House of Commons Amendments

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House of Commons

Tuesday 13 September 2011

Public Bill Committee

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Amendments 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 Order of the

Committee [8 September 2011].

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

Schedule  1,  page  18,  leave out line 30.

Mr Nick Hurd

1

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

‘Sports Grounds Safety Authority’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

41

Schedule  1,  page  19,  leave out line 6.

Public Bill Committee: 13 September 2011
44

Public Bodies Bill-[Lords], continued

Roberta Blackman-Woods

42

Schedule  1,  page  19,  leave out lines 11 to 13.

Mr Nick Hurd

Roberta Blackman-Woods

2

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

Mr Nick Hurd

3

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

Mr Nick Hurd

4

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

Wales.’.

Mr Nick Hurd

5

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

Mr Nick Hurd

6

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

Mr Mark Williams

Hywel Williams

55


Clause  3,  page  2,  line  34,  at end insert—

‘(4)
No order shall be made under this section which will or may compromise the

editorial or operational independence of Sianel Pedwar Cymru.’.

Mr Nick Hurd

7

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

Roberta Blackman-Woods

Jon Trickett

49


Schedule  3,  page  20,  line  27,  leave out ‘Commission for Equality and Human

Rights’.

Public Bill Committee: 13 September 2011
45

Public Bodies Bill-[Lords], continued

Susan Elan Jones

Hywel Williams

Mr Mark Williams

38

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

Mr 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.’.

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’.

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.’.

Public Bill Committee: 13 September 2011
46

Public Bodies Bill-[Lords], continued

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.’.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

Jon Trickett

52


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

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.’.

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47

Public Bodies Bill-[Lords], continued

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’.

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.’.

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.’.

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48

Public Bodies Bill-[Lords], continued

Mr Nick Hurd

15

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

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.’.

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).’.

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49

Public Bodies Bill-[Lords], continued

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.

(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.’.



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