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SUPPLEMENT TO THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

 
 

Tuesday 24 January 2012

 

Committee of the whole House

 

Proceedings

 

Local Government Finance Bill

 

[Second Day]

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  3

 

Schedule  1,  page  16,  line  29,  at end insert—

 

  ‘(6A)  

Where the original calculations did not show that a relevant authority was to

 

make a payment to the Secretary of State, but the revised calculations show

 

that the authority is to make a payment to the Secretary of State—

 

(a)    

the authority must make that payment to the Secretary of State, and

 

(b)    

the authority must make a payment to the Secretary of State of an

 

amount equal to the amount of the payment shown by the original

 

calculations as falling to be made by the Secretary of State to the

 

authority.’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  4

 

Schedule  1,  page  16,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

  ‘(8A)  

Where the original calculations did not show that the Secretary of State was to

 

make a payment to a relevant authority, but the revised calculations show that

 

the Secretary of State is to make a payment to the authority—

 

(a)    

the Secretary of State must make that payment to the authority, and

 

(b)    

the Secretary of State must make a payment to the authority of an

 

amount equal to the amount of the payment shown by the original

 

calculations as falling to be made by the authority to the Secretary of

 

State.’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  5

 

Schedule  1,  page  17,  line  10,  after ‘(6)’ insert ‘or (6A)’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  6

 

Schedule  1,  page  17,  line  18,  after ‘(8)’ insert ‘or (8A)’.

 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 24 January 2012    

1150

 

Local Government Finance Bill, continued

 
 

Hilary Benn

 

Helen Jones

 

Jack Dromey

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Chris Williamson

 

Not called  26

 

Schedule  1,  page  17,  line  37,  at end insert—

 

  ‘(4A)  

The Secretary of State must also lay before the House of Commons his or her

 

assessment of the impact which any such report will have on the level of

 

service provision in any local authority to which it applies.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  7

 

Schedule  1,  page  19,  line  8,  at end insert—

 

  ‘(4A)  

Where the relevant previous calculations did not show that a relevant authority

 

was to make a payment to the Secretary of State, but the revised calculations

 

show that the authority is to make a payment to the Secretary of State—

 

(a)    

the authority must make that payment to the Secretary of State, and

 

(b)    

the authority must make a payment to the Secretary of State of an

 

amount equal to the amount of the payment shown by the relevant

 

previous calculations as falling to be made by the Secretary of State to

 

the authority.’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  8

 

Schedule  1,  page  19,  line  19,  at end insert—

 

  ‘(6A)  

Where the relevant previous calculations did not show that the Secretary of

 

State was to make a payment to a relevant authority, but the revised

 

calculations show that the Secretary of State is to make a payment to the

 

authority—

 

(a)    

the Secretary of State must make that payment to the authority, and

 

(b)    

the Secretary of State must make a payment to the authority of an

 

amount equal to the amount of the payment shown by the relevant

 

previous calculations as falling to be made by the authority to the

 

Secretary of State.’.

 

Hilary Benn

 

Helen Jones

 

Jack Dromey

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Chris Williamson

 

Withdrawn  27

 

Schedule  1,  page  21,  line  12,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 

Hilary Benn

 

Helen Jones

 

Jack Dromey

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Chris Williamson

 

Not called  40

 

Schedule  1,  page  21,  line  17,  at end insert—

 

  ‘(1A)  

The regulations must specify the definition of a “disproportionate gain” which

 

is used to calculate whether a relevant authority is required to make a levy

 

payment.’.

 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 24 January 2012    

1151

 

Local Government Finance Bill, continued

 
 

Hilary Benn

 

Helen Jones

 

Jack Dromey

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Chris Williamson

 

Not called  28

 

Schedule  1,  page  22,  line  19,  at beginning insert—

 

    ‘(1)  

If a calculation under paragraph 21 shows that a levy payment is to be made to

 

the Secretary of State by a relevant authority, the Secretary of State must—

 

(a)    

notify the authority of the amount of levy he deems to be payable;

 

(b)    

allow the authority twenty-eight days to make representations either

 

about the basis of the calculation of the levy payment or its accuracy,

 

and

 

(c)    

give due consideration to the authority’s representations before

 

issuing a final determination.’.

 

Hilary Benn

 

Helen Jones

 

Jack Dromey

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Chris Williamson

 

Not called  29

 

Schedule  1,  page  22,  line  22,  at beginning insert ‘Following a final determination’.

 

Hilary Benn

 

Helen Jones

 

Jack Dromey

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Chris Williamson

 

Withdrawn  30

 

Schedule  1,  page  22,  line  28,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 

Chris Williamson

 

Not called  48

 

Schedule  1,  page  23,  line  9,  at end insert—

 

    ‘(5)  

The regulations must make provision for safety-net payments to be made to

 

relevant authorities whose calculated funding is less than the relevant funding

 

calculated in regard to the authority fulfilling its integrated risk management

 

plan.’.

 

Hilary Benn

 

Helen Jones

 

Jack Dromey

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Chris Williamson

 

Not called  31

 

Schedule  1,  page  24,  line  28,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 24 January 2012    

1152

 

Local Government Finance Bill, continued

 
 

Hilary Benn

 

Helen Jones

 

Jack Dromey

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Chris Williamson

 

Not called  32

 

Schedule  1,  page  24,  line  37,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 

Hilary Benn

 

Helen Jones

 

Jack Dromey

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Chris Williamson

 

Negatived on division  33

 

Schedule  1,  page  25,  line  34,  at end insert ‘Any such distribution must be made on

 

the basis of the level of need in any local authority receiving a payment as defined in

 

Schedule 1.’.

