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House of Commons

Tuesday 2 November 2010

Consideration of Bill

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, As Amended

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Note

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Programme (No.4)

Motion [1 November].

The Deputy Prime Minister

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Page  3,  line  1  [Clause  4],  leave out subsection (4) and insert—

‘(4)	The polls for—

(a)	the referendum,

(b)	the general election of members of the Northern Ireland Assembly to be

held on 5 May 2011, and

(c)	the Northern Ireland local elections to be held on that date,

are to be taken together.’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

19

Page  3  [Clause  4],  leave out lines 31 and 32.

The Deputy Prime Minister

44

Page  212,  [Schedule  7],  leave out lines 10 and 11 and insert—

‘“the 2010 Order” means the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order

2010;’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

45

Page  212,  line  15  [Schedule  7],  leave out from ‘Article’ to ‘Order’ and insert ‘14 of

the 2010’.

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The Deputy Prime Minister

46

Page  212,  line  32  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘2007’ and insert ‘2010’.

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

Jonathan Edwards

222

Page  212,  line  36  [Schedule  7],  leave out from ‘combination’ to end of line 38 and

insert ‘is to be the sole responsibility of the United Kingdom Government’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

47

Page  212,  line  41  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘19 of the 2007’ and insert ‘18 of the

2010’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

48

Page  213,  line  9  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘20 of the 2007’ and insert ‘19 of the

2010’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

49

Page  213,  line  19  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘2007’ and insert ‘2010’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

50

Page  213,  line  31  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘2007’ and insert ‘2010’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

51

Page  214,  line  34  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘2007’ and insert ‘2010’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

52

Page  215,  line  5  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘2007’ and insert ‘2010’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

53

Page  216,  line  1  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘second sentence of’ and insert

‘requirement for separate ballot boxes in’.

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The Deputy Prime Minister

54

Page  216,  line  33  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘and (12)’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

55

Page  216,  line  40  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘(13)’ and insert ‘(12)’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

56

Page  218,  line  18  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘46(7)’ and insert ‘46(6)’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

57

Page  218,  line  35  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘46(7)’ and insert ‘46(6)’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

58

Page  218,  line  38  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘2007’ and insert ‘2010’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

59

Page  219,  line  11  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘47(5)’ and insert ‘47(4)’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

60

Page  219,  line  21  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘48(7)(a)’ and insert ‘48(6)(a)’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

61

Page  219,  line  35  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘48(9)’ and insert ‘48(8)’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

62

Page  220,  line  5  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘49(8)’ and insert ‘49(7)’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

63

Page  220,  line  7  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘49(12)’ and insert ‘49(10)’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

64

Page  220,  line  24  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

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insert ‘“CRO”’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

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Page  220,  line  29  [Schedule  7],  leave out from ‘53(1)’ to first ‘reference’ in line 30

and insert ‘and (2) of the Scottish Parliamentary Election Rules, a’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

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Page  220,  line  31  [Schedule  7],  leave out from ‘referendum’ to ‘does’ in line 32 and

insert—

‘( )	Rule 53(2)(g) of those rules’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

67

Page  220,  line  37  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘53(1)(a)’ and insert ‘53(2)(a)’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

68

Page  220,  line  38  [Schedule  7],  leave out paragraph 40 and insert—

‘40	Rule 53(2) of the Scottish Parliamentary Election Rules has effect as if

“counting officer” were substituted for “CRO” in each place.’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

69

Page  221,  line  2  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘53(3)’ and insert ‘53(4)’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

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Page  222,  line  27  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘2007’ and insert ‘2010’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

71

Page  222,  line  33  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘2007’ and insert ‘2010’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

72

Page  223,  line  8  [Schedule  7],  leave out sub-paragraph (5) and insert—

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‘(5)	The counting officer must, on request, provide an election agent for the

Scottish parliamentary election with a copy of the statement relating to that

election.’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

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Page  224,  line  12  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘2007’ and insert ‘2010’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

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Page  225,  line  16  [Schedule  7],  leave out from ‘the’ to ‘and’ in line 17 and insert

‘polling register (within the meaning given in Article 2(1) of the 2010 Order),’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

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Page  225,  line  24  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘69(1)(e), (f) and (h)’ and insert ‘69(1)(c),

(d) and (f)’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

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Page  225,  line  27  [Schedule  7],  leave out from first ‘the’ to end of line 28 and insert

‘CRO were to the counting officer’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

77

Page  225,  line  36  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘72’ and insert ‘72(4), 75(2) or 77(1)’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

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Page  226,  line  3  [Schedule  7],  leave out sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) and insert—

‘(2)	Rule 78 of the Scottish Parliamentary Election Rules has effect as if it were

amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (3) and (3A).

(3)	In paragraph (2), after “ CRO” insert “or counting officer”.

(3A)	For paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3)	After the close of any polls that are being taken together with the poll

that has been abandoned, the counting officer must—

(a)	separate the ballot papers for the abandoned poll, and

(b)	deliver or cause to be delivered to the CRO the ballot papers

and other documents relating to the abandoned poll.

(3A)	Paragraphs (4) to (9) apply in relation to the poll that has been

abandoned.”’.

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The Deputy Prime Minister

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Page  226,  line  28  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘72(8)’ and insert ‘78(10)’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

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Page  226,  line  32  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.)

Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/937)’ and insert ‘2010 Order’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

81

Page  227,  line  1  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘20A(4) or 20B(3)(a)’ and insert ‘20(4)(b),

21(4)(b) or 22(3)(b)’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

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Page  227,  line  2  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘2007’ and insert ‘2010’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

83

Page  227,  line  4  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘28’ and insert ‘30’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

84

Page  227,  line  5  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘2007’ and insert ‘2010’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

85

Page  227,  line  9,  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘(9)’ and insert ‘(10)’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

86

Page  227,  [Schedule  7],  leave out lines 22 to 25.

The Deputy Prime Minister

87

Page  228,  line  8  [Schedule  7],  at end insert—

‘“proxy postal voters list” includes the list kept under paragraph 8(6) of

Schedule 3 to the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act

2010;”;’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

88

Page  228,  line  27  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

insert ‘“CRO”’.

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The Deputy Prime Minister

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Page  228,  line  35  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘constituency returning officer’ and insert

‘CRO’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

90

Page  228,  line  40  [Schedule  7],  before ‘In’ insert—

‘In sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)	for “CRO” substitute “relevant returning or

counting officer”;

(b)	for “CRO’s” substitute “relevant returning or

counting officer’s”.’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

91

Page  228,  line  40  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), for

“constituency returning officer”’ and insert ‘sub-paragraph (2), for “CRO”’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

92

Page  229,  [Schedule  7],  leave out lines 24 and 25 and insert—

‘(a)	the CRO and members of the CRO’s staff;’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

93

Page  230,  line  13  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

insert ‘“CRO”’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

94

Page  230,  line  18  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘(8)’ and insert ‘(9)’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

95

Page  230,  line  18  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

insert ‘“CRO”’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

96

Page  230,  line  21  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘(5)’ and insert ‘(6)’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

97

Page  230,  line  22  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘(8)’ and insert ‘(9)’.

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Revised 2 November 2010