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Consideration of Bill: 17 December 2012                  

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Secretary Eric Pickles

 

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Page  18  [Clause  18],  leave out lines 40 and 41.

 


 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

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Page  19,  line  25  [Clause  18],  leave out subsection (3).

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

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Page  19,  line  41  [Clause  19],  leave out ‘Before subsection (2) insert’ and insert

 

‘For subsection (2) substitute’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

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Page  19,  line  42  [Clause  19],  leave out ‘(1A)’ and insert ‘(2)’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

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Page  19,  line  44  [Clause  19],  after ‘England’, insert ‘or Wales’.

 


 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

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Page  20,  line  5  [Clause  19],  leave out ‘(1B)’ and insert ‘(2ZA)’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

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Page  20,  line  6  [Clause  19],  after ‘England’, insert ‘or Wales’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

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Page  20,  line  8  [Clause  19],  leave out ‘(1A)’ and insert ‘(2)’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

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Page  20,  line  10  [Clause  19],  leave out ‘(1A) or’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

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Page  20,  line  20  [Clause  19],  leave out subsection (3).

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

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Page  20,  line  23  [Clause  19],  leave out ‘subsections (1A) and’ and insert

 

‘subsection’.


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 17 December 2012                  

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Growth and Infrastructure Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

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Page  20,  line  23  [Clause  19],  leave out ‘references’ and insert ‘reference’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

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Page  20,  line  24  [Clause  19],  leave out ‘do’ and insert ‘does’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

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Page  20,  line  27  [Clause  19],  after ‘England’, insert ‘or Wales’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

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Page  20,  line  28  [Clause  19],  after ‘England’, insert ‘or Wales’.

 


 

Hilary Benn

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

 

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Page  29,  line  13  [Clause  23],  at end insert—

 

‘(aa)    

the development does not involve surface mineral extraction or

 

quarrying.’.

 

Hilary Benn

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

 

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Page  29,  line  16  [Clause  23],  leave out ‘thinks’ and insert ‘considers that, subject

 

to published criteria,’.

 

Nigel Mills

 

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Page  29,  line  23  [Clause  23],  at end insert—

 

  ‘(2A)  

For the purposes of subsection (2) a project (or proposed project) in the field

 

of energy shall not include—

 

(i)    

opencast mining; and

 

(ii)    

solar farms.

 

    (2B)  

Opencast mining means the working of coal by opencast operations pursuant

 

to opencast planning permission and the carrying out of operations incidental

 

to such working.

 

    (2C)  

Solar farms means ground-mounted arrays of solar photovoltaic modules

 

which convert incident sunlight directly to electricity.’.


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 17 December 2012                  

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Hilary Benn

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

 

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Page  29,  line  39  [Clause  23],  at end insert—

 

‘(6)    

The Secretary of State must prepare and lay before Parliament a proposal for a

 

national policy statement, setting out national policy in relation to this section.’.

 


 

Hilary Benn

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

 

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Page  31,  line  16  [Clause  23],  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

In section 105 (decisions in cases where no national policy statement has effect)

 

after subsection (2)(c) insert “and in the case of a business or commercial

 

development project shall make the decision in accordance with the relevant local

 

plan.”.’.

 


 

new clause standing in the name of a minister of the crown and related

 

to clause 24

 

Power to postpone compilation of Welsh rating lists

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

NC4

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Before section 55 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (but after the italic

 

heading before that section) insert—

 

“54A  

Postponement of compilation of Welsh lists for 2015 onwards

 

(1)    

The Welsh Ministers may by order provide that the lists to which this

 

section applies must be compiled on a date specified in the order (“the

 

specified date”) rather than on 1 April 2015.

 

(2)    

The lists to which this section applies are—

 

(a)    

each local non-domestic rating list that would otherwise have to

 

be compiled on 1 April 2015 for a billing authority in Wales, and

 

(b)    

the central non-domestic rating list that would otherwise have to

 

be compiled for Wales on that date.

 

(3)    

The specified date must be 1 April in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 or 2020;

 

and the same date must be specified for each list to which this section

 

applies.

 

(4)    

If an order has effect under this section, section 41 (local rating lists)

 

applies in relation to billing authorities in Wales as if subsection (2)—


 
 

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(a)    

did not require a list to be compiled on 1 April 2015 and on 1

 

April in every fifth year afterwards, but

 

(b)    

instead required a list to be compiled on the specified date and on

 

1 April in every fifth year afterwards.

 

(5)    

If an order has effect under this section, section 52 (central rating lists)

 

applies in relation to Wales as if subsection (2)—

 

(a)    

did not require a list to be compiled on 1 April 2015 and on 1

 

April in every fifth year afterwards, but

 

(b)    

instead required a list to be compiled on the specified date and on

 

1 April in every fifth year afterwards.”

 

(2)    

In section 41 (local rating lists), after subsection (8) insert—

 

“(9)    

This section in its application to Wales is subject to section 54A

 

(postponement of compilation of Welsh lists for 2015 onwards).”

