

 

97

 

Schedule  2,  page  57,  line  15,  after ‘only’, insert ‘in relation to each question’.

 

Mr Roger Godsiff

 

Fiona Mactaggart

 

Tom Greatrex

 

98

 

Schedule  2,  page  58,  line  32,  after ‘only’, insert ‘in relation to each question’.

 

Mr Roger Godsiff

 

Fiona Mactaggart

 

Tom Greatrex

 

99

 

Schedule  2,  page  60,  line  7,  after ‘only’, insert ‘in relation to each question’.

 

Mr Roger Godsiff

 

Fiona Mactaggart

 

Tom Greatrex

 

100

 

Schedule  2,  page  63,  line  17,  after ‘only’, insert ‘in relation to each question’.

 

Mr Roger Godsiff

 

Fiona Mactaggart

 

Tom Greatrex

 

101

 

Schedule  2,  page  67,  line  9,  after ‘only’, insert ‘in relation to each question’.

 

Mr Roger Godsiff

 

Fiona Mactaggart

 

Tom Greatrex

 

102

 

Schedule  2,  page  73,  line  7,  after ‘only’, insert ‘in relation to each question’.

 

Mandatory voting at general elections: amendments

 

Mr Roger Godsiff

 

Fiona Mactaggart

 

Tom Greatrex

 

NC9

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

All persons on the electoral register in the case of United Kingdom parliamentary

 

general elections must, unless they have a reasonable excuse, either—

 

(a)    

attend the polling station at which they are to vote on election day during

 

the hours when the poll is open and receive a ballot paper, or

 

(b)    

request that a ballot paper be sent to them by post.

 

(2)    

Electoral registration officers must issue penalty notices to all persons on the

 

electoral register for which they are responsible who have not complied with one

 

of the requirements in subsection (1).

 

(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

 

(b)    

give notice within 28 days of an appeal under the mechanism prescribed

 

under subsection (5).

 

(4)    

For each complete period of 28 days in which a person sent a penalty notice does

 

not pay the penalty, the penalty payable shall rise by a further £50.

 

(5)    

The Secretary of State must by order prescribe an appeal mechanism for notices

 

issued under subsection (2), which must include provision for electors to offer a

 

reasonable excuse for not complying with subsection (1).

 

(6)    

An order under subsection (5) is to be made by statutory instrument and is subject

 

to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

 

(7)    

Electoral registration officers must comply with any guidance issued by the

 

Secretary of State about their responsibilities under this section.’.

 

Mr Roger Godsiff

 

Fiona Mactaggart

 

Tom Greatrex

 

103

 

Title,  line  4,  after ‘that;’, insert ‘to make provision for a referendum on whether to require

 

electors to participate in parliamentary general elections and to provide for mandatory

 

voting if a majority of those voting in the referendum are in favour of that;’.

 

Sir Stuart Bell

 

104

 

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  1,  at end insert—

 

‘The alternative vote system

 

37(ZA)  

There shall be two elections, to be held on succeeding Sundays, where in the

 

event no candidate obtains 50 per cent. of the vote in the first election there

 

shall be a run off in the second election between the first and second choice

 

candidates in the first election.’.

 

European parliamentary elections: Saint-Lague method

 

Caroline Lucas

 

Jonathan Edwards

 

NC10

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 shall be amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In section 2, for subsection (6) there shall be substituted—

 

“(6)    

The second and subsequent seats are to be allocated in the same way,

 

except that the number of votes given to a party to which one or more

 

seats have already been allocated are to be divided by 2S + 1, where S is

 

the number of seats already allocated to that party.”.’.

 

Recommendations to the Boundary Commission

 

Susan Elan Jones

 

NC11

 

To move the following Clause:—


 
 

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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

 
 

‘Where a substantial number of representations proposing changes to the

 

Commission’s provisional recommendations are received but the Commission

 

decides not to arrange a public inquiry, the Commission shall request an Assistant

 

Commissioner drawn from a national panel of independent lawyers, to consider

 

all written representations together with the provisional recommendations and

 

publish a summary of the main points and the Assistant Commissioner’s own

 

recommendations to the Boundary Commission.’.

 

Commencement: Wales

 

Susan Elan Jones

 

NC12

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘Notwithstanding any provision of this or any other Act, there shall be no change

 

to the number of boundaries or constituencies in Wales unless the Assembly Act

 

provisions as defined in Part 4 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 have come

 

into force.’.

 

Susan Elan Jones

 

105

 

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  28,  at end insert ‘with the addition of such number of

 

additional constituencies in Wales as are required by rule 6A (Wales) above what would

 

have been the allocation of seats to Wales by the application of rule 8.’.

 

Susan Elan Jones

 

106

 

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

 

Susan Elan Jones

 

107

 

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  35,  leave out ‘598’ and insert ‘E – 42’.

 

Susan Elan Jones

 

108

 

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  37,  at end insert ‘and rule 6A, and E is the number of

 

constituencies in the United Kingdom’.

 

Susan Elan Jones

 

109

 

Clause  9,  page  8,  line  6,  at end insert ‘, subject to the terms of rule 6A’.

 

Susan Elan Jones

 

110

 

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

 

‘Wales

 

6A  (1)  

There shall continue to be 40 constituencies in Wales.

 

      (2)  

Rule 2 does not apply in relation to Wales.

 

      (3)  

The electorate of any constituency in Wales shall be—

 

(a)    

no less than 95 per cent. of the Wales electoral quota,

 

(b)    

no more than 105% of that quota.


 
 

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      (4)  

The “Wales electoral quota” means W/40

 

(a)    

where W is the electorate of Wales.’.

 

Susan Elan Jones

 

111

 

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  28,  at end insert ‘, plus the number of any additional

 

constituencies required under rule 8(4A).’.

 

Susan Elan Jones

 

112

 

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  33,  leave out ‘and 7’ and insert ‘, 7 and 8(4B)’.

 

Susan Elan Jones

 

113

 

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  35,  leave out ‘598’ and insert ‘E – P – 2’.

 

Susan Elan Jones

 

114

 

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  37,  at end insert ‘and minus the electorate of Wales, E is the

 

number of constituencies in the United Kingdom, and P is the number of constituencies

 

allocated to Wales’.

 

Susan Elan Jones

 

115

 

Clause  9,  page  9,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

If the number of constituencies allocated to Wales under 8(3) is fewer than 35, an

 

additional allocation shall be made to Wales to ensure that it has 35

 

constituencies.

 

(4B)    

Where an additional allocation is made under sub-paragraph (4A) above, sub-

 

paragraph (4C) shall apply in place of rule 2.

 

(4C)    

The electorate of any constituency in Wales shall be—

 

(a)    

no less than 95 per cent. of the Wales electoral quota

 

(b)    

no more than 105 per cent of that quota;

 

    

the “Wales electoral quota” meaning W/P, where W is the electorate of Wales and

 

P is the number of constituencies allocated to Wales.’.

 

Mr Andrew Turner

 

116

 

Clause  9,  page  8,  leave out lines 25 to 30.

 

Mr Andrew Turner

 

117

 

Clause  9,  page  8,  line  30,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

The Boundary Commission for England must, so far as reasonably practicable,

 

use parishes rather than wards or eletoral divisions as the basis for

 

constituencies.’.

 


 
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