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| | Fixed-term Parliaments Bill, As Amended
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| | | National Assembly for Wales: terms |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Government of Wales Act 2006 is amended as follows. |
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| | | (2) | In section 3, for subsection (1) there is substituted. |
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| | | “(1) | After the ordinary general election in 2011, and subject to the coming |
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| | | into force of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, the poll at an ordinary |
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| | | general election is to be held on the first Thursday in May in the fifth |
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| | | calendar year following that in which the previous ordinary general |
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| | | election was held, unless provision is made for the day of the poll by an |
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| | | order under section 4.”.’. |
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| | | National Assembly for Wales: powers on election dates and elections |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Government of Wales Act 2006 is amended as follows. |
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| | | (2) | In section 4(1) for “Secretary of State” insert “National Assembly for Wales”. |
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| | | (4) | In section 5(1), for “Secretary of State” insert “National Assembly for Wales”. |
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| | | (5) | In section 5(4), for “Secretary of State” insert “National Assembly for Wales”. |
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| | | (6) | In section 13(1), for “Secretary of State” insert “National Assembly for Wales”.’. |
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| | | Application of Parliament Act 1911 to section 1 |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Parliament Act 1911 is amended as follows. |
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| | | (2) | In section 2(1), after “five years”, there is inserted “or a Bill amending section 1 |
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| | | of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011”.’. |
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| | | Prorogation of Parliament |
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| | | Negatived on division NC4 |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | Parliament can only be prorogued in accordance with this section. |
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| | | (2) | If the House of Commons resolves that Parliament should be prorogued, |
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| | | Parliament shall be prorogued at that time, or by declaration of the Speaker. |
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| | | (3) | The Speaker of the House of Commons shall not make such a declaration unless |
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| | | the House of Commons has passed a resolution directing him to do so on or before |
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| | | a specified date and time. |
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| | | (4) | Where Parliament is prorogued under subsection (2) above, the Speaker may by |
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| | | declaration prorogue it to an earlier or later day. |
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| | | (5) | The Prorogation Act 1867 is repealed.’. |
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| | | Expiry and revival of section 2 |
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| | | Negatived on division NC5 |
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| | | ‘(1) | Section 2 expires when the Parliament summoned to meet in May 2010 dissolves. |
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| | | (2) | In the course of the first month of the day of first meeting of any Parliament after |
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| | | the expiry of section 2 as a result of subsection (1) above, the Minister may by |
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| | | order bring the section back into force for the remainder of that Parliament. |
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| | | (3) | An order made under subsection (2) above is to be made by statutory instrument |
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| | | and shall not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and |
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| | | approved by a resolution of the House of Commons. |
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| | | (4) | If no order has been made under subsection (2) above, an early parliamentary |
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| | | general election is to take place only if the House has passed a motion that there |
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| | | should be an early parliamentary general election. |
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| | | (5) | The polling day for an early parliamentary general election under subsection (4) |
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| | | above is to be the day appointed by Her Majesty by proclamation on the |
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| | | recommendation of the Prime Minister. |
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| | | (6) | If a polling day is appointed under subsection (5) above, the reference in section |
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| | | 1(4) to the polling day for a parliamentary general election appointed under |
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| | | section 2(6) shall be construed as if referring to a day appointed under subsection |
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| | | Amendment to Scotland Act 1998 |
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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 2(5), omit “which is not more than one month earlier, nor more than |
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| | | one month later, than the first Thursday in May”.’. |
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| | | Northern Ireland Assembly elections |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | If a Northern Ireland Assembly election is scheduled to take place on the same |
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| | | day as a United Kingdom parliamentary general election, the date of the poll for |
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| | | Northern Ireland Assembly election may be varied by up to six months before or |
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| | | after the scheduled date, if the Northern Ireland Assembly passes a resolution to |
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| | | that effect, and section 31(3) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 shall be read |
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| | | (2) | The Secretary of State shall by order make provision where the Northern Ireland |
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| | Page 1, line 5 [Clause 1], leave out ‘7 May 2015’ and insert ‘1 May 2014’. |
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| | Page 1, line 5 [Clause 1], at end insert ‘save as provided for by subsection (2A) |
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| | | (2A) | If a day before 7 May 2015 has been appointed under section 2(6) as the polling |
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| | | day for an early parliamentary general election, the polling day for the subsequent |
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| | | parliamentary general election shall not be 7 May 2015, but shall instead be set |
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| | | by reference to subsections (3) and (4) below.’. |
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| | Page 1, line 7 [Clause 1], leave out ‘fifth’ and insert ‘fourth’. |
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| | Page 1, line 8 [Clause 1], at end insert ‘, no notice being taken of any early |
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| | parliamentary general election as provided for in section 2.’. |
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| | Page 1, line 9 [Clause 1], leave out subsection (4). |
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| | Page 1, line 13 [Clause 1], leave out ‘“fifth” there were substituted “fourth”’ and |
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| | insert ‘“fourth” there were substituted “third”’. |
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| | Page 1, line 13 [Clause 1], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(4A) | In Scotland, when a United Kingdom general election converges with a Scottish |
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| | | general election, the Scottish Parliament will have the additional authority to |
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| | | move the Scottish general election to avoid an electoral conflict.’. |
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| | Page 2, line 5 [Clause 2], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(aa) | certifying whether or not the motion specified a polling day for such an |
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| | | election, and if so, the day specified in that motion,’. |
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| | Page 2, line 18 [Clause 2], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | From the day on which this Act is passed until the next parliamentary general |
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| | | election thereafter, a motion passed by the House of Commons which declares |
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| | | that a substantial breach has occurred in the coalition agreement entered into in |
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| | | May 2010 by the leaders of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties shall |
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| | | be treated as a motion of no confidence for the purposes of subsection (2)(a) |
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| | Page 2, line 24 [Clause 2], after ‘be’, insert— |
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| | | ‘(a) | the day specified in a motion as certified under subsection (1)(aa) above, |
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| | | or, if no date is specified, (b)’. |
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| | Page 2, line 29 [Clause 3], leave out ‘17th’ and insert ‘25th’. |
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| | Page 2, line 39 [Clause 3], at end insert ‘within 15 working days of the polling |
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| | Page 4, line 4 [Schedule], leave out ‘“or dissolve”’ and insert ‘“prorogue or dissolve |
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| | Page 4, line 6 [Schedule], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘Meeting of Parliament Act 1797 (c. 127) |
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| | | 2A | The Meeting of Parliament Act 1797 is repealed.’. |
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| | Page 4, line 8 [Schedule], leave out ‘“or dissolved” where it occurs second’ and insert |
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| | ‘“unless it should be sooner prorogued or dissolved by the Crown, anything in the |
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| | Succession to the Crown Act 1707 in any way notwithstanding”.’. |
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| | | Bill read the third time on division, and passed. |
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