Parliamentary search - Electoral Administration Bill

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

682 c99-130

Session

2005-06

Department

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Legislative stage

Report stage

Procedure

New clauses

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Electoral Administration Bill. As amended in Committee on Recommitment (HL).
Monday, 8 May 2006
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c127-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 142:"Page 110, line 35, at end insert—" ““(4) In paragraph (4) for ““A candida...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c127 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 140 and 141:"Page 110, line 25, leave out ““in pursuance of permission granted...

Show all contributions (81)

Lord Rix | 682 c126-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 139:"Page 110, line 22, at end insert—" 71A In section 202 (general provisio...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c126 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 133 to 138:"Page 107, line 17, leave out sub-paragraph (3).""Page 107, line 23...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c128 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 144 and 145:"Page 111, leave out lines 12 to 19 and insert—" ““(2) In paragr...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c128 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 143:"Page 111, line 2, leave out ““have permission to attend granted under”” and...

Baroness Gale | 682 c128 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for bringing these amendments forward. I raised the matter at Second ...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c125-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 131:"Page 104, line 31, leave out ““has permission to attend granted under”” and...

Lord Rix | 682 c126 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 132:"Page 106, line 38, at end insert—" 64A In rule 35 of Schedule 5 (votes ma...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c125 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 129:"Page 104, line 21, leave out ““have permission to attend granted under”” an...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c124 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, at the risk of the warm glow extending to the tax Bill or whatever it was that my noble fr...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c124 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would just like to add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Rix, on once again ach...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c124-5 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 120:"Page 90, line 11, leave out paragraph (h)." On Question, amendment agreed ...

Lord Rix | 682 c124 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, all I can say is how grateful I am to you all. This is a historic moment for people with a...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c125 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 125:"Page 90, line 34, leave out paragraph (b)." On Question, amendment agreed ...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c125 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 123:"Page 90, line 25, leave out subsection (5)." On Question, amendment agreed...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c125 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 127:"Page 104, line 4, leave out ““has permission to attend granted under”” and ...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c125 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 126:"Page 95, line 19, leave out ““not”” and insert ““also””" The noble Barones...

Lord Carter | 682 c123-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am pleased to support the noble Lord, Lord Rix, by adding my name to this group of amend...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c124 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is probably superfluous to say that we support these amendments. They make common sense...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c130 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 157 to 160:"Page 121, line 23, column 2, at end insert—""““In Schedule 4, para...

Lord Rix | 682 c130 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 154:"Page 118, line 15, at end insert—" ““( ) In paragraph 3(3)(b) after “...

Lord Rix | 682 c130 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 151 to 152:"Page 117, line 31, at end insert—" ““114A In section 6 of the ...

Lord Rix | 682 c130 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 156:"Page 121, line 21, at end insert—""““Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland)...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c130 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 155:"Page 120, leave out line 49." On Question, amendment agreed to.

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c128 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 146:"Page 112, line 8, leave out sub-paragraph (3)." On Question, amendment agr...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c128-9 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 147:"Page 113, line 32, leave out ““114”” and insert ““114A””" The noble Barone...

Lord Rix | 682 c129 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 148:"Page 113, line 32, at end insert—""““88A In section 10 (maintenance of re...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c129 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 149:"Page 117, line 30, at end insert—" ““114A The amendments made by paragr...

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass | 682 c107 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it would be wrong of me not to point out to the noble Lord, Lord Goodhart, that my amendme...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c108-9 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 106:"Page 65, line 6, at end insert—" ““( ) An agreement or arrangement en...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c109-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Goodhart. I recognise that he described my noble and...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c110 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the noble Baroness will no doubt have expected, I am not happy with that response. The ...

Lord Kingsland | 682 c110 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 107:"Page 65, line 29, at end insert ““, save that where that person is a bank i...

Lord Kingsland | 682 c111-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Baroness for clarifying the Government’s position. She sug...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c112 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, unless the agreement provides that the borrower has a right to have the interest rolled up...

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 682 c112 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, mine is a de minimis question arising out of my noble friend’s amendment. I understand the...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c103 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as noble Lords know, the commission consulted with political parties and electoral adminis...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c103 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will certainly beg leave to withdraw the amendment on that basis. Amendment, by leave, ...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c104 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if the Minister is happy to think about the principle of what is clearly a defective amend...

