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75

 

House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 11 October 2011

 

Public Bill Committee

 

New Amendments handed in are marked thus Parliamentary Star

 

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Public Bodies Bill [Lords]


 

Note

 

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

 

Committee [8 September 2011].

 


 

Mr Mark Williams

 

Hywel Williams

 

54

 

Clause  4,  page  2,  line  42,  at end insert—

 

‘(3)    

In determining or prescribing any amount to be paid to Sianel Pedwar Cymru

 

under section 61 of the Broadcasting Act 1990 the Secretary of State shall ensure

 

that the amount is sufficient to enable the Authority to fulfil its public service

 

remit in respect of S4C Digital under section 204(3) of, and paragraph 3(3) of

 

Schedule 12 to, the Communications Act 2003 throughout the period to which the

 

amount relates.’.

 


 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

9

 

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

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Jon Trickett

 

50

 

Schedule  4,  page  21,  line  10,  leave out ‘Commission for Equality and Human

 

Rights’.


 
 

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76

 

Public Bodies Bill-[Lords], continued

 
 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Jon Trickett

 

58

 

Schedule  4,  page  21,  line  14,  leave out ‘Natural England’.

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

10

 

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

 


 

Mr 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.’.

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

12

 

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

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Jon Trickett

 

51

 

Schedule  5,  page  21,  line  24,  leave out ‘Commission for Equality and Human

 

Rights’.

 

Charlie Elphicke

 

Mr Dominic Raab

 

Sam Gyimah

 

36

 

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

 

            

‘Dover Harbour Board’.

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

47

 

Schedule  5,  page  21,  line  25,  at end insert ‘Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.’.

 

Valerie Vaz

 

60

 

Schedule  5,  page  21,  line  27,  leave out ‘Human Fertilisation and Embryology

 

Authority’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Jon Trickett

 

52

 

Schedule  5,  page  21,  line  28,  leave out ‘Human Tissue Authority’.


 
 

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77

 

Public Bodies Bill-[Lords], continued

 
 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Jon Trickett

 

59

 

Schedule  5,  page  21,  line  29,  leave out ‘Internal drainage boards for areas wholly

 

or mainly in England’.

 

Charlie Elphicke

 

Mr Dominic Raab

 

Sam Gyimah

 

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.’.

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Jon Trickett

 

53

 

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

 

‘2         

An order may not be made in respect of the Human Fertilisation and

 

Embryology Authority unless an independent review indicates that the terms

 

of such an order made under section 5(1) would increase the cost-effectiveness

 

and efficiency of the functions exercised by the Authority and would deliver a

 

net benefit.’.

 


 

Mr 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.’.

 


 

Mr Mark Williams

 

Hywel Williams

 

57

 

Clause  9,  page  5,  line  3,  at end insert ‘or would relate to Sianel Pedwar Cymru.’.

 


 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

43

 

Clause  10,  page  5,  line  31,  after ‘Wales’ insert ‘or the Welsh Ministers’.


 
 

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Public Bodies Bill-[Lords], continued

 
 

Mr Mark Williams

 

Hywel Williams

 

56

 

Clause  10,  page  5,  line  31,  at end insert—

 

‘(ea)    

the National Assembly of Wales, if the proposal relates to Sianel Pedwar

 

Cymru,’.

 

Mr 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.’.

 


 

Jon Trickett

 

61

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  11,  page  6,  line  9,  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

contain a report on savings expected to be made to public funds as a result

 

of the making of the order.’.

 


 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

66

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  9,  line  20,  leave out Clause 16.

 


 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

44

 

Clause  19,  page  10,  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.’.

 


 

Hywel Williams

 

62

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  24,  page  14,  line  2,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Where a transfer scheme provides for the transfer of an employee to an eligible

 

person, or so as to become employed in the Civil Service, the scheme must

 

provide for the TUPE regulations to apply (to the extent that they would not

 

otherwise apply) as if—

 

(a)    

any transfer of functions (however effected and described) to an eligible

 

person or the Crown were a transfer of an undertaking;


 
 

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(b)    

the transfer of the undertaking took effect on a designated date;

 

(c)    

the transfer of the undertaking were a relevant transfer for the purposes

 

of the regulations;

 

(d)    

the employee had for those purposes been assigned to an organised

 

grouping of resources or employees that was subject to the relevant

 

transfer.

 

( )    

A transfer scheme may provide for the transfer of an employee to an eligible

 

person or so as to become employed in the Civil Service despite any provisions,

 

of whatever nature, which would otherwise prevent the employee from being so

 

transferred.’.

 

Jon Trickett

 

64

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  24,  page  14,  line  2,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

Where a transfer scheme provides for the transfer of an employee to an eligible

 

person or so as to become employed in the civil service of the state the scheme

 

must provide for the TUPE regulations to apply (to the extent that they would not

 

otherwise apply) as if—

 

(a)    

any transfer of functions (however effected and described) to an eligible

 

person or the Crown were a transfer of an undertaking;

 

(b)    

the transfer of the undertaking took effect on a designated date;

 

(c)    

the transfer of the undertaking were a relevant transfer for the purposes

 

of the regulations;

 

(d)    

the employee had for those purposes been assigned to an organised

 

grouping of resources or employees that was subject to the relevant

 

transfer.

 

(4B)    

A staff transfer scheme may provide for the transfer of an employee to an eligible

 

person or so as to become employed in the civil service of the state despite any

 

provisions, of whatever nature, which would otherwise prevent the employee

 

from being so transferred.’.

 

Hywel Williams

 

63

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  24,  page  14,  line  20,  leave out subsection (6)(f).

 

Jon Trickett

 

65

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  24,  page  14,  line  20,  leave out paragraph (f).

 


 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

15

 

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

 



 
 

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Public Bodies Bill-[Lords], continued

 
 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

67

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  28,  page  16,  line  4,  after ‘Act’, insert ‘, other than an order under sections

 

[Delegation of functions by Environment Agency] to [Shared services: Forestry

 

Commissioners],’.

 


 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

68

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  29,  page  16,  line  32,  at end insert—

 

‘“non-devolved function” means a function that is not a Welsh devolved

 

function;’.

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

69

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  29,  page  17,  line  7,  leave out ‘section 16’ and insert ‘section [Delegation of

 

Welsh environmental functions]’.

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

70

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  29,  page  17,  line  7,  at end insert—

 

‘“Welsh environmental function” means a Welsh devolved function

 

relating to the environment.’.

 


 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

45

 

Clause  30,  page  17,  line  19,  at end insert ‘subject as follows’.

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

17

 

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.’.

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

46

 

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

 

‘( )    

The amendments made by section [V & A, Science Museum, Kew and English

 

Heritage] (V & A, Science Museum, Kew and English Heritage) have the same

 

extent as the enactments which they amend.’.

 



 
 

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Public Bodies Bill-[Lords], continued

 
 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

18

 

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

 

Mr 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.’.

 

Mr 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).’.

 


 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

21

 

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

 


 

New Clauses

 

Regional development agencies

 

Mr 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.

 

(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.


 
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