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Here you can browse the Marshalled List of Amendments to the Greater London Authority Bill to be moved in Committee in the House of Lords.

The amendments have been marshalled in accordance with the instruction of 26th May 1999, as follows--

Clauses 1 and 2
Schedule 1
Clauses 3 to 4
Schedule 2
Clauses 5 to 17
Schedule 3
Clauses 18 to 30
Schedule 4
Clauses 31 to 72
Schedule 5
Clauses 73 to 83
Schedule 6
Clauses 84 to 118
Schedule 7
Clauses 119 to 133
Schedule 8
Clauses 134 to 136
Schedule 9
Clauses 137 to 176
Schedules 10 and 11
Clauses 177 to 194
Schedule 12
Clauses 195 to 197
Schedule 13
Clauses 198 to 199
Schedule 14
Clauses 200 to 202
Schedule 15
Clause 203
Schedule 16
Clause 204
Schedule 17
Clauses 205 to 228
Schedule 18
Clause 229
Schedule 19
Clauses 230 to 242
Schedule 20
Clause 243
Schedule 21
Clauses 244 to 257
Schedule 22
Clause 258
Schedules 23 and 24
Clauses 259 to 300
Schedule 25
Clauses 301 to 320
Schedule 26
Clauses 321 to 328
Schedule 27
Clauses 329 to 330

[Amendments marked * are new or have been altered]

Amendment
No.

Clause 1

BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE
THE LORD TOPE
THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD

1      Page 1, line 12, leave out ("or imposed")

BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON
THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA
THE LORD DIXON-SMITH

2      Page 1, line 12, at end insert--

    ("(4)  In this Act, the Greater London Authority shall be referred to as "the Authority."")

Clause 2

BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON
THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA
THE LORD DIXON-SMITH

3      Page 1, line 15, after ("London;") insert--
("(  )  the Deputy Mayor;")

4      Page 2, line 2, leave out subsections (2) to (7) and insert--

    ("(2)  The Assembly shall consist of 33 members comprising--
(a)  one nominated representative from each London borough; and

(b)  one nominated representative from the Corporation of London.
    (3)  The Mayor shall be returned in accordance with the provisions made in or by virtue of this Act for the holding of elections and the filling of a vacancy in the office of Mayor.")

BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE
THE LORD TOPE
THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD

5      Page 2, line 2, leave out ("twenty five") and insert ("forty")

6      Page 2, line 2, leave out from ("members") to end of line 6 and insert ("representing the multi-member constituencies determined by the Local Government Commission under subsection (4) below")

7      Page 2, line 7, after ("be") insert ("more than")

8      Page 2, line 10, at end insert ("following a review carried out by the Local Government Commission under the terms of Schedule 1 to this Act")

BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON
THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA
THE LORD DIXON-SMITH

9      Page 2, line 13, after ("Mayor") insert (", the Deputy Mayor")

10      Page 2, line 15, after ("Mayor,") insert ("the Deputy Mayor,")

BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE
THE LORD TOPE
THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD

11      Page 2, line 15, after ("Mayor,") insert ("and")

12      Page 2, line 16, leave out ("and the London members")

13      Page 2, line 18, leave out ("or the London members")

14      Page 2, line 20, after ("election") insert ("under the alternative vote system")

BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON
THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA
THE LORD DIXON-SMITH

15      Page 2, line 20, at end insert ("and the Deputy Mayor")

BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE
THE LORD TOPE
THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD

16      Page 2, line 21, leave out from ("of") to second ("the") in line 22

BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON
THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA
THE LORD DIXON-SMITH

17      Page 2, line 23, after ("Mayor") insert (", the Deputy Mayor")

Schedule 1

BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE
THE LORD TOPE
THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD

18      Page 180, leave out line 25

BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON
THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA
THE LORD DIXON-SMITH

19      Page 180, line 25, leave out ("fourteen") and insert ("thirty three")

BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE
THE LORD TOPE
THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD

20      Page 180, leave out lines 26 and 27

BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON
THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA
THE LORD DIXON-SMITH

21      Page 180, leave out lines 26 to 41 and insert--

    ("2.  Each London borough and the City of London shall be an Assembly constituency.")

BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE
THE LORD TOPE
THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD

22      Page 180, leave out lines 31 and 32

Clause 4

BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE
THE LORD TOPE
THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD

23      Page 3, line 27, leave out from ("constituency") to end of line 29

24      Page 3, line 33, leave out ("supplementary") and insert ("alternative")

25      Page 3, line 35, leave out ("a supplementary") and insert ("an alternative")

26      Page 3, line 37, leave out ("first and second")

27      Page 3, line 39, leave out ("simple majority system") and insert ("single transferable vote as set out in Part IAA of Schedule 2 to this Act")

28      Page 3, line 41, after first ("a") insert ("candidate who is a member of a")

29      Page 4, line 1, leave out subsection (7) and insert--

    ("(7)  The person who is to be returned as Mayor shall be determined before it is determined who are to be returned as the Assembly members.")

30      Page 4, line 6, leave out subsection (8)

BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON
THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA
THE LORD DIXON-SMITH

31      Page 4, line 13, leave out subsection (10) and insert--

    ("(10)  At an ordinary election a person may not be both a candidate to be an Assembly member and a candidate for Mayor or Deputy Mayor.")

Schedule 2

BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE
THE LORD TOPE
THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD

32      Page 182, line 4, at end insert--

    ("(1A)  The candidate with the fewest number of first preference votes is eliminated, and the second preference votes given for that candidate shall be ascertained.

    (1B)  The second preference votes under sub-paragraph (1A) above shall be transferred to the other candidates, being added to the first preference votes cast for the other candidates.

    (1C)  If, following the recalculation under sub-paragraph (1B) above, none of the candidates receives more than half of the votes, the remaining candidate with the fewest number of votes is eliminated and the procedure in sub-paragraphs (1A) and (1B) above is carried out.

    (1D)  The process continues until one candidate has received more than half of all the votes, and that person shall be returned as Mayor.")

33      Page 182, line 5, leave out sub-paragraphs (2) to (7)

34      Page 182, line 21, at end insert--

("PART IA

Return of Constituency Members Following a Vacancy

Application

      .  This Part of this Schedule applies where there are three or more candidates in an Assembly constituency.

Candidate with overall majority of first preference votes

      .  If one of the candidates to be a constituency member receives more than half of all the first preference votes given in the Assembly constituency that candidate shall be returned as the constituency member for that Assembly constituency.

No candidate with overall majority of first preference votes

      .--(1)  If none of the candidates to be the constituency member receives more than half of all the first preference votes given in the Assembly constituency, the following provisions of this paragraph shall have effect.

    (2)  The candidate with the fewest number of first preference votes is eliminated, and the second preference votes given for that candidate shall be ascertained.

    (3)  The second preference votes under sub-paragraph (2) above shall be transferred to the other candidates, being added to the first preference votes cast for the other candidates.

    (4)  If, following the recalculation under sub-paragraph (3) above, none of the candidates receives more than half of the votes, the remaining candidate with the fewest number of votes is eliminated and the process in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) above is carried out.

    (5)  The process continues until one candidate has received more than half of all the votes, and that person shall be returned as the constituency member for that Assembly constituency.

    (6)  If, by reason of an equality of total number of preference votes, two or more candidates remaining in the contest each have the greatest total number of preference votes, the constituency returning officer shall decide by lots which of them is to be returned as the constituency member for that Assembly constituency.")

35      Page 182, line 21, at end insert:--

("PART IAA

Return of Constituency Members

      .  Each voter shall have a single transferable vote, that is to say a vote--
(a)  capable of being given so as to indicate the voter's order of preference for the candidates for election as members for the constituency, and

(b)  capable of being transferred to the next choice--

    (i)  when the vote is not required to give a prior choice the necessary quota of votes, or

    (ii)  when, owing to the deficiency in the number of votes given for a prior choice, that choice is eliminated from the list of candidates.")

