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LOCAL GOVERNMENT (BOUNDARIES) BILL

MARSHALLED LIST OF AMENDMENTS
CONSIDERATION STAGE

Tuesday 29 April 2008

Amendments tabled up to and including Thursday, 24 April 2008

The Bill will be considered in the following order-

Clauses, Schedules and Long Title

Amendment 1 [Negatived on division]
Clause 1 , Page 1, Line 3

Leave out ‘11’ and insert ‘15’

Mr David Ford
Mr Stephen Farry

Amendment 2 [Negatived on division]
Clause 1 , Page 1, Line 3

Leave out ‘11’ and insert ‘at least 11 and not more than 15 new’

Mr Tommy Gallagher
Mr Patsy McGlone

Amendment 3 [Not called]
Clause 1 , Page 1, Line 4

Leave out subsection (2) and insert -

‘(2) The 15 local government districts shall incorporate, respectively, the whole or the major part of the following former local government districts -

  1. Ards.
  2. Armagh .
  3. Ballymena.
  4. Belfast .
  5. Coleraine.
  6. Cookstown.
  7. Craigavon.
  8. Derry .
  9. Down.
  10. Fermanagh.
  11. Lisburn.
  12. Newry and Mourne.
  13. Newtownabbey .
  14. North Down.
  15. Omagh.’

Mr David Ford
Mr Stephen Farry

Amendment 4 [Negatived]
Clause 1 , Page 1, Line 4

Leave out subsection (2) and insert -

‘(2) The 11 local government districts shall incorporate, respectively, the whole or the major part of the following former local government districts -

  1. Ballymena.
  2. Belfast.
  3. Coleraine.
  4. Cookstown.
  5. Craigavon.
  6. Derry.
  7. Fermanagh.
  8. Lisburn.
  9. Newry and Mourne.
  10. Newtownabbey.
  11. North Down.’

Mr David Ford
Mr Stephen Farry

Amendment 5 [Not called]
Clause 1 , Page 1, Line 4

Leave out subsection (2) and insert -

‘(2) The new local government districts shall incorporate the former local government districts.’

Mr Tommy Gallagher
Mr Patsy McGlone

Amendment 6 [Negatived]
Clause 1 , Page 1, Line 5

Leave out ‘the major’

Mr Danny Kennedy
Mr Roy Beggs
Mr Samuel Gardiner
Mr Billy Armstrong

Amendment 7 [Not called]
Clause 2 , Page 2, Line 16

Leave out ‘11’ and insert ‘15’

Mr David Ford
Mr Stephen Farry

Amendment 8 [Not called]
Clause 2 , Page 2, Line 16

Leave out ‘11 districts mentioned’ and insert ‘new local government districts as referred to’

Mr Tommy Gallagher
Mr Patsy McGlone

Amendment 9 [Not called]
Clause 2 , Page 2, Line 26

Leave out ‘11’ and insert ‘15’

Mr David Ford
Mr Stephen Farry

Amendment 10 [Not called]
Clause 2 , Page 2, Line 26

Leave out ‘11 districts mentioned’ and insert ‘new local government districts as referred to’

Mr Tommy Gallagher
Mr Patsy McGlone

Amendment 11 [Negatived on division]
Clause 2 , Page 2, Line 28

At end insert -

‘( ) for paragraph 14 substitute -

“14. Regard shall be had to the desirability of determining district and ward boundaries which -
(a) are readily identifiable;
(b) reflect the identities and interests of local communities; and
(c) secure effective and convenient local government.”.’

Mr Danny Kennedy
Mr Roy Beggs
Mr Samuel Gardiner
Mr Billy Armstrong

Amendment 12 [Negatived]
Clause 2 , Page 2, Line 28

At end insert -

‘( ) at end of paragraph 14 insert -

“and socially coherent”.’

Mr David Ford
Mr Stephen Farry

Amendment 13 [Negatived]
Clause 2 , Page 2, Line 28

At end insert -

‘( ) for paragraph 15 substitute -

“15. A townland shall not, except where in the opinion of the Commissioner it is unavoidable in the interests of maintaining social cohesion, be included partly in one district or ward and partly in another.”.’

Mr David Ford
Mr Stephen Farry

Amendment 14 [Negatived]
Clause 2 , Page 2, Line 28

At end insert -

‘( ) at end of paragraph 16 add ¾

“(16A) The Commissioner shall make recommendations on the number and boundaries of districts having regard to the size, population and physical diversity of Northern Ireland, local identity and community ties and the representation of the rural and urban electorate.’”

Mr Tommy Gallagher
Mr Patsy McGlone

Amendment 15 [Negatived]
Clause 2 , Page 2, Line 28

At end insert -

‘( ) at end of paragraph 17 add -

“; and
(c) the desirability that wards may be easily grouped into readily identifiable and socially coherent district electoral areas.”.’

Mr David Ford
Mr Stephen Farry

Amendment 16 [Not called]
Clause 2 , Page 2, Line 32

Leave out ‘40’ and insert ‘25’

Mr David Ford
Mr Stephen Farry

Amendment 17 [Not called]
Long Title

Leave out ‘11’ and insert ‘15’

Mr David Ford
Mr Stephen Farry

Amendment 18 [Not called]
Long Title

Leave out ‘11’ and insert ‘at least 11 and not more than 15 new’

Mr Tommy Gallagher
Mr Patsy McGlone