Notices of Amendments: 7 October 2010

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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

Mr Graham Allen

Sheila Gilmore

Simon Hart

Tristram Hunt

Mrs Eleanor Laing

Sir Peter Soulsby

Mr Andrew Turner

241

Clause  10,  page  10,  leave out from line 39 to line 5 on page 11, and insert—

‘( )	Where a Boundary Commission have provisionally determined to make

recommendations affecting any constituency—

(a)	they shall take such steps as they see fit to inform people in the

constituency of the effect of the proposed recommendations and that a

copy of the recommendations is open to inspection at a specified place

within the constituency,

(b)	they shall make available via their website, and if they see fit by other

means, copies of their proposed recommendations and information on

their effect, together with such information as they have on the number

of the electorate in every sub-division of every ward, electoral division

and electoral area in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, and

(c)	representations with respect to the proposed recommendations may be

made to the Commission by people whether in or outside any given

constituency during a specified period of 12 weeks, and the Commission

shall take into consideration any such representations duly made.’.

Mr John Baron

242

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  28,  after ‘No’, insert ‘and the number of votes cast in favour

of the answer “Yes” is greater than half of those eligible to vote.’.

Mr John Baron

243

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  34,  after ‘No’, insert ‘and the number of votes cast in favour

of the answer “Yes” is not greater than half of those eligible to vote.’.

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Revised 8 October 2010