36      Page 182, line 22, leave out from paragraphs 5 to 8

BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON
THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA
THE LORD DIXON-SMITH

37      Page 182, line 27, at end insert ("no later than 55 days prior to the date set for the ordinary election")

38      Page 182, line 32, leave out ("twenty five") and insert ("thirty three")

39      Page 182, line 39, at end insert ("; or
(d)  who is a candidate to be Mayor or Deputy Mayor")

40      Page 182, line 44, at end insert--

("REGISTRATION OF PARTIES>

      .--(1)  The Registration of Political Parties Act 1998 shall be amended as follows--

    (2)  After section 3, there shall be inserted--

Registration for purposes of ordinary election to Greater London Authority.--     3A.--(1)  In any year when an ordinary election to the Greater London Assembly is due, the Registrar shall use his best endeavours to complete, no later than seventy days prior to the date of such election, any valid application for registration of a political party received by him prior to 31st January in that year, if the application indicates that the party intends to participate in such ordinary election.

    (2)  If such registration is not completed in time for a party to submit a list to the Greater London returning officer within the time specified in paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 2 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999, that party shall not be eligible to participate in the election as a party nor its candidates to participate as London candidates for that party.

    (3)  A failure by the Registrar to register a party in time for it to participate in an ordinary election shall not affect or prejudice the result of the election and no action shall be brought against the Registrar or the returning officer in respect of such failure."")

BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE
THE LORD TOPE
THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD

41      Page 184, line 1, leave out from ("filled") to end of line 5 and insert ("in the order of votes cast for the candidates of that party, with the candidate receiving the highest number of votes being elected first.")

Clause 6

BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON
THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA
THE LORD DIXON-SMITH

42      Page 4, line 23, leave out ("six") and insert ("three")

Clause 7

BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON
THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA
THE LORD DIXON-SMITH

43      Page 5, line 9, at end insert ("or
(d)  if he has been elected as a London member, resigns from or is expelled from his party or the group on whose behalf he was elected, or transfers his allegiance to another party (or none) or group (or none),")

After Clause 7

BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE
THE LORD TOPE
THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD

44      Insert the following new Clause--

    ("  .  Any London member elected as a member of a registered political party who resigns his party whip shall be deemed to have created a vacancy.") Resignation of party whip by London member.

Clause 8

BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE
THE LORD TOPE
THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD

45      Page 5, line 16, leave out from ("constituency") to end of line 17

Clause 9

BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON
THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA
THE LORD DIXON-SMITH

46      Page 6, line 11, leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert ("give public notice of any casual vacancy among the Assembly members, and shall also convey such notice in writing to the Greater London returning officer")

Clause 10

BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE
THE LORD TOPE
THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD

47      Page 6, line 31, at end insert ("unless there are three or more candidates.

    (3A)  If there are three or more candidates in an Assembly constituency--
(a)  the constituency member shall be returned under the alternative vote system in accordance with Part IA of Schedule 2 to this Act; and

(b)  a voter's constituency vote shall accordingly be an alternative vote, that is to say, a vote capable of being given to indicate the voter's preferences from among the candidates.")