 

(3)    

In section 52 (central rating lists), after subsection (7) insert—

 

“(8)    

This section in its application to Wales is subject to section 54A

 

(postponement of compilation of Welsh lists for 2015 onwards).”

 

(4)    

In section 143 (orders and regulations), after subsection (3B) insert—

 

“(3C)    

The power to make an order under section 54A is exercisable by statutory

 

instrument, and no such order is to be made unless a draft of the order has

 

been laid before and approved by resolution of the National Assembly for

 

Wales.”’.

 


 

Hilary Benn

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

 

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Page  32,  line  8  [Clause  24],  at end add—

 

‘(11)    

The Secretary of State may not by order appoint for this section to come into force

 

until—

 

(a)    

he has a published calculated estimates of the total numbers of those

 

ratepayers who would be liable to pay more and of those who would be

 

liable to pay less to their billing authority if this section were or were not

 

brought into force, and

 

(b)    

he has consulted with representatives of those likely to be affected by the

 

bringing into force of this section, after publishing the information

 

required under subsection (11)(a).’.

 


 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

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Page  34,  line  24  [Clause  29],  after ‘6,’, insert ‘8, 17, 23,’.


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 17 December 2012                  

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Mr Nicholas Brown

 

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Page  34,  line  26  [Clause  29],  after ‘Sections’, insert ‘[Restriction of

 

advertisements relating to property lettings], [Local authorities: powers relating to

 

deemed consent].’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

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Page  34,  line  26  [Clause  29],  leave out ‘, 17’.

 

Hilary Benn

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Ian Murray

 

 

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Page  34,  line  26  [Clause  29],  leave out ‘17 and 24’ and insert ‘and 17’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

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Page  34,  line  26  [Clause  29],  leave out ‘and 24’ and insert ‘, 24 and [Power to

 

postpone compilation of Welsh rating lists]’.

 


 

Mr Nicholas Brown

 

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Title,  line  3,  after ‘land;’, insert ‘to make provision about advertisements concerning

 

property lettings;’.

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

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Parliamentary Star    

Title,  line  5,  leave out ‘owners’ and insert ‘shareholders’.

 

 

Order of the House [5 November 2012]

 

That the following provisions shall apply to the Growth and Infrastructure Bill—

 

Committal

 

1.    

The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

 

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

 

2.    

Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

 

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 6 December 2012.

 

3.    

The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

 

which it meets.

 

Consideration and Third Reading

 

4.    

Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

 

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

 

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

 

5.    

Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be


 
 

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brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

 

6.    

Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

 

proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading.

 

Other proceedings

 

7.    

Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

 

consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the

 

Lords) may be programmed.

 

 

Growth and Infrastructure Bill (Programme No. 2)

 

Secretary Eric Pickles

 

That the Order of 5 November 2012 (Growth and Infrastructure Bill (Programme)) be

 

varied as follows—

 

1.    

Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order shall be omitted.

 

2.    

Proceedings on consideration shall be taken in the order shown in the first

 

column of the following Table.

 

3.    

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

 

conclusion at today’s sitting at the times specified in the second column of

 

the Table.

 

 

TABLE

 

Proceedings

Time for

 
  

conclusion of

 
  

proceedings

 
 

New Clauses other than new Clauses standing in the name of a

5.45 pm.

 
 

Minister of the Crown; amendments to Clause 1; amendments to

  
 

Schedule 1; amendments to Clauses 2 to 5.

  
 

Amendments to Clause 6; amendments to Schedule 2;

7.00 pm.

 
 

amendments to Clauses 7 to 9; amendments to Schedule 3;

  
 

amendments to Clauses 10 to 12.

  
 

Amendments to Clause 25; amendments to Clauses 13 and 14;

9.00 pm.

 
 

amendments to Schedule 4; amendments to Clauses 15 to 17; new

  
 

Clauses standing in the name of a Minister of the Crown and

  
 

related to Clause 18; amendments to Clauses 18 to 23; new

  
 

Clauses standing in the name of a Minister of the Crown and

  
 

related to Clause 24; amendments to Clause 24; amendments to

  
 

Clauses 26 to 30; new Schedules; remaining proceedings on

  
 

consideration.

  
 

4.    

Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

 

brought to a conclusions at today’s sitting at 10.00 pm.

 


 
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