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| | Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
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| | | Under the authority of the Chairman of Ways and Means, Amendments Nos. 206 to |
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| | | 217, 221, 222, 12, 218 to 220, 82, 120, 251, 224, 35, 139, 103, and 123, New Clauses NC3 |
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| | | to 5 and 13 to 16 and New Schedule NS1 have been removed from the Amendment paper, |
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| | | having fallen as a result of proceedings in the Committee. The texts can be found in pages |
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| | | 286-356 of Committee of the whole House paper, dated 12 October 2010. |
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| | | Another Amendment (No. 127) proposed, in page 6, to leave out line 35 and insert— |
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| | | ‘(a) | within twelve months of Part 2 of the Parliamentary Voting System and |
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| | | Constituencies Act 2010 coming into force in accordance with section |
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| | | 16(2) thereof’.—(Chris Bryant). |
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| | Clause 8, page 6, line 35, leave out ‘2013’ and insert ‘2018’. |
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| | | Negatived on division 342 |
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| | Clause 8, page 6, line 36, leave out ‘fifth’ and insert ‘tenth’. |
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| | Clause 8, page 6, line 36, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(3A) | After subsection (2) there is inserted— |
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| | | “(2AA) | The boundary review due to be completed by the date set out in |
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| | | subsection (2)(a) above shall not begin until both Houses of Parliament |
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| | | have approved a report from the Electoral Commission certifying that in |
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| | | its opinion sufficient measures have been taken to provide for the |
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| | | registration of eligible voters.”.’. |
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| | Clause 8, page 7, line 17, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(5AA) | The Secretary of State must, so far as reasonably practicable, lay before |
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| | | Parliament the draft of a separate Order in Council relating to each county (in |
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| | | England or Wales) or area (in Scotland) identified in Schedule 1 to the |
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| | | Lieutenancies Act 1997.’. |
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| | | Negatived on division 234 |
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| | Clause 8, page 7, line 17, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(5AA) | The draft of an Order in Council laid under subsection (5A) above may only give |
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| | | effect to the recommendations contained in all four reports under subsection (1) |
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| | | above with modifications, where those modifications have been made with the |
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| | | agreement of the Boundary Commissions.’. |
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| | The Deputy Prime Minister |
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| | Clause 8, page 7, line 22, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘( ) | In Article 3 of the Lord President of the Council Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1837) |
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| | | (which makes certain functions of the Secretary of State exercisable concurrently |
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| | | with the Lord President) the reference in paragraph (1) to the Parliamentary |
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| | | Constituencies Act 1986 is to be read as a reference to that Act as amended by |
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| | | Clause, as amended, Agreed to on division. |
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| | | Negatived on division 364 |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, leave out lines 27 and 28 and insert— |
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| | | 1 | The UK Electoral Quota shall be defined as the total electorate of the United |
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| | | Kingdom on the designated enumeration day divided by 650.’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 28, leave out ‘600’ and insert ‘gradually reduced to 600 in |
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| | accordance with the terms of rule 1A. |
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| | | 1A (1) | In each periodic report submitted by a Boundary Commission under section |
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| | | 3(2), the overall number of constituencies in each part of the United Kingdom |
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| | | shall be no more than in the previous report. |
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| | | (2) | The Boundary Commissions shall meet at the outset of each periodic review to |
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| | | determine the overall number of constituencies in the United Kingdom, and the |
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| | | number to be allocated to each of the four parts of the United Kingdom by each |
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| | | Commission, in accordance with rule 8. |
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| | | (3) | The Boundary Commissions shall ensure that the overall number of |
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| | | constituencies in the United Kingdom is reduced in each succeeding periodic |
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| | | report to no more than 600 by 2029 in their fourth/fifth periodic reports.’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 28, leave out ‘600’ and insert ‘585’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 28, leave out ‘600’ and insert ‘500’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 28, leave out ‘600’ and insert ‘no fewer than 588 and no more |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 28, leave out ‘600’ and insert ‘650’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 28, at end insert ‘with the addition of such number of |
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| | additional constituencies in Wales as are required by rule 6A (Wales) above what would |
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| | have been the allocation of seats to Wales by the application of rule 8.’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 28, at end insert ‘, plus the number of any additional |
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| | constituencies required under rule 8(4A).’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, leave out lines 29 to 37. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, leave out lines 30 to 37 and insert— |
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| | | ‘2 (1) | No constituency shall have an electorate more than five per cent. above or |
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| | | below the electoral quota for that part of the United Kingdom unless the |
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| | | Boundary Commission concerned believes there to be overriding reasons |
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| | | under the terms of these rules why it should. |
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| | | (2) | No constituency shall have an electorate more than 10 per cent. above or below |
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| | | the electoral quota for that part of the United Kingdom. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, leave out lines 31 and 32 and insert— |
