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  Royal Commission (London) - Clause 1 - Referendum on the alternative vote system
  
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  <p pid="a.197.6/1">I beg to move amendment 155, page 1, leave out line 6 and insert-</p>
  
  <p pid="a.197.6/2">'(2) (a) The Electoral Commission shall within two months of Royal Assent to this Act specify
  
  the date on which the referendum is to be held.
  
  (b) The specified date must be-
  
  (i) within 18 months of the date of Royal Assent to this Act, and
  
  (ii) a date on which no other election to a parliament or assembly in the United Kingdom is to be held.
  
  (c) The Minister must lay before Parliament the draft of an Order in Council to give effect to the specified date.
  
  (d) The draft of the Order in Council under paragraph (c) above shall not be laid before Parliament until the specified date has been agreed by the Scottish Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly and the National Assembly for Wales.'.
  
  <p pid="a.256.1/1"><i> Question put,</i> That the amendment be made.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.256.1/2"><i> The Committee divided:</i> Ayes 28, Noes 323.</p>
  
  
  
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