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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 9, line 40, at end insert— |
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| | ‘Variation in number of constituencies |
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| | 8A (8) | A Boundary Commission shall have power to recommend that the number of |
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| | constituencies in the relevant part of the United Kingdom should be greater or |
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| | smaller than the number determined in accordance with the allocation method |
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| | (9) | The number so recommended must be no less than 98 per cent. and no more |
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| | than 102 per cent. of the number so determined.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 10, line 2, leave out from ‘persons’ to end of line 6 and insert ‘who |
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| are estimated by the Office of National Statistics to be eligible to vote in United Kingdom |
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| parliamentary elections, whether or not they are so registered to vote.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 10, line 2, leave out from ‘persons’ to first ‘in’ in line 5 and insert |
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| ‘aged 18 or over who are shown by the most recent census of population to reside’. |
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| Clause 9, page 10, leave out lines 8 and 9 and insert— |
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| | ‘(a) | in England, the boundaries of— |
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| | (i) | each county for which there is a county council, |
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| | (ii) | each district that is not in such a county, and |
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| | (iii) | each London borough,’. |
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| Clause 9, page 10, line 8, after ‘counties’, insert ‘as defined by the 1997 |
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| Clause 9, page 10, line 27, leave out ‘United Kingdom’. |
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| Clause 10, page 10, line 38, at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | In relation to a report under section 3(1) of the 1986 Act that a Boundary |
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| | Commission is required, by subsection (2) of section 3 of that Act as substituted |
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| | by section 8(3) of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act, to |
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| | submit before 1 October 2013— |
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| | (a) | a Boundary Commission shall make information available via their |
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| | website, and if they see fit by other means, on their proposed general |
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| | approach to the application of Schedule 2 to the 1986 Act, |
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| | (b) | representations with respect to this proposed general approach may be |
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| | made to the Commission during a specified period of eight weeks, and |
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| | (c) | the Commission shall take into consideration any such representations |
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| | duly made prior to the provisional determination of any |
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| | recommendations affecting any constituency. |
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| | ( ) | A Boundary Commission’s “proposed general approach” shall include but need |
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| | (a) | the processes by which they intend to seek to ensure the application of |
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| | rule 2, and in the case of the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland |
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| | of rule 7, including the circumstances in which they will consider |
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| | recommending that wards, electoral areas and divisions should be |
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| | divided between two or more constituencies, and the information on |
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| | which they intend to rely in determining how to carry out such a division, |
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| | (b) | the extent to which they intend to take into account each of the factors |
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| | described in rule 5(1), and in the case of the Boundary Commission for |
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| Clause 10, page 10, leave out from line 39 to line 5 on page 11, and insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | Where a Boundary Commission have provisionally determined to make |
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| | recommendations affecting any constituency— |
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| | (a) | they shall take such steps as they see fit to inform people in the |
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| | constituency of the effect of the proposed recommendations and that a |
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| | copy of the recommendations is open to inspection at a specified place |
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| | (b) | they shall make available via their website, and if they see fit by other |
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| | means, copies of their proposed recommendations and information on |
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| | their effect, together with such information as they have on the number |
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| | of the electorate in every sub-division of every ward, electoral division |
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| | and electoral area in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, and |
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| | (c) | representations with respect to the proposed recommendations may be |
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| | made to the Commission by people whether in or outside any given |
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| | constituency during a specified period of 12 weeks, and the Commission |
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| | shall take into consideration any such representations duly made.’. |
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| Clause 10, page 11, line 6, after ‘(2)’, insert ‘Subject to subsection (2A) below’. |
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| Clause 10, page 11, leave out lines 6 to 12 and insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | A Boundary Commission may cause a local inquiry to be held for the purposes of |
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| | a report under this Act where, on publication of a recommendation of a Boudary |
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| | Commission for the alteration of any constituency, the Commission receive any |
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| | representation objecting to the proposed recommendation from an interested |
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| | authority or from a body of electors numbering one hundred or more. |
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| | (1B) | Where a local inquiry was held in respect of the constituencies before the |
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| | publication of the notice mentioned in subsection (1) above, that subsection shall |
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| | not apply if the Commission, after considering the matters discussed at the local |
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| | inquiry, the nature of the representations received on the publication of the notice |
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| | and any other relevant circumstances, are of opinion that a further inquiry would |
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| | (1C) | In subsection (1A) above, “interested authority” and “elector” respectively mean, |
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| | in relation to any recommendation, a local authority whose area is wholly or |
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| | partly comprised in the constituencies affected by the recommendation, and a |
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| | parliamentary elector for any of those constiuencies.’. |
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| Clause 10, page 11, line 7, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2A) | The Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland shall cause a public inquiry to |
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| | be held for the purposes of a report under this Act covering the whole of Northern |
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| | Ireland, where any representation objecting to a report has been received from the |
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| | council of a district in Northern Ireland or from a body of parliamentary electors |
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| | in Northern Ireland numbering one hundred or more from two or more |
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| Clause 11, page 11, line 30, leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Minister’. |
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| Clause 11, page 11, line 34, leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Minister’. |
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| Clause 11, page 11, line 35, leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Minister’. |
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| Clause 11, page 11, line 40, leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Minister’. |
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| Clause 11, page 12, line 18, at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | In this section “the Minister” means the Lord President of the Council or the |
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| Schedule 7, page 152, leave lines 10 to 27. |
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| Clause 16, page 13, line 3, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | Part 2 of this Act shall come into force if more votes are cast in the referendum |
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| | under Part 1 of the Act in favour of the answer “Yes” than in favour of the answer |
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| Clause 16, page 13, line 5, at end insert ‘with the exception of Part 2, which will not |
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| | (a) | after the referendum on the determination of powers devolved to the |
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| | National Assembly for Wales under the terms of the Government of |
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| | (b) | the Electoral Commission has reported to the House of Commons, that |
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| | over 95% of eligible voters in each local authority area are estimated to |
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| | be on the electoral register.’. |
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| | Press comment etc not subject to spending controls |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘Expenses incurred in respect of the publication of any matter relating to the |
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| | referendum, other than an advertisement, in— |
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| | (a) | a newspaper or periodical, |
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| | (b) | a broadcast made by the British Broadcasting Corporation or Sianel |
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| | (c) | a programme included in any service licensed under Part 1 or 3 of the |
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| | Broadcasting Act 1990 or Part 1 or 2 of the Broadcasting Act 1996, |
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| | are not “referendum expenses” for the purposes of Part 7 of the 2000 Act.’. |
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| | Restrictions on ministerial conduct |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Section 125 of the 2000 Act (restriction on publication etc. of promotional |
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| | material by central and local government etc) shall be amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | After subsection (2) there shall be inserted— |
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