 

Hilary Benn

 

Helen Jones

 

Jack Dromey

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Chris Williamson

 

Not called  34

 

Schedule  1,  page  25,  line  38,  after ‘distribution”)’, insert ‘including the level of

 

need in any local authority as defined in Schedule 1’.

 

Hilary Benn

 

Helen Jones

 

Jack Dromey

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Chris Williamson

 

Not called  35

 

Schedule  1,  page  26,  line  19,  leave out from ‘made’ to end of line 22 and insert

 

‘within the following financial year’.

 

John Healey

 

Not selected  61

 

Schedule  1,  page  31,  line  14,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

The regulations may provide that the calculated amount be exempt from changes

 

connected to the re-set of the non-domestic rates retention system.’.

 

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

 

 

Hilary Benn

 

Helen Jones

 

Jack Dromey

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Chris Williamson

 

Not called  21

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  19,  leave out ‘2013’ and insert ‘2014’.

 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 24 January 2012    

1153

 

Local Government Finance Bill, continued

 
 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Hilary Benn

 

Helen Jones

 

Jack Dromey

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Chris Williamson

 

Negatived on division  65

 

Schedule  2,  page  36,  line  42,  at end insert—

 

  ‘(2A)  

In determining whether or not to pay a grant to any authority named above the

 

Secretary of State must satisfy him or herself—

 

(a)    

that the resources available to any local authority (including payments

 

made under Schedule 1 of this Act) are sufficient to meet the needs of

 

the local authority, and

 

(b)    

that there has been no significant change in the circumstances of the

 

local authority resulting in a substantial increase in demand for the

 

authority’s services or for reductions in council tax.’.

 

Hilary Benn

 

Helen Jones

 

Jack Dromey

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Chris Williamson

 

Not selected  69

 

Schedule  2,  page  37,  line  26,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

Require the local authority to produce an assessment of the impact of the scheme

 

on the living standards of people in the area including—

 

(a)    

those of working age in employment and actively seeking work,

 

(b)    

those in receipt of benefits including disability benefits, and

 

(c)    

persons of pensionable age.’.

 

Schedule Agreed to.

 

 

Hilary Benn

 

Helen Jones

 

Jack Dromey

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Chris Williamson

 

Not called  22

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  21,  leave out ‘2013’ and insert ‘2014’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 24 January 2012    

1154

 

Local Government Finance Bill, continued

 
 

Hilary Benn

 

Helen Jones

 

Jack Dromey

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Chris Williamson

 

Not called  23

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  35,  leave out ‘2013’ and insert ‘2014’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Hilary Benn

 

Helen Jones

 

Jack Dromey

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Chris Williamson

 

Not called  24

 

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  5,  leave out ‘2013’ and insert ‘2014’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  9

 

Schedule  3,  page  44,  line  14,  leave out ‘12(8)’ and insert ‘12(8) or (8A)’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  10

 

Schedule  3,  page  44,  line  16,  leave out ‘15(6)’ and insert ‘15(6) or (6A)’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  11

 

Schedule  3,  page  44,  line  43,  leave out ‘12(6)’ and insert ‘12(6) or (6A)’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  12

 

Schedule  3,  page  44,  line  45,  leave out ‘15(4)’ and insert ‘15(4) or (4A)’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  13

 

Schedule  3,  page  45,  line  44,  leave out ‘12(2) and (8)’ insert ‘12(2), (8) and (8A)’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  14

 

Schedule  3,  page  45,  line  44,  leave out ‘15(6)’ insert ‘15(6) and (6A)’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  15

 

Schedule  3,  page  46,  line  3,  leave out ‘12(1) and (6)’ insert ‘12(1), (6) and (6A)’.

 
 

Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 24 January 2012    

1155

 

Local Government Finance Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

Agreed to  16

 

Schedule  3,  page  46,  line  3,  leave out ‘15(4)’ insert ‘15(4) and (4A)’.

 

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

 

 

Hilary Benn

 

Helen Jones

 

Jack Dromey

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Chris Williamson

 

Not called  25

 

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  22,  leave out ‘2013’ and insert ‘2014’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 7 Agreed to.

 

 

New clauses relating to non-domestic rates

 

Major redevelopment schemes: non-domestic rate income

 

Hilary Benn

 

Helen Jones

 

Jack Dromey

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Chris Williamson

 

Negatived on division  NC2

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

In any case where a relevant authority proposes a major redevelopment scheme

 

resulting in a substantial loss of non-domestic rate income for a period exceeding

 

one year, the authority may make an application to the Secretary of State for a

 

safety-net payment to be made to the authority each year for the period of the

 

scheme. The Secretary of State must determine whether to make such a payment

 

having regard to—

 

(a)    

the proportion of non-domestic rate income which will be lost to the

 

authority for the period of the scheme, and

 

(b)    

the future social and economic benefits of the scheme.

 

(2)    

The Secretary of State must notify the authority of his or her decision on whether

 

or not to grant a safety-net payment and allow the authority 28 days to make

 

representations about his or her decision before issuing a final determination.’.

 

 
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