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  Parliamentary Constituencies Bill - After Clause 4 - The Boundary Commissions: Constitution
  
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  @ MP voted aye not to reduce the Government's influence over appointments to the bodies responsible for recommending changes to Parliamentary constituency boundaries. 
  
  @ MP voted no to reduce the Government's influence over appointments to the bodies responsible for recommending changes to Parliamentary constituency boundaries. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to reduce the Government's influence over appointments to the bodies responsible for recommending changes to Parliamentary constituency boundaries. 
  
  MPs were considering the Parliamentary Constituencies Bill[1].
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 6.
  
  Lords amendment 6[2] proposed a new clause titled: ''The Boundary Commissions: constitution'' which began:
  
  :(1) Schedule 1 to the 1986 Act (the Boundary Commissions) is amended as follows. 
  :(2) At the end of paragraph 2 insert âin accordance with paragraph 3A belowâ.
  :(3) In paragraph 3(a), for âLord Chancellorâ substitute âLord Chief Justice of England and Walesâ.
  :(4) In paragraph 3(c), for âLord Chancellorâ substitute âLord Chief Justice of England and Walesâ.
  :(5) After paragraph 3 insertâ
  :â3A The two members of each Commission appointed by the Secretary of State shall each be appointed in accordance with the following processâ
  :a selection panel shall be convened by the Secretary of State to select the members of the Commission, which shall compriseâ 
  :(i) the deputy chairman of the Commission, and
  :(ii) two persons appointed by the Speaker of the House of Commons;
  :(b) the selection panel shall determine the selection process to be applied and apply that process;
  
  
  The rejected clause provided for the deputy chairmen of the Boundary Commission for England, and the Boundary Commission for Wales, to each be a be a judge of the High Court appointed by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales rather than judges appointed by the Lord Chancellor. The Lord Chancellor is a member of Cabinet and the Minister for the Ministry of Justice.[4] 
  
  The rejected clause also provided for amendments to Schedule 1 of the [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/56/contents Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986] setting out a mechanism for appointing members of the Boundary Commissions appointed by the Secretary of State. 
  
  
  
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/2738 Parliament's webpage on the Parliamentary Constituencies Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0198/200198.pdf Amendment sheet containing Lords amendment 1,  October 2020], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/58-01/126/5801126_en_2.html#pb1-l1g1 Clause 1 of the Parliamentary Constituencies Bill, as introduced to the House of Lords, 15 July 2020], Parliament.uk
  * [4] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Chancellor Wikipedia page on the role of Lord Chancellor], Wikipedia.org
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