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SUPPLEMENT TO THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

 
 

Wednesday 1 December 2010

 

Committee of the whole House

 

Proceedings

 

Fixed-Term Parliaments Bill


 

[Third Day]


 

Clause 2

 

Amendment (No. 5) proposed, in page 2, line 11, leave out from ‘Government’ to end

 

of line 14.—(Mr William Cash).

 

 

Negatived on division

 

Edward Miliband

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Chris Bryant

 

Not called  22

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  12,  leave out ‘14’ and insert ‘ten working’.

 

Mr Graham Allen

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Mr Andrew Turner

 

Sir Peter Soulsby

 

Negatived on division  36

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  14,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

In reckoning for the purposes of subsection 2(b), no account shall be taken of any

 

time during which Parliament is prorogued or during which the House of

 

Commons is adjourned for more than four days.’.

 

Mr Graham Allen

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Mr Andrew Turner

 

Sir Peter Soulsby

 

Not called  37

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  14,  at end insert—

 

‘(2B)    

Where the House of Commons passes a motion of no confidence in Her Majesty’s

 

Government, the Prime Minister shall tender his resignation to Her Majesty

 

within a period of seven days of the motion being passed.

 

(2C)    

On tendering his resignation under subsection (2B), it shall be a duty on the Prime

 

Minister to advise Her Majesty to appoint as his successor the person who appears

 

to him most likely to command the confidence of the House of Commons.’.


 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 1 December 2010    

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Fixed-Term Parliaments Bill, continued

 
 

Mr William Cash

 

Mr George Howarth

 

Mr Brian Binley

 

Mr Douglas Carswell

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

Mr Richard Shepherd

 

Negatived on division  6

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  15,  leave out subsection (3) and insert—

 

‘(3)    

Any certificate of the Speaker of the House of Commons given under this section

 

shall be conclusive for all purposes and shall not be presented to or questioned in

 

any court of law whatsoever.’.

 

Edward Miliband

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Chris Bryant

 

Negatived on division  23

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  17,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

The Speaker shall issue a certificate under subsection (1) or (2) within 24 hours

 

of the relevant conditions being met under subsection (1) or (2).’.

 

Edward Miliband

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Chris Bryant

 

Not called  24

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  21,  leave out from ‘be’ to end of line 24 and insert ‘the sixth

 

Thursday after the day on which the Speaker issues a certificate under subsection (1) or

 

(2)’.

 

Edward Miliband

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Chris Bryant

 

Negatived on division  25

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  24,  at end add—

 

‘(6A)    

In this section a “motion of no confidence in Her Majesty’s Government” shall

 

be—

 

(a)    

in the terms “This House has no confidence in Her Majesty’s

 

Government” or

 

(b)    

in the terms “This House has no confidence in the Prime Minister”.’.

 

Clauses 2 to 4 Agreed to on division.

 


 

Edward Miliband

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Chris Bryant

 

Not called  26

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  26,  leave out ‘17th’ and insert ‘25th’.


 
 

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Fixed-Term Parliaments Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Graham Allen

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Sir Peter Soulsby

 

Not called  34

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  28,  leave out ‘(6)’.

 

Edward Miliband

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Chris Bryant

 

Not called  27

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  36,  at end insert ‘within 15 working days of the polling day’.

 


 

Edward Miliband

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Chris Bryant

 

Not called  28

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  12,  leave out subsection (1).

 

Mr Graham Allen

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Sir Peter Soulsby

 

Not called  35

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  15,  leave out ‘(6)’.

 


 

Edward Miliband

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Chris Bryant

 

Not called  29

 

Schedule,  page  4,  line  4,  leave out ‘“or dissolve”’ and insert ‘“prorogue or dissolve

 

Parliaments nor”.’.

 

Edward Miliband

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Chris Bryant

 

Not called  31

 

Schedule,  page  4,  line  6,  at end insert—

 

‘Meeting of Parliament Act 1797 (c. 127)

 

2A         

The Meeting of Parliament Act 1797 is repealed.’.

 

Edward Miliband

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Chris Bryant

 

Not called  30

 

Schedule,  page  4,  line  8,  leave out from ‘omit’ to end of line 9 and insert ‘“unless it

 

should be sooner prorogued or dissolved by the Crown, anything in the Succession to the

 

Crown Act 1707 in any way notwithstanding”.’.


 
 

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Fixed-Term Parliaments Bill, continued

 
 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  14

 

Schedule,  page  4,  line  9,  at end insert—

 

Parliament Act 1911 (c. 13)

 

3A         

In the Parliament Act 1911 omit section 7.’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  15

 

Schedule,  page  4,  line  16,  at end insert—

 

‘7A      

In section 119(2) after “mourning” insert “(but, in relation to a parliamentary

 

general election, excluding any day to which rule 2 of the parliamentary

 

elections rules does not apply by virtue of rule 2(2A))”.’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  16

 

Schedule,  page  5,  line  9,  at end insert—

 

  ‘(3A)  

Omit paragraph (2)(ii) and the “and” before it.’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  17

 

Schedule,  page  5,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

         

‘But, in relation to any proceedings commenced afresh by reason of

 

a candidate’s death, this paragraph is to be ignored.”.’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  18

 

Schedule,  page  5,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘9A      

In rule 6A(4) in Schedule 1 after “rule 2(1)” insert “(subject to rule 2(2A))”.’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

Agreed to  19

 

Schedule,  page  7,  line  10,  at end insert—

 

‘15A      

In section 22(2A) after “1983” insert “(subject to rule 2(2A))”.’.

