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House of Commons

 
 

Thursday 8 September 2011

 

Public Bill Committee

 

New Amendments handed in are marked thus Parliamentary Star

 

Parliamentary Star - whiteAmendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance

 

Public Bodies Bill [Lords]


 

Note

 

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Resolution of the

 

Programming Sub-Committee [13 July 2011].

 


 

Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee

 

The Programming Sub-Committee appointed by the Speaker in respect of the Bill

 

agreed the following Resolution at its meeting on Wednesday 13 July (Standing Order

 

No.  83C):

 

That—

 

(1)  

the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 9.00 am on Thursday

 

8 September) meet—

 

(a)  

at 1.00 pm on Thursday 8 September;

 

(b)  

at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 13 September;

 

(c)  

at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 15 September;

 

(d)  

at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 11 October;

 

(e)  

at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 13 October;

 

(2)  

the proceedings shall be taken in the following order: Clause 1; Schedule 1;

 

Clause 2; Schedule 2; Clause 3; Schedule 3; Clause 4; Schedule 4; Clause 5;

 

Schedule 5; Clauses 6 to 32; new Clauses; new Schedules; remaining

 

proceedings on the Bill;

 

(3)  

the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

 

conclusion at 5.00 pm on Thursday 13 October.

 

Mr Nick Hurd has given notice of his intention to move a motion in the terms of the

 

Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee [Standing Order No. 83C].

 



 
 

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Mr Nick Hurd

 

That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the

 

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

 


 

Jon Trickett

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

30

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  9,  at end insert ‘as set out in Regulations,’.

 

Jon Trickett

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

31

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  12,  after ‘trustees’, insert ‘as set out in Regulations.’.

 

Jon Trickett

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

34

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  12,  leave out ‘or other unincorporated body of persons.’.

 

Jon Trickett

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

32

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  12,  at end insert—

 

‘(f)    

a registered charity.’.

 

Charlie Elphicke

 

Mr Dominic Raab

 

35

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  12,  at end insert—

 

‘(f)    

a society registered or deemed to be registered under the Co-operative

 

and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 1965.’.

 

Jon Trickett

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

39

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  12,  at end insert—

 

‘(f)    

a community benefit society.’.

 


 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Jon Trickett

 

26

 

Schedule  1,  page  18,  leave out lines 5 and 6.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Jon Trickett

 

27

 

Schedule  1,  page  18,  leave out lines 7 to 9.


 
 

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Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Jon Trickett

 

24

 

Schedule  1,  page  18,  leave out line 11.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Jon Trickett

 

25

 

Schedule  1,  page  18,  leave out line 18.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Jon Trickett

 

28

 

Schedule  1,  page  18,  leave out line 24.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

40

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Schedule  1,  page  18,  leave out line 30.

 

Nick Hurd

 

1

 

Schedule  1,  page  18,  line  30,  leave out ‘Football Licensing Authority’ and insert

 

‘Sports Grounds Safety Authority’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

41

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Schedule  1,  page  19,  leave out line 6.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Jon Trickett

 

29

 

Schedule  1,  page  19,  leave out lines 11 to 21.

 

Nick Hurd

 

2

 

Schedule  1,  page  19,  leave out lines 14 to 21.

 

Nick Hurd

 

3

 

Schedule  1,  page  19,  line  21,  at end insert ‘Registrar of Public Lending Right.’.

 

Nick Hurd

 

4

 

Schedule  1,  page  19,  line  23,  at end insert ‘Youth Justice Board for England and

 

Wales.’.

 

Nick Hurd

 

5

 

Schedule  1,  page  19,  leave out lines 31 to 36.

 



 
 

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6

 

Schedule  2,  page  20,  leave out lines 18 to 20.

 


 

Nick Hurd

 

7

 

Schedule  3,  page  20,  line  26,  leave out ‘Civil Justice Council.’.

 

Susan Elan Jones

 

Hywel Williams

 

Mr Mark Williams

 

38

 

Schedule  3,  page  21,  line  11,  leave out ‘Sianel Pedwar Cymru (“S4C”)’.

 


 

Nick Hurd

 

8

 

Clause  4,  page  2,  line  37,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

The consent of the Treasury is required to make an order under this section.’.

 


 

Nick Hurd

 

9

 

Schedule  4,  page  21,  line  9,  leave out ‘Civil Justice Council.’.

 

Nick Hurd

 

10

 

Schedule  4,  page  21,  line  16,  leave out ‘Sianel Pedwar Cymru (“S4C”).’.

 


 

Nick Hurd

 

11

 

Schedule  5,  page  21,  line  22,  at end insert ‘Chief Coroner, Deputy Chief Coroners,

 

Medical Advisers to the Chief Coroner and Deputy Medical Advisers to the Chief

 

Coroner.’.

 

Nick Hurd

 

12

 

Schedule  5,  page  21,  line  23,  leave out ‘Civil Justice Council.’.


