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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Monday 25 October 2010

Consideration of Bill

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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, As Amended

Boundary Commission—powers of discretion

Andrew George

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	The Boundary Commission shall have the following powers of discretion.

(2)	To specify, in certain specified circumstances (contained in subsection 3), that

constituencies in areas determined by the Boundary Commission shall be—

(a)	wholly within a principal local authority or authorities; or

(b)	wholly within well-established historic and/or geographical boundaries.

(3)	The impact of any decision taken in respect of areas defined under subsection 2

must not create constituencies within the remainder of the region or nation in

which such areas fall which fail to meet the rules in section 9.

(4)	The coterminosity of parliamentary constituencies with boundaries as defined in

subsection 2 may be specified when the following support such a proposition—

(a)	the principal local authority or authorities within the area proposed;

(b)	all sitting Members of Parliament representing constituencies wholly or

partially within that area; and

(c)	at least two-thirds of all civil parish and town councils or parish meetings

within that area who make a representation;

and where the Boundary Commission is satisfied, from its own soundings

amongst the electorate and the business and voluntary sectors, that such a

proposal is widely supported.’.

Mr Andrew Turner

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Page  8,  line  39  [Clause  9],  at end insert—

‘Isle of Wight

6A  (1)

All parts of the Isle of Wight must be included in a constituency which is

wholly in the Isle of Wight.

(2)	Rule 2 does not apply to any such constituency.’.

Notices of Amendments: 25 October 2010

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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

Mr Andrew Turner

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

Parliamentary representation of the Isle of Wight

Mr Andrew Turner

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

‘Notwithstanding the provisions of Schedule 2 to the 1986 Act (as substituted by

section 9 of this Act)—

(a)	all parts of the Isle of Wight must be included in a constituency which is

wholly in the Isle of Wight, and

(b)	Rule 2 does not apply to any such constituency.’.

Mr Andrew Turner

3

Page  10,  line  31  [Clause  9],  at end insert—

‘(8)	This Schedule is subject to section [Parliamentary representation of the Isle of

Wight] of that Act.’.

Andrew George

4

Page  8,  line  39  [Clause  9],  at end insert—

‘Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

6A  (3)

All parts of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly must be included in a constituency

which is wholly in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

(4)	Rule 2 does not apply in relation to any such constituencies.

(5)	The electorate of any constituency in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly shall be:

(a)	no less than 95 per cent. of the Cornwall and Scilly electoral quota; and

(b)	no more than 105 per cent. of that quota.

(6)	The “Cornwall and Scilly electoral quota” means C/E where C is the electorate

of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and E is the number of parliamentary

constituencies which the Commission has determined should be allocated to

Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

(7)	The number of Parliamentary seats allocated to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

shall not result in the electoral quota of any other constituency being

compromised in respect of Rule 2.’.

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Revised 26 October 2010