Proposed amendment
Simeon Brown, in Committee, to move the following amendment:
Clause 5
In clause 5 after new section 55E (page 4, after line 16), insert:
55F Independent members joining parties
If an independent member of Parliament chooses to join a political party currently represented in Parliament, the lowest ranked list member of Parliament in that party is removed from Parliament, and that spot is then filled using the process described in sections 191 to 193.