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| | | Abolition of regional members of Scottish Parliament |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Scotland Act 1998 is amended as follows. |
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| | | (a) | in subsection (2) “Two members” is substituted for “One member”; and |
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| | | at the end there is inserted “save for those identified in paragraph 1(a) to |
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| | | (c) of Schedule 1, each of which shall return one member,”; |
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| | | (b) | subsection (3) is omitted. |
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| | | (3) | In section 5, subsections (1) and (3) to (9) are omitted. |
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| | | (4) | Sections 6, 7, 8 and 10 are omitted. |
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| | | (5) | In section 11, subsection (2) is substituted by— |
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| | | “(2) | A person is not entitled to vote as an elector in more than one |
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| | | constituency at a general election, and may cast no more than two votes |
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| | | at a poll for the return of constituency members.”. |
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| | | (a) | in subsection (2), paragraphs (e) and (f) are omitted; |
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| | | (b) | subsection (3) is omitted; |
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| | | (c) | after subsection (4) the following subsection is inserted— |
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| | | “(4A) | The provision to be made under subsection (1) must include |
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| | | (a) | each elector to cast one or two votes of equal value, with |
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| | | no more than one vote to be given to any one candidate, |
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| | | in constituencies returning two members; |
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| | | (b) | the two candidates with the most valid votes to be |
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| | | elected in such constituencies.”. |
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| | | (a) | for paragraph 1 there is substituted— |
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| | | “(1) | The constituencies are— |
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| | | (c) | the Western Isles [Na h-Eileanan An Iar], and |
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| | | (d) | the parliamentary constituencies in Scotland at the time |
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| | | of an ordinary or extraordinary general election for the |
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| | | Scottish Parliament, except the constituencies of Orkney |
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| | | and Shetland and Na h-Eileanan An Iar”; |
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| | | (b) | paragraphs 3 to 14 are omitted.’. |
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| | | Regional members of the Scottish Parliament |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Scotland Act 1998 is amended as follows. |
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| | | (2) | In section 81, after subsection (2), there is inserted— |
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| | | “(2A) | No provision shall be made under subsection (2) for any allowances for |
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| | | representative work in any constituency or region by a regional member |
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| | | in a registered political party or a group of such regional members; and |
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| | | no allowances may be made for offices or staff or related expenses |
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| | | incurred by such members other than in connection with or at the |
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| | | Parliament’s place of meeting or in connection with a committee |
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| | | (2B) | Any allowances paid to regional members in a registered political party |
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| | | shall be founded on the assumption that they are representatives of that |
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| | | party from the relevant region and not from any single constituency.”. |
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| | | (3) | In Schedule 3, after paragraph 2 , there is inserted— |
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| | | “2A | The standing orders shall include provision for withdrawing from a |
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| | | regional member in a registered political party any or all of his rights |
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| | | and privileges as a member, including any allowances, if he is found |
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| | | to have purported to act, or has held himself out, as a constituency |
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| | | member for any single constituency or for a group of constituencies |
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| | | other than the region from which he was elected.”’. |
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