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| | Local Audit and Accountability Bill [Lords]
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| | [FIRST AND SECOND SITTINGS]
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| | | (1) | the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 8.55 am on Tuesday 5 |
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| | | (a) | at 2.00 pm on Tuesday 5 November; |
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| | | (b) | at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 7 November; |
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| | | (c) | at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 12 November; |
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| | | (d) | at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 19 November; |
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| | | (e) | at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 21 November; |
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| | | (2) | the proceedings shall be taken in the following order: Clause 1; Schedule 1; |
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| | | Clause 2; Schedule 2; Clauses 3 to 7; Schedule 3; Clauses 8 and 9; Schedule |
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| | | 4; Clauses 10 to 17; Schedule 5; Clause 18; Schedule 6; Clauses 19 to 23; |
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| | | Schedule 7; Clauses 24 to 28; Schedule 8; Clauses 29 to 32; Schedule 9; |
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| | | Clause 33; Schedule 10; Clauses 34 and 35; Schedule 11; Clauses 36 to 42; |
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| | | Schedule 12; Clauses 43 and 44; Schedule 13; Clauses 45 to 47; new Clauses; |
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| | | new Schedules; remaining proceedings on the Bill; |
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| | | (3) | the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a |
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| | | conclusion at 5.00 pm on Thursday 21 November. |
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| | | That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the |
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| | | Committee shall be reported to the House for publication. |
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| | Clause 1, page 2, line 2, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(6) | Before this section is commenced, the Secretary of State shall, by regulations, put |
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| | | into effect arrangements for relevant authorities to opt into arrangements for |
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| | | national procurement of external audit.’. |
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| | Clause 1, page 2, line 2, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(6) | Before this section is commenced, the Secretary of State shall, by regulations, put |
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| | | into effect arrangements for integrated audit which enables auditors to work |
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| | | across authorities and with the National Audit Office, where national and local |
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| | | funding is being used jointly.’. |
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| | Schedule 1, page 32, line 14, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | The scheme would ensure that the benefit of any local government retained |
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| | | earning existing immediately prior to the abolition date accrue to the local |
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| | Schedule 1, page 32, line 14, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | Contracts currently held by the Audit Commission that last until 2017 will be |
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| | | transferred to a sector-led joint procurement body. |
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| | | (2B) | Audit Commission tools for the purposes of making value for money |
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| | | comparisons will be transferred to the National Audit Office.’. |
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| | Clause 2, page 2, line 9, after ‘regulations’, insert ‘, but only after consultation with |
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| | such persons as may be affected by any changes,’. |
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| | Schedule 2, page 37, line 16, leave out from ‘meeting’ to end of line. |
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| | Schedule 2, page 38, line 8, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘30 | A Local Enterprise Partnership.’. |
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| | | Schedule, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | Clause 3, page 2, line 39, leave out paragraph (a). |
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| | Clause 3, page 3, line 13, after ‘accounts’, insert ‘, but only after consultation with |
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| | relevant persons as may be affected by any changes’. |
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| | Clause 4, page 3, line 22, after ‘Act’ insert ‘and provision made under it’. |
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| | Clause 4, page 3, line 23, leave out paragraph (b) and insert— |
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| | | ‘(b) | by an auditor (a “local auditor”) appointed in accordance with this Act or |
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| | | provision made under it.’. |
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| | Clause 4, page 3, line 23, at end insert ‘or by a procurement body of which an |
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| | authority may be a member’. |
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| | Clause 4, page 3, line 24, leave out subsection (2). |
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| | | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | Clause 5, page 4, line 2, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | Before this section is commenced, the Secretary of State shall, by regulations, put |
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| | | into effect arrangements for smaller authorities to opt into the national |
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| | | procurement of external audit.’. |
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| | Clause 5, page 4, line 6, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | Subsection (2) applies to a provision of or made under this Act even if it makes |
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| | | specific provision about a smaller authority to which the regulations apply.’. |
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| | Clause 5, page 4, line 9, leave out ‘an’ and insert ‘a local’. |
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| | Clause 5, page 4, line 10, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(aa) | make provision about the persons that may be specified by the Secretary |
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| | Clause 5, page 4, line 18, leave out paragraph (d) and insert— |
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| | | ‘(d) | confer functions on a specified person, including in relation to— |
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| | | (i) | the appointment of local auditors under the regulations, |
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| | | (ii) | the activities of such auditors, and |
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| | | (iii) | the resignation or removal from office of such auditors;’. |
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| | Clause 5, page 4, line 21, leave out from ‘consult’ to end of line 23 and insert ‘such |
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| | persons as are specified in the regulations before exercising specified functions.’. |
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| | Clause 5, page 4, line 23, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(f) | make provision for the appointment of a local auditor in relation to the |
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| | | accounts of a smaller authority to which arrangements within paragraph |
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| | | (a) apply where the specified person does not make an appointment under |
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| | | the regulations (and in particular for such an appointment to be made by |
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| | | the authority or the Secretary of State).’. |
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| | Clause 5, page 4, line 28, leave out paragraphs (b) and (c) and insert— |
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| | | ‘(b) | make provision about the procedures to be followed in relation to opting |
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| | | into or out of those arrangements; |
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| | | (c) | impose duties on smaller authorities to which those arrangements apply, |
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| | | (i) | the payment of fees to a specified person, and |
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| | | (ii) | the provision of information to a specified person; |
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| | | (d) | make provision for the making of payments, in specified circumstances |
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| | | and by the smaller authorities to which those arrangements apply, to a |
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| | | fund of specified kind for the purposes of meeting local auditors’ costs of |
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| | | (4A) | Provision made by regulations under subsection (1) by virtue of subsection |
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| | | (4)(c)(i) may, in particular— |
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| | | (a) | provide for fees to be paid in accordance with a scale or scales of fees |
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| | | determined by a specified person, and |
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| | | (b) | provide for the payment in specified circumstances of a larger or smaller |
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| | | fee than is set out in the appropriate scale.’. |
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| | Clause 5, page 4, line 30, leave out paragraph (c). |
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| | Clause 5, page 4, line 35, leave out ‘an’ and insert ‘a local’. |
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| | Clause 5, page 4, line 37, leave out ‘audit of such accounts’ and insert ‘functions of |
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| | a local auditor in relation to the accounts of a smaller authority’. |
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| | | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | Clause 6, page 5, line 13, leave out ‘year’ and insert ‘previous three years’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 5, line 14, leave out ‘year’ and insert ‘previous three years’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 5, line 25, at end add— |
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| | | ‘(6) | The value for which an authority is categorised shall be reviewed three years after |
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| | | this Bill receives Royal Assent and every five years following. |
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| | | (7) | The Secretary of State shall publish the conclusions of reviews undertaken in |
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| | | accordance with subsection (6).’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 5, line 25, at end add— |
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| | | ‘(6) | The Secretary of State will give one year’s notice to authorities before changes to |
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| | | provision made by regulations under subsection (4).’. |
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| | [Adjourned until Thursday at 11.30 am |
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