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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Tuesday 12 October 2010

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

286-358

Committee of the whole House

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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

Luciana Berger

333

Schedule  2,  page  27,  line  3,  at end insert—

‘Access to voting for disabled people

6A	Each ballot paper—

(a)	must be produced in a range of formats accessible to people with

disabilities;

(b)	must contain a tactile voting template to ensure participation by a blind

or partially sighted voter.’.

Luciana Berger

334

Schedule  2,  page  27,  line  26,  at end insert—

‘(za)

ensure such rooms selected for polling are accessible to persons with

disabilities in accordance with the requirements of the Equality Act

2010,’.

Luciana Berger

335

Schedule  2,  page  28,  line  29,  leave out from beginning to ‘about’ and insert

‘information’.

Luciana Berger

336

Schedule  2,  page  28,  line  32,  at end insert—

‘(ba)

a transcription into large or giant print;’.

Luciana Berger

337

Schedule  2,  page  28,  line  32,  at end insert—

Notices of Amendments: 12 October 2010

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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

‘(ba)

a transcription into electronic format;’.

Luciana Berger

338

Schedule  2,  page  29,  line  7,  at end insert ‘in whatever manner the voter thinks most

convenient.

(3A)	Each polling station must be equally accessible to people with disabilities

regardless of provisions made in sub-paragraph (1).’.

Luciana Berger

339

Schedule  2,  page  31,  line  39,  at end insert—

‘(za)

information on assistance available at every polling station to ensure

access for voters with disabilities;

(zb)	clear instructions to all presiding officers and polling clerks on the

right of all registered voters with disabilities to vote;

(zc)	clear guidance to presiding officers about the information and support

specific groups of disabled people require.’.

Luciana Berger

340

Schedule  2,  page  31,  line  45,  at end insert—

‘(4A)

For the purposes of paragraph (4)(zc) specific groups may include (although

not exclusively)—

(a)	people with mobility difficulties;

(b)	people with a visual impairment such as blindness or partial sight;

(c)	people with a learning disability;

(d)	people with social or cognitive disorders such as autism or Asperger’s

syndrome;

(e)	people with mental health problems.’.

Greg Mulholland

341

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  35,  leave out ‘2013’ and insert ‘2018’.

Greg Mulholland

342

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  36,  leave out ‘fifth’ and insert ‘tenth’.

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Revised 13 October 2010