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SUPPLEMENT TO THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

 
 

Tuesday 15 February 2011

 

Proceedings

 

on Consideration of Lords Amendments

 

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, As Amended


 

Lords Amendments 2 to 7, 9 to 15, 18, and 21 to 26 Agreed to.

 

Lords Amendment No. 27

 

As Amendments to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Edward Miliband

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Chris Bryant

 

Not called  (a)

 

Line  4,  leave out ‘effects of the reduction’ and insert ‘likely effects of the

 

proposed reduction’.

 

Edward Miliband

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Chris Bryant

 

Not called  (b)

 

Line  9,  leave out ‘1 June 2015 and no later than 30 November 2015’ and insert ‘1

 

March 2011 and no later than 1 November 2011.’.

 

Lords Amendments 27 to 103 Agreed to.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 104

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Edward Miliband

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Chris Bryant

 

Not called  (a)

 

Line  8,  leave out from ‘purpose’ to end of line 10 and insert ‘of a public inquiry

 

is to enable everyone with a view on the proposals of a Boundary Commission


 
 

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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

 
 

to have the opportunity to be heard, to make objections and counter-proposals;

 

to see and understand all the objections and counter-proposals that have been

 

made by others; and to have these arguments heard in front of an independent

 

legally qualified Assistant Commissioner empowered to adjudicate between the

 

arguments and to make a final recommendation on proposed boundary

 

changes.’.

 

Lords Amendment Agreed to.

 


 


 

Lords Amendment No. 16

 

The Deputy Prime Minister                                                                                

Agreed to on division

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 

Lords Amendment accordingly Disagreed to.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 19

 

The Deputy Prime Minister                                                                                

Agreed to on division

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 

Lords Amendment accordingly Disagreed to.

 


 


 

Lords Amendment No. 17

 

The Deputy Prime Minister                                                                                

Agreed to

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 

Lords Amendment accordingly Disagreed to.

 



 
 

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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

 
 

Lords Amendment No. 20

 

The Deputy Prime Minister                                                                                

Agreed to on division

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 

Lords Amendment accordingly Disagreed to.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

To move the following Amendments to the Bill in lieu of the Lords Amendments Nos. 17 and

 

20—

 

(a)

 

Page  9,  line  25,  leave out ‘598’ and insert ‘596’.

 

(b)

 

Page  10,  line  24,  at beginning insert—

 

‘(A1)    

There shall be two constituencies in the Isle of Wight.’.

 

(c)

 

Page  11,  line  24,  leave out ‘accordingly the’ and insert ‘accordingly—

 

(a)    

the electorate of England shall be treated for the purposes of this rule as

 

reduced by the electorate of the constituencies mentioned in rule 6(A1);

 

(b)    

the’.

 

(d)

 

Page  11,  line  25,  leave out ‘those constituencies’ and insert ‘the constituencies

 

mentioned in rule 6(1)’.

 

(e)

 

Page  12,  line  35,  leave out ‘the whole or’ and insert ‘any’.

 

Agreed to on division

 


 


 

Lords Amendment No. 1

 

The Deputy Prime Minister                                                                                

Agreed to on division

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 

Lords Amendment accordingly Disagreed to.


 
 

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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, continued

 
 

Mr William Cash

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

Mr Richard Shepherd

 

Jacob Rees-Mogg

 

Dr William McCrea

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger

 

Mr Peter Bone

 

Mr James Clappison

 

To move the following consequential Amendment to the Bill:—

 

Not called  (a)

 

Page  6,  line  2,  at end insert—

 

‘(A1)    

If the turnout in the referendum does not reach the threshold set out in section

 

1(1A) above, the Minister must make an order repealing the alternative vote

 

provisions.

 

(1)    

Subject to subsection (A1) above,’.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 8

 

The Deputy Prime Minister                                                                                

Agreed to

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 

Lords Amendment accordingly Disagreed to.

 

 


 
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