Contents
- Scottish Parliament Thursday 9 March 2000
- Manufacturing
- Business Motion
- Question Time
- First Minister's Question Time
- Climate Change
- Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
- Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill
- Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Forestry Commissioners) Order 2000
- Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Bill
- Parliamentary Bureau Motion
- Decision Time
- Peterhead Prison
Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Bill
Motion moved,
That the Parliament endorses the principle of providing the Scottish Ministers with enabling powers (subject to the control of the Scottish Parliament) which will allow for the future option of –
transferring any of the functions of the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland to the Electoral Commission;
conferring on the Electoral Commission the function of monitoring compliance with any enactments relating to candidates' expenses at Scottish local government elections;
allowing the Electoral Commission to provide advice and assistance to returning officers at Scottish local government elections; and
allowing the Electoral Commission to promote public awareness of systems of local government and electoral systems in Scotland;
also endorses the principle of amending section 75 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 to increase the limit on election expenses incurred by persons other than candidates, election agents or persons authorised by them to £50 plus 0.5p per elector for Scottish local government elections and agrees that provisions to these ends should be considered by the United Kingdom Parliament as part of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Bill.—[Mr McAveety.]