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House of Commons

Tuesday 11 March 2014

Public Bill Committee

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance

Deregulation Bill

Note

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

Committee [25 February].

Chi Onwurah

Toby Perkins

Thomas Docherty

11

Schedule  8,  page  111,  line  21,  at end insert—

    ‘(8)
If an exemption order is made the Secretary of State shall produce a report

detailing the nature of the exemption, including the conditions or restrictions

made as part of that order, and publish it on the Department’s website and in

any way the Secretary of State sees fit.”.’.

Chi Onwurah

Toby Perkins

Thomas Docherty

12

Schedule  8,  page  111,  line  13,  leave out paragraphs 23 to 26.

Public Bill Committee: 11 March 2014
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Deregulation Bill, continued

Tom Brake

Oliver Heald

9

Schedule  12,  page  131,  line  4,  at end insert—

      ‘()
In the Notes to Group 6, in Note (5A), for “and 5B” substitute “to 5C”.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

Paragraph 43 of Schedule 12 amends Group 6 of Part 2 of Schedule 9 to the Value Added Tax Act

1994 (exemptions) to omit paragraph 5A(b) and insert a new paragraph 5C. This additional

amendment makes a consequential amendment to the Notes to Group 6 (which explain terms used

in the Group).

Chi Onwurah

Toby Perkins

Thomas Docherty

16


Clause  38,  page  28,  line  34,  leave out ‘15’ and insert ‘18’.

Chi Onwurah

Toby Perkins

Thomas Docherty

15


Clause  43,  page  30,  line  43,  leave out ‘500 persons’ and insert ‘250 persons for an

indoor screening and 1,000 persons for an outdoor screening’.

Chi Onwurah

Toby Perkins

Thomas Docherty

14


Clause  43,  page  31,  line  27,  at end insert—

‘(7A)
Prior to the enactment of the Act, the Government will provide a clear definition

of what sites qualify as “community premises”.’.

Dr Julian Huppert

John Hemming

1

Schedule  17,  page  147,  line  10,  at end insert—

‘The Treason Felony Act 1848


The Treason Felony Act 1848 is repealed.’.

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Deregulation Bill, continued

Dr Julian Huppert

John Hemming

13


Schedule  17,  page  147,  line  10,  at end insert—

‘The Treason Felony Act 1848


In section 3 of the Treason Felony Act 1848, leave out from “to deprive” to

“countries, or”.’.

New Clause

TV licence fee