Moved by
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
10: Clause 6, page 2, line 13, leave out subsection (3) and insert—
“(3) This Act comes into force when a revised Dissolution Principles document has been laid before Parliament and—
(a) the revised Dissolution Principles document has been approved by a resolution of the House of Commons; and
(b) the House of Lords has debated a motion to take note of the revised Dissolution Principles document.
(3A) The Dissolution Principles document under subsection (3) must be revised to refer to a “request” from the Prime Minister to the Sovereign to dissolve Parliament.”
Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to implement a recommendation from the Joint Committee on the Fixed-term Parliaments Act to revise the Dissolution Principles document.