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  Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill - Political Party Spending During Referenda
  
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  @ MP voted aye in favour of a step intended to work towards reducing the amount political parties can spend in referendum campaigns. 
  @ MP voted no against a step intended to work towards reducing the amount political parties can spend in referendum campaigns. 
  
  The majority of members of the House of Lords voted against a step intended to work towards reducing the amount political parties can spend in referendum campaigns. 
  
  The House of Lords was considering the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill[1]. The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 39AC: Page 4, line 3, after â15Aâ insert âand as if the Schedule set out in Schedule (Limits on referendum expenses by permitted participants) to this Act were inserted into that Act as Schedule 14A.â
  
  This would have taken effect on clause 6(1) of the Bill which stated:
  
  :(1) The [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/41/contents 2000 Act] has effect in relation to the referendum as if the Schedule set out in [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldbills/026/11026.277-283.html#j40s Schedule 9] to this Act were inserted in that Act as Schedule 15A.
  
  The intended effect of inserting the schedule on "limits on referendum expenses by permitted participants" within the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 was to enable a subsequent amendment, number 126, which sought to reduce the amount that a registered political party can spend on a referendum campaign from Â£5 million to a maximum of Â£500,000. 
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/parliamentaryvotingsystemandconstituencies.html Parliament's webpage on the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldbills/026/amend/ml026-v.htm Amendment sheet containing amendment 39AC]
  * [3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldbills/026/11026.i-ii.html Version of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill as at the time of the vote]
  
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