division_name: Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill
motion: <p pid="a.512.0/1" pwmotiontext="moved">moved Amendment No. 55:</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a.512.0/2" pwmotiontext="moved">After Clause 5, insert the following new clause&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.512.0/3" pwmotiontext="moved">"FURTHER REFERENDUM ON PETITION</p>
  
  <p pid="a.512.0/4" pwmotiontext="moved">(1) This section applies if an elected assembly for a region has been established pursuant to a referendum held under section 1(1).</p>
  
  <p pid="a.512.0/5" pwmotiontext="moved">(2) The Secretary of State shall by order cause a further referendum to be held in a region specified in the order if he is presented with a petition requesting such a referendum signed by not less than 5 per cent of the electors eligible to vote in the region as defined in section 3(1).</p>
  
  <p pid="a.512.0/6" pwmotiontext="moved">(3) The question to be asked in a referendum held pursuant to an order under subsection (2) is the question set out in section 2(1)."</p>
  
  <p pid="a.515.1/1" pwmotiontext="considered">On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 55) shall be agreed to?</p>
  
  <p pid="a.515.1/2" pwmotiontext="divided">Their Lordships divided: Contents, 78; Not-Contents, 142.</p>