Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill

Public Bill Committees

• Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill, 1st sitting (34 speeches)
  [Mr. John Butterfill in the Chair]
  • Clause 5 - Referendums: frequency (135 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 1, in Clause 5, page 3, line 9, leave out subsections (1) and (2).
• Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill, 2nd sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair]
  • Clause 5 - Referendums: frequency (31 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 3, in Clause 5, page 3, line 20, at end add 'subject to any finding to the contrary by any court of competent jurisdiction'.—[Mr. Hammond.] Question...
  • Clause 6 - Combination of polls (93 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 31, in clause 6, page 3, line 28, at end add 'except a General Election or a Parliamentary by-election'. The clause deals with the ability to combine a referendum in...
  • Clause 7 - Encouraging voting (20 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 32, in Clause 7, page 3, line 37, leave out 'voting' and insert 'participating'.
• Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill, 3rd sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair]
  • Clause 7 - Encouraging Voting (91 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 7, in clause 7, page 3, line 38, at end add ''provided that the Electoral Commission shall certify that anything done under this section is not likely, in the...
  • Clause 8 - Provision of information to voters (54 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 29, in clause 8, page 4, line 20, leave out subsection (4) and insert 'No Minister of the Crown may make any order under section 109(6) of the 2000 Act in respect of...
  • Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill - Clause 8 - Provision of information to voters (22 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 8, in clause 8, page 4, line 24, leave out from 'secure' to end of line 26 and insert 'a dissemination of such information to the maximum number of persons...
  • Clause 9 - Expenditure (9 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 10 - Legal Proceedings (16 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 11 - Supplementary (67 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 10, in clause 11, page 5, line 13, leave out subsection (2).
  • Clause 12 - Local Government Review (13 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 42, in clause 12, page 5, line 36, at end insert— '(1A) The Secretary of State may only direct the Boundary Committee for England to undertake a local...
• Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill, 7th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. John Butterfill in the Chair]
  • Clause 14 - Review procedure (5 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 15 - Implementation of recommendations (66 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 76, in clause 15, page 8, line 45, after '1', insert 'and at least twenty-five per cent. of persons eligible to vote at that referendum voted in favour of the...
  • Clause 16 - Application of 1992 Act (7 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 57, in clause 16, page 9, line 38, leave out 'sections 22 and' and insert 'section'. This explanation will become quite complicated—I hope that all my...
  • Clause 17 - Payments to Electoral Commission (22 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 18 - Isles of Scilly (12 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 19 - Advice of the Electoral Commission (61 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 68, in clause 19, page 10, line 28, leave out from 'if' to end of line 32 and insert 'the Secretary of State is considering whether to cause a referendum to be held in...
  • Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill - Clause 19 - Advice of the Electoral Commission (86 speeches)
    Amendment moved [this day]: No. 73, in clause 19, page 11, line 4, leave out from 'direction' to end of line 5 and insert 'shall specify that so far as it is reasonably practicable to do so,...
  • Clause 20 - Preparation and submission of evidence (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 74, in clause 20, page 11, line 11, at end add 'provided such timetable shall not require the submission of their advice by the Electoral Commission within less than...
  • Clause 21 - Electoral commission exercise of functions (12 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 75 in clause 21, page 12, line 9, leave out paragraph (c). The amendment would remove paragraph (c) from the clause. Clause 21 is good and useful. It constrains the...
  • Clause 22 - Payments to Electoral Commission (6 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 23 - Funding for regional chambers (35 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 85, in clause 23, page 12, line 20, at end insert— '(1A) If the grant or a part of it is made in connection with the discharge of functions in connection with...
  • Clause 24 - Enactment establishing assemblies immaterial (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 87, in clause 24, page 12, leave out line 33 and insert 'This Act shall not come into force until there is in force an enactment conferring'.
• Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill, 9th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. John Butterfill in the Chair]
  • Clause 26 - Regions (33 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 89, in clause 26, page 13, line 4, leave out from second 'region' to end of line 5 and insert 'as determined in accordance with section (Regional boundaries)'.
  • Clause 27 - Orders and regulations (14 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 80, in clause 27, page 13, line 7, after 'order', insert 'or direction'.
  • Clause 28 - Expenditure (16 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • New Clause 2 - Assistance for designated organisations (20 speeches)
    '(1) This section applies where the Electoral Commission has made any designations under section 108 of the 2000 Act in respect of a referendum held pursuant to section 1. (2) The amount...