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  Scotland Bill - New Clause 2 - Constitutional Convention
  
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  @ MP voted aye for a Constitutional Convention to analyse and design future governance arrangements for the United Kingdom.
  @ MP voted no against a Constitutional Convention to analyse and design future governance arrangements for the United Kingdom.
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted against a Constitutional Convention to analyse and design future governance arrangements for the United Kingdom which would have reported by 31 March 2016.
  
  
  MPs were considering the Scotland Bill[1]
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was:
  
  :(1) The Prime Minister shall establish a Constitutional Convention within one month of the day on which this act is passed.
  
  :(2) The Chair and Members of the Constitutional Convention shall be appointed in accordance with a process to be laid before, and approved by, resolution in each House of Parliament.
  
  :(3) The Chair of the Constitutional Convention is not permitted to be a Member of Parliament or a member of a political party.
  
  :(4) Members of the Constitutional must include, but not be limited to, the followingâ
  
  :(a) members of the public, chosen by lot through the jury system, who shall comprise the majority of those participating in the convention;
  
  :(b) elected representatives at all levels;
  
  :(c) representatives of civil society organisations and, in an advisory role, academia.
  
  :(5) The Constitutional Convention shall review and make recommendations in relation to future governance arrangements for the United Kingdom, including but not limited to the followingâ
  
  :(a) the role and voting rights of Members of the House of Commons;
  
  :(b) democratic reform of the House of Lords;
  
  :(c) further sub-national devolution within England;
  
  :(d) codification of the constitution.
  
  :(6) The Constitutional Convention shall engage in widespread consultation across the nations and regions of the UK, and must provide a report to both Houses of Parliament by 31 March 2016.
  
  :(7) The Secretary of State must lay before both Houses of Parliament a formal response to each recommendation of the Constitutional Convention within four months of the publication of the final report from the Constitutional Convention.â 
  
  The text of the rejected motion was:
  
  
  : That the clause be read a Second time.
  
  Explanatory text accompanying the rejected clause stated:
  
  :This New Clause provides an outline for a Constitutional Convention selected from the widest possible number of groups in society to analyse and design future governance arrangements for the United Kingdom, and to report by 31 March 2016.
  
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/scotland.html Parliament's webpage on the Scotland Bill]
  
  
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