 

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Clause 5 Agreed to.

 


 

New ClauseS

 

Prorogation of Parliament

 

Edward Miliband

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Chris Bryant

 

Not called  NC3

 

To move the following Clause:—


 
 

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Fixed-Term Parliaments Bill, continued

 
 

‘(1)    

Parliament can only be prorogued in accordance with this section.

 

(2)    

The Speaker of the House of Commons may prorogue Parliament by a

 

declaration, and Parliament shall thereby stand prorogued from the time the

 

declaration is made until the day appointed in that declaration.

 

(3)    

The Speaker shall not make such a declaration unless the House of Commons has

 

directed him to prorogue Parliament on or before a specified date and time, to a

 

specified day, which shall be no more than 15 working days from the day of

 

prorogation.

 

(4)    

The Prorogation Act 1867 is repealed.’.

 


 

Devolved legislature elections

 

Jonathan Edwards

 

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

 

Mark Durkan

 

Not called  NC4

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

A devolved legislature election may not take place on the same day as a United

 

Kingdom parliamentary general election.

 

(2)    

If a devolved legislature election is scheduled to take place on the same day as a

 

United Kingdom parliamentary general election, then the date of the poll for the

 

devolved legislature general election must vary by—

 

(a)    

not less than two months, and

 

(b)    

not more than twelve months and one week before or after the United

 

Kingdom parliamentary general election date.

 

(3)    

The appropriate authority shall make provision by order to vary the date of the

 

devolved legislature general election, subject to agreement by the relevant

 

devolved legislature.

 

(4)    

The following election to that devolved legislature will take place on the first

 

Thursday in May in the fourth calendar year following the polling day for the

 

previous election.

 

(5)    

A devolved legislature election is an election to the Scottish Parliament, the

 

National Assembly for Wales or the Northern Ireland Assembly.’.

 


 

Varying of elections by the National Assembly for Wales

 

Jonathan Edwards

 

Not called  NC5

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Section 4 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (“Power to vary date of ordinary

 

general election”) is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In subsection (1) after “May”, insert “, subject to subsections (1A) and (1B)”.

 

(3)    

After subsection (1) insert—


 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 1 December 2010    

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Fixed-Term Parliaments Bill, continued

 
 

“(1A)    

If the scheduled date for a National Assembly for Wales ordinary general

 

election is the same date as for a United Kingdom parliamentary general

 

election, the National Assembly of Wales general election must be

 

held—

 

(a)    

not less than two months, and

 

(b)    

not more than twelve months and one week before or after the

 

United Kingdom parliamentary general election.

 

(1B)    

The Secretary of State for Wales shall by order provide for the date of the

 

poll of the National Assembly for Wales ordinary general election, with

 

the agreement of the National Assembly for Wales, subject to subsection

 

(1A).”.’.

 


 

Power for the National Assembly for Wales to vary election dates and make provision

 

about elections to the National Assembly for Wales

 

Jonathan Edwards

 

Not selected  NC6

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Government of Wales Act 2006 is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In section 4(1), for “Secretary of State” substitute “National Assembly for

 

Wales”.

 

(3)    

Omit section 4(5).

 

(4)    

In section 5(1), for “Secretary of State” substitute “National Assembly for

 

Wales”.

 

(5)    

In section 5(4), for “Secretary of State” substitute “National Assembly for

 

Wales”.

 

(6)    

In section 13(1), for “Secretary of State” substitute “National Assembly for

 

Wales.”.’.

 


 

Variation of date of Scottish general elections (No. 1)

 

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

 

Not selected  NC7

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Scotland Act 1998 is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In section 2(5) for “which is not more than one month earlier, nor more than one

 

month later, than the first Thursday in May” substitute “which is not more than

 

two months earlier, nor more than 12 months and one week later, than the original

 

date of an ordinary general election,”.’.

 



 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 1 December 2010    

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Fixed-Term Parliaments Bill, continued

 
 

Variation of date of Scottish general elections (No. 2)

 

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

 

Not selected  NC8

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Scotland Act 1998 is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In section 2(5) omit “which is not more than one month earlier, nor more than one

 

month later, than the first Thursday in May,”.’.

 


 

Application of Parliament Act 1911 to section 1

 

Jacob Rees-Mogg

 

Not called  NC9

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Parliament Act 1911 is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In section 2(1), after “five years”, there is inserted “or a Bill amending section 1

 

of the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 2010”.’.

 

Bill, as amended, to be reported.

 


 
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