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass | 682 c104-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 105:"After Clause 55, insert the following new clause—" ““POLICY DEVELOPMENT G...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c103 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 102:"Page 57, line 12, at end insert—" ““(2A) Where a request is made by a par...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c106 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have a good deal of sympathy with the amendment. The noble Lord, Lord Maginnis, said th...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c106-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Maginnis, for moving the amendment on behalf of my n...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c117 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to noble Baroness for that, because this is an important Bill and it is desi...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c118-20 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 117:"After Clause 69, insert the following new clause—" ““PRE-CONSOLIDATION AM...

Lord Norton of Louth | 682 c120-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have a query about the amendment. I thought that I would intervene on this one in the ho...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c121 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I very much welcome the idea of consolidation of the legislation on elections, which will ...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c121-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Goodhart, for his welcome for the amendment, an...

Lord Norton of Louth | 682 c117-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 116:"Page 87, line 32, leave out ““may”” and insert ““must””" The noble Lord sa...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c118 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I see the Minister sitting firmly on the edge of her seat. So I hope that we have good new...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c118 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, can I say ““well spotted”” to the noble Baroness? To the noble Lord, I am very grateful, a...

Lord Norton of Louth | 682 c118 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful for that succinct response. I shall not digress to discuss the meaning ...

Lord Rix | 682 c122-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 118:"After Clause 69, insert the following new clause—"““Legal incapacity to vot...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c116 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 114:"Page 70, line 3, at end insert ““or a donation made by the participant to t...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c116 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand exactly what the noble Lord, Lord Goodhart, sought to achieve in his amendmen...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c114-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful. I spent quite a bit of time thinking about this amendment. I had the benefi...

Lord Kingsland | 682 c115-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister. Despite what she has said, the two reasons that we have adv...

Lord Kingsland | 682 c113-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 111:"Page 67, line 39, leave out ““ought reasonably to have known”” and insert “...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c114 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I find the noble Lord’s argument on this fairly persuasive. It is a serious matter to turn...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c112-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Brooke, raises a very important point. I was looking at the example o...

Lord Kingsland | 682 c113 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Baroness and I am pleased to have provided some intellectu...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c116-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that report, but it raises one concern—the timing. We ar...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c117 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord. The noble Baroness, Lady Hanham, rightly indicated that s...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c101-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for clarifying that. Clause 45 provides for a marked l...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c101 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it does not quite do so. The marked register shows whether people have voted; it does not ...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c101 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister because I know that this issue has been of particular concer...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c101 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 100:"Page 54, line 42, after ““list,”” insert—" ““( ) a person registers f...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c101 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 99:"Page 53, line 43, leave out paragraph (d)." On Question, amendment agreed t...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c100-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that explanation. I was certainly aware that there was a...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c100 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not need to say yes, because I think that what the noble Baroness is seeking already ...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c100 (Link to this contribution) Say yes.

Baroness Hanham | 682 c102 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by...

Baroness Hanham | 682 c99-100 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 97:"After Clause 38, insert the following new clause—" ““EXTRA BALLOT BOXES FO...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c100 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that I can provide greater clarity to the noble Baroness than I did at the previous...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c110-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord and I am pleased to see him in his place to deal with this...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c103-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin by saying that I am happy to think about this further. On the face of it, I comple...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c107 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it has been pointed out to me that the amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Beaumont, ...

Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 682 c107 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, indeed. I am mindful not only of the amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Beaumont but...

Lord Kingsland | 682 c112 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 109:"Page 66, line 25, at end insert—" ““( ) Where interest is rolled up u...

Lord Goodhart | 682 c102-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 101:"Page 56, line 28, leave out ““five”” and insert ““twelve””" The noble Lord...

Subjects

Disability

Absent voting

Finance

Elections

Donors

Documents

Electoral register

Grants

Legislation

Northern Ireland

Political parties

Mental capacity

Loans

Married people

Ulster Unionist Party

Legislation

Electoral Administration Bill 2005-06

Link

View this Parliamentary proceeding on www.publications.parliament.uk