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“(6A)

If the poll to be held under subsection (2) or subsection (5) above is in the

same calendar year as an early parliamentary general election under

section 2 of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, the Parliament may by

resolution appoint an alternative day for the poll for the next Scottish

Parliamentary general election no more than 12 months earlier nor more

than 12 months later than the day appointed under subsection (2) or

subsection (5) above and at least 6 months before or after the

parliamentary general election, and the day so appointed shall be treated

as if it had been proposed by the Presiding Officer under subsection (5)

above.”’.

Duty on fuel

Stewart Hosie

Angus Robertson

Pete Wishart

Dr Eilidh Whiteford

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

Mr Mike Weir

NC8

To move the following Clause:—

‘In Part 4A (as inserted by section 24), after Chapter 4 insert—

“Chapter 8

Duty on Fuel

80O	Duty on fuel

The Secretary of State shall, within one month of the coming into force

of section 80B of this Act, lay in accordance with Type A procedure as

set out in Schedule 7 to this Act a draft Order in Council which specifies

as an additional devolved tax a duty on fuel.”.’.

Rail passenger services

Thomas Docherty

Katy Clark

NC9

To move the following Clause:—

‘In Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Act, in section E2, after “Exceptions” there is

inserted—

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“The provision of rail passenger services which start and finish in

Scotland, including the power to decide who will run such services, the

provisions of the Railways Act 1993 notwithstanding.”.’.

Crown estates

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

Pete Wishart

Stewart Hosie

Angus Robertson

Mr Mike Weir

Dr Eilidh Whiteford

NC10

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	In Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the 1998 Act, paragraphs 2(3) and 3(3)(a) are omitted.

(2)	The Crown Estate is to be treated as a cross-border public authority for the

purposes of sections 88 to 90 of the 1998 Act.

(3)	In section 1(4) of the Crown Estate Act 1961, for “Secretary of State” wherever

it appears, substitute “Scottish Minister”.’.

Time

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

NC11

To move the following Clause:—

‘In Schedule 5, section L, subsection L5 of the 1998 Act the words “, time zones

and the subject matter of the Summer Time Act 1972.” are deleted.’.

Scottish maritime boundaries

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

NC12

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	In section 126(2) of the 1998 Act, after “Council”, insert “and with the Consent

of the Scottish Parliament”.

(2)	At the end of section 126(2) insert “A boundary order shall be issued in 2012.”.’.

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Report to Parliament

David Mowat

NC13

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	The Chancellor of the Exchequer shall, as part of the next Spending Review, lay

before the House a new formula for allocating funds to the devolved institutions

of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland via the block grant. The new formula

shall allocate to each devolved institution an annual sum that is relative to both

the level of need and the relative population of each country.

(2)	The Chief Secretary to the Treasury shall, as part of every Spending Review

thereafter, produce an assessment of how well the formula for allocation reflects

relative need and population and shall report to the House his findings and any

adjustments to the weightings he considers necessary to ensure that the formula

continues to reflect both relative need and population.’.

Fiscal and economic responsibility

Mr Stewart Hosie

Mr Angus Robertson

Pete Wishart

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil

Dr Eilidh Whiteford

Mr Mike Weir

NC14

To move the following Clause:—

‘In Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998, in Section A1, the words “fiscal

economic” and “taxes and excise duties” are omitted.’.

Order of the House [27 JANUARY 2011]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Scotland Bill:

Committal

1.	The Bill shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House.

Proceedings in Committee

2.	Proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall be completed in three

days.

3.	The proceedings shall be taken on the days shown in the first column of the

following Table and in the order so shown.

4.	The proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion at the times specified in the second column of the Table.

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TABLE

	Proceedings	Time for conclusion of proceedings
	First day
	Clauses 1 to 9, Schedule 1, Clauses 10	The moment of interruption on the first
	to 12, Schedule 2, Clauses 13 to 23.	day.
	Second and third days
	Clauses 24 to 26, Schedule 3, Clauses	The moment of interruption on the third
	27 to 29, Schedule 4, Clauses 30 and	day.
	31, Schedule 5, Clauses 32 to 39, new
	Clauses, new Schedules, remaining
	proceedings on the Bill.

5.	Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

proceedings on the Bill in Committee of the whole House.

Consideration and Third Reading

6.	Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

7.	Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on the day on which

those proceedings are commenced, or one hour after they are commenced,

whichever is the earlier.

8.	Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

9.	Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the

Lords) may be programmed.

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