Clause 15 - Membership of the Speaker’s Committee

Elections Bill – in the House of Commons at 9:00 pm on 17 January 2022.

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Amendments made: 13, page 26, line 29, leave out “Minister for the Cabinet Office” and insert “Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities”.

This amendment takes account of a change to the membership of the Speaker’s Committee made by the Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Order 2021.

Amendment 14, page 26, line 32, leave out “with responsibilities in relation to the constitution”.

This amendment gives greater flexibility regarding which Minister of the Crown may be appointed to exercise, concurrently with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, that Secretary of State’s functions as a member of the Speaker’s Committee.

Amendment 15, page 26, line 36, leave out “Minister for the Cabinet Office” and insert “Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities”.

See the explanatory statement for Amendment 13.

Amendment 16, page 27, line 4, leave out “Minister for the Cabinet Office” and insert “Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities”.

See the explanatory statement for Amendment 13.

Amendment 17, page 27, line 6, leave out subsection (3) and insert—

“(3) The following are revoked—

(a) the Transfer of Functions (Speaker’s Committee) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/310);

(b) in article 7(1) of the Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1265), sub-paragraphs (b) and (c).”.—(Kemi Badenoch.)

This amendment provides for the revocation of provisions of the Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Order 2021 that are superseded by clause 15 (as amended by Amendments 13 to 16).