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| | | ‘(a) | no more than five per cent. above or below the electoral quota for that |
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| | | part of the United Kingdom unless the Boundary Commission concerned |
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| | | believes there to be overriding reasons under the terms of these rules why |
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| | | (b) | no more than 15 per cent. above or below the electoral quota for that part |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, leave out lines 31 and 32 and insert— |
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| | | ‘(a) | no more than five per cent. above or below the electoral quota for that |
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| | | part of the United Kingdom unless the Boundary Commission concerned |
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| | | believes there to be exceptional geographic circumstances, and |
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| | | (b) | no more than 15 per cent. above or below the electoral quota for that part |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 31, leave out ‘United Kingdom electoral quota’ and insert |
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| | ‘electoral quota for the part of the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland or |
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| | Northern Ireland) in which the constituency is located’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 32, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | This rule is subject to an independent assessment of the Boundary Commission |
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| | | as to the potential electorate within any area where the Commission, having |
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| | | (a) | the Electoral Commission, |
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| | | (b) | the Registration Officer of the local authority or authorities in that area, |
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| | | (c) | such other organisations and individuals whom the Boundary |
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| | | Commission may choose to consult, |
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| | | | determine that the difference between the registered electorate and the assessed |
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| | | numbers eligible to be registered is so significant as to give rise to concern about |
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| | | the number of people to be served within such constituencies as would otherwise |
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| | | be created by rule 2(1) above.’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 33, after ‘6(2)’, insert ‘, 6A(2)’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 33, after ‘6(2)’, insert ‘6A’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 33, after ‘6(2)’, insert ‘, 6B(2)’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 33, leave out ‘6(2) and 7’ and insert ‘and 6(2)’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 33, leave out ‘and 7’ and insert ‘, 7 and 8(4B)’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, leave out lines 34 to 37 and insert— |
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| | | ‘(3) | In this rule “electoral quota” means—![equation: over[char[U],char[C]]](missing.gif) |
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| | | | where U is the electorate of the part of the United Kingdom in which the |
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| | | constituency is located, reduced in the case of Scotland by the electorate of the |
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| | | constituencies mentioned in rule 6, and C is the number of constituencies |
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| | | allocated to that part under rule 8.’. |
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| | where U is the electorate of the United Kingdom minus the electorate of the constituencies |
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| | mentioned in rule 6 and T is the overall number of constituencies in the United Kingdom |
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| | determined by the Boundary Commissions under rule 1A above.’.
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| | Clause 9, page 7, leave out lines 35 to 37 and insert— |
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| | where U is the electorate of the United Kingdom minus the electorate of the council areas |
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| | mentioned in rule 6 and C is the number of constituencies allocated to those council |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 35, leave out ‘’ and insert ‘’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 35, leave out ‘’ and insert ‘’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 35, leave out ‘’ and insert ‘’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 35, leave out ‘’ and insert ‘’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 35, leave out ‘598’ and insert ‘E – 42’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 35, leave out ‘598’ and insert ‘E – P – 2’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 37, at end insert ‘and rule 6A, and E is the number of |
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| | constituencies in the United Kingdom’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 7, line 37, at end insert ‘and minus the electorate of Wales, E is the |
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| | number of constituencies in the United Kingdom, and P is the number of constituencies |
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| | Clause 9, page 8, leave out lines 4 to 6 and insert— |
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| | | ‘(2) | Each part of the United Kingdom shall have the same percentage of |
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| | | constituencies or, as the case may be, Members of the House of Commons, as at |
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| | | the date of Royal Assent.’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 8, leave out lines 4 to 6 and insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | In England, each constituency shall be wholly in one of the electoral regions |
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| | | specified in Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002. |
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| | | (1B) | The following shall be allocated whole numbers of constituencies by whichever |
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| | | Boundary Commission is responsible for them: |
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| | | (a) | Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands council areas; |
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| | | (b) | Comhairle nan Eilean Siar council area; |
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| | | (c) | The Isle of Anglesey county area; |
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| | | (d) | The Isle of Wight county area; |
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| | | (e) | The County of Cornwall and Isles of Scilly council areas. |
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| | | (1C) | The number of seats to be allocated to each area shall be determined by dividing |
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| | | the electorate of the area or areas concerned by the United Kingdom Electoral |
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| | | Quota and rounding to the nearest whole number. Each area must be allocated at |
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| | Clause 9, page 8, line 6, at end insert ‘, subject to the terms of rule 6A’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 8, leave out lines 7 to 14. |
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| | Clause 9, page 8, line 10, leave out from ‘if’ to end of line 14 and insert ‘the |
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| | Boundary Commission is concerned that unusual geographical considerations, including |
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