 
 

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Charlie Elphicke

 

Mr Dominic Raab

 

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Schedule  5,  page  21,  line  24,  at end insert—

 

            

‘Dover Harbour Board’.

 

Charlie Elphicke

 

Mr Dominic Raab

 

37

 

Schedule  5,  page  22,  line  11,  at end add—

 

‘2         

Sections 22(1) and 22(2)(a) do not apply to an order under section 5 which

 

provides for the functions of the Dover Harbour Board to be transferred to

 

another person.’.

 


 

Nick Hurd

 

13

 

Clause  6,  page  3,  line  24,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

The consent of the Treasury is required to make provision by virtue of subsection

 

(2)(b) or (3) modifying funding arrangements.’.

 


 

Nick Hurd

 

14

 

Clause  10,  page  5,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Subsection (1)(a) does not apply to a body with no members or an office which

 

is vacant; and, where a body is consulted under that provision, any vacancy in its

 

membership is immaterial.’.

 


 

Nick Hurd

 

15

 

Clause  26,  page  15,  line  35,  after first ‘duty’, insert ‘, stamp duty land tax’.

 


 

Nick Hurd

 

16

 

Clause  30,  page  17,  line  19,  at end insert ‘subject to subsection (2)’.


 
 

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Clause  30,  page  17,  line  19,  at end insert—

 

‘(2)    

The repeals in Schedule [regional development agencies: consequential repeals]

 

(regional development agencies: consequential repeals) have the same extent as

 

the enactments to which they relate.’.

 


 

Nick Hurd

 

18

 

Clause  31,  page  17,  line  24,  at end insert ‘subject as follows’.

 

Nick Hurd

 

19

 

Clause  31,  page  17,  line  24,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Sections 10 and   11 (consultation and procedure) and 28 to 32 (final) come into

 

force on the day on which this Act is passed.’.

 

Nick Hurd

 

20

 

Clause  31,  page  17,  line  24,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Section [regional development agencies] and Schedule [regional development

 

agencies: consequential repeals] (regional development agencies) come into

 

force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint (and different

 

days may be appointed for different purposes, including the purposes of different

 

regional development agencies).’.

 


 

Nick Hurd

 

21

 

Clause  32,  page  17,  line  27,  leave out subsection (2).

 


 

New Clauses

 

Regional development agencies

 

Nick Hurd

 

NC1

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The regional development agencies are abolished.

 

(2)    

Subsection (1) does not apply to the London Development Agency (provision for

 

the abolition of which is contained in the Localism Act 2011).

 

(3)    

The enactments specified in Schedule (regional development agencies:

 

consequential repeals) are repealed to the extent shown.


 
 

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(4)    

The Secretary of State may by order make provision for the purpose of facilitating

 

or securing that activities begun by a regional development agency may be

 

continued or completed by another person.

 

(5)    

That includes in particular provision securing or facilitating that a person

 

continuing or completing activities begun by a regional development agency may

 

for their own purposes exercise any power of the agency.

 

(6)    

The powers referred to in subsection (5) include—

 

(a)    

powers of compulsory acquisition of land or rights over land;

 

(b)    

rights of entry.

 

(7)    

The Secretary of State may by order make other consequential, supplementary,

 

incidental or transitional provision, or savings.

 

(8)    

A statutory instrument containing an order under this section—

 

(a)    

if it contains provision repealing or amending an enactment, may not be

 

made unless it has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each

 

House of Parliament;

 

(b)    

in any other case, is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of

 

either House of Parliament.

 

(9)    

The Secretary of State may make a scheme for the transfer of property, rights and

 

liabilities of a regional development agency to an eligible person or any body

 

corporate in connection with the abolition of the agency under subsection (1); and

 

sections 24(4) to (9) and 26 apply in relation to such a scheme.

 

(10)    

A scheme under subsection (9) may be included in an order under this section, but

 

if not so included must be laid before Parliament after being made.

 

(11)    

In this section “regional development agency” means a development agency

 

established under the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998.’.

 


 

Sianel Pedwar Cymru

 

Nick Hurd

 

NC2

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘For section 61 of the Broadcasting Act 1990 (funding of Sianel Pedwar Cymru)

 

there is substituted—

 

“61    

Funding of Welsh Authority

 

(1)    

The Secretary of State shall secure that in 2012 and each subsequent year

 

the Welsh Authority are paid an amount which he considers sufficient to

 

cover the cost to the Authority during that year of—

 

(a)    

providing the Authority’s public services (within the meaning of

 

section 207 of the Communications Act 2003), and

 

(b)    

arranging for the broadcasting or distribution of those services.

 

(2)    

The Secretary of State may discharge the duty in subsection (1) by

 

making payments himself or entering into an agreement with another

 

person for that person to do so (or both).

 

(3)    

If under this section the Welsh Authority are paid an amount for any year

 

which exceeds the cost referred to in subsection (1), the Authority may

 

pay the difference from the public service fund referred to in section 61A


 
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