© Parliamentary copyright 1999
Prepared 11 June 1999

	[Amendments marked are new or have been altered*]
Amendment No.
	Clause 1
	BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE THE LORD TOPE THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD
1	Page 1, line 12, leave out ("or imposed")
	BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA THE LORD DIXON-SMITH
2	Page 1, line 12, at end insert-- ("(4) In this Act, the Greater London Authority shall be referred to as "the Authority."")
	Clause 2
	BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA THE LORD DIXON-SMITH
3	Page 1, line 15, after ("London;") insert-- ("( ) the Deputy Mayor;")
4	Page 2, line 2, leave out subsections (2) to (7) and insert-- ("(2) The Assembly shall consist of 33 members comprising-- (a) one nominated representative from each London borough; and (b) one nominated representative from the Corporation of London. (3) The Mayor shall be returned in accordance with the provisions made in or by virtue of this Act for the holding of elections and the filling of a vacancy in the office of Mayor.")
	BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE THE LORD TOPE THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD
5	Page 2, line 2, leave out ("twenty five") and insert ("forty")
6	Page 2, line 2, leave out from ("members") to end of line 6 and insert ("representing the multi-member constituencies determined by the Local Government Commission under subsection (4) below")
7	Page 2, line 7, after ("be") insert ("more than")
8	Page 2, line 10, at end insert ("following a review carried out by the Local Government Commission under the terms of Schedule 1 to this Act")
	BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA THE LORD DIXON-SMITH
9	Page 2, line 13, after ("Mayor") insert (", the Deputy Mayor")
10	Page 2, line 15, after ("Mayor,") insert ("the Deputy Mayor,")
	BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE THE LORD TOPE THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD
11	Page 2, line 15, after ("Mayor,") insert ("and")
12	Page 2, line 16, leave out ("and the London members")
13	Page 2, line 18, leave out ("or the London members")
14	Page 2, line 20, after ("election") insert ("under the alternative vote system")
	BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA THE LORD DIXON-SMITH
15	Page 2, line 20, at end insert ("and the Deputy Mayor")
	BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE THE LORD TOPE THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD
16	Page 2, line 21, leave out from ("of") to second ("the") in line 22
	BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA THE LORD DIXON-SMITH
17	Page 2, line 23, after ("Mayor") insert (", the Deputy Mayor")
	Schedule 1
	BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE THE LORD TOPE THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD
18	Page 180, leave out line 25
	BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA THE LORD DIXON-SMITH
19	Page 180, line 25, leave out ("fourteen") and insert ("thirty three")
	BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE THE LORD TOPE THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD
20	Page 180, leave out lines 26 and 27
	BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA THE LORD DIXON-SMITH
21	Page 180, leave out lines 26 to 41 and insert-- ("2. Each London borough and the City of London shall be an Assembly constituency.")
	BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE THE LORD TOPE THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD
22	Page 180, leave out lines 31 and 32
	Clause 4
	BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE THE LORD TOPE THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD
23	Page 3, line 27, leave out from ("constituency") to end of line 29
24	Page 3, line 33, leave out ("supplementary") and insert ("alternative")
25	Page 3, line 35, leave out ("a supplementary") and insert ("an alternative")
26	Page 3, line 37, leave out ("first and second")
27	Page 3, line 39, leave out ("simple majority system") and insert ("single transferable vote as set out in Part IAA of Schedule 2 to this Act")
28	Page 3, line 41, after first ("a") insert ("candidate who is a member of a")
29	Page 4, line 1, leave out subsection (7) and insert-- ("(7) The person who is to be returned as Mayor shall be determined before it is determined who are to be returned as the Assembly members.")
30	Page 4, line 6, leave out subsection (8)
	BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA THE LORD DIXON-SMITH
31	Page 4, line 13, leave out subsection (10) and insert-- ("(10) At an ordinary election a person may not be both a candidate to be an Assembly member and a candidate for Mayor or Deputy Mayor.")
	Schedule 2
	BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE THE LORD TOPE THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD
32	Page 182, line 4, at end insert-- ("(1A) The candidate with the fewest number of first preference votes is eliminated, and the second preference votes given for that candidate shall be ascertained. (1B) The second preference votes under sub-paragraph (1A) above shall be transferred to the other candidates, being added to the first preference votes cast for the other candidates. (1C) If, following the recalculation under sub-paragraph (1B) above, none of the candidates receives more than half of the votes, the remaining candidate with the fewest number of votes is eliminated and the procedure in sub-paragraphs (1A) and (1B) above is carried out. (1D) The process continues until one candidate has received more than half of all the votes, and that person shall be returned as Mayor.")
33	Page 182, line 5, leave out sub-paragraphs (2) to (7)
34	Page 182, line 21, at end insert--
	("PART IA Return of Constituency Members Following a Vacancy
	Application
	. This Part of this Schedule applies where there are three or more candidates in an Assembly constituency.
	Candidate with overall majority of first preference votes
	. If one of the candidates to be a constituency member receives more than half of all the first preference votes given in the Assembly constituency that candidate shall be returned as the constituency member for that Assembly constituency.
	No candidate with overall majority of first preference votes
	.--(1) If none of the candidates to be the constituency member receives more than half of all the first preference votes given in the Assembly constituency, the following provisions of this paragraph shall have effect. (2) The candidate with the fewest number of first preference votes is eliminated, and the second preference votes given for that candidate shall be ascertained. (3) The second preference votes under sub-paragraph (2) above shall be transferred to the other candidates, being added to the first preference votes cast for the other candidates. (4) If, following the recalculation under sub-paragraph (3) above, none of the candidates receives more than half of the votes, the remaining candidate with the fewest number of votes is eliminated and the process in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) above is carried out. (5) The process continues until one candidate has received more than half of all the votes, and that person shall be returned as the constituency member for that Assembly constituency. (6) If, by reason of an equality of total number of preference votes, two or more candidates remaining in the contest each have the greatest total number of preference votes, the constituency returning officer shall decide by lots which of them is to be returned as the constituency member for that Assembly constituency.")
35	Page 182, line 21, at end insert:--
	("PART IAA Return of Constituency Members
	. Each voter shall have a single transferable vote, that is to say a vote-- (a) capable of being given so as to indicate the voter's order of preference for the candidates for election as members for the constituency, and (b) capable of being transferred to the next choice-- (i) when the vote is not required to give a prior choice the necessary quota of votes, or (ii) when, owing to the deficiency in the number of votes given for a prior choice, that choice is eliminated from the list of candidates.")
36	Page 182, line 22, leave out from paragraphs 5 to 8
	BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA THE LORD DIXON-SMITH
37	Page 182, line 27, at end insert ("no later than 55 days prior to the date set for the ordinary election")
38	Page 182, line 32, leave out ("twenty five") and insert ("thirty three")
39	Page 182, line 39, at end insert ("; or (d) who is a candidate to be Mayor or Deputy Mayor")
40	Page 182, line 44, at end insert--
	("REGISTRATION OF PARTIES>
	.--(1) The Registration of Political Parties Act 1998 shall be amended as follows-- (2) After section 3, there shall be inserted--
	Registration for purposes of ordinary election to Greater London Authority.--	3A.--(1) In any year when an ordinary election to the Greater London Assembly is due, the Registrar shall use his best endeavours to complete, no later than seventy days prior to the date of such election, any valid application for registration of a political party received by him prior to 31st January in that year, if the application indicates that the party intends to participate in such ordinary election.
		(2) If such registration is not completed in time for a party to submit a list to the Greater London returning officer within the time specified in paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 2 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999, that party shall not be eligible to participate in the election as a party nor its candidates to participate as London candidates for that party. (3) A failure by the Registrar to register a party in time for it to participate in an ordinary election shall not affect or prejudice the result of the election and no action shall be brought against the Registrar or the returning officer in respect of such failure."")
	BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE THE LORD TOPE THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD
41	Page 184, line 1, leave out from ("filled") to end of line 5 and insert ("in the order of votes cast for the candidates of that party, with the candidate receiving the highest number of votes being elected first.")
	Clause 6
	BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA THE LORD DIXON-SMITH
42	Page 4, line 23, leave out ("six") and insert ("three")
	Clause 7
	BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA THE LORD DIXON-SMITH
43	Page 5, line 9, at end insert ("or (d) if he has been elected as a London member, resigns from or is expelled from his party or the group on whose behalf he was elected, or transfers his allegiance to another party (or none) or group (or none),")
	After Clause 7
	BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE THE LORD TOPE THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD
44	Insert the following new Clause--
		(" . Any London member elected as a member of a registered political party who resigns his party whip shall be deemed to have created a vacancy.")	Resignation of party whip by London member.
	Clause 8
	BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE THE LORD TOPE THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD
45	Page 5, line 16, leave out from ("constituency") to end of line 17
	Clause 9
	BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA THE LORD DIXON-SMITH
46	Page 6, line 11, leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert ("give public notice of any casual vacancy among the Assembly members, and shall also convey such notice in writing to the Greater London returning officer")
	Clause 10
	BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE THE LORD TOPE THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD
47	Page 6, line 31, at end insert ("unless there are three or more candidates. (3A) If there are three or more candidates in an Assembly constituency-- (a) the constituency member shall be returned under the alternative vote system in accordance with Part IA of Schedule 2 to this Act; and (b) a voter's constituency vote shall accordingly be an alternative vote, that is to say, a vote capable of being given to indicate the voter's preferences from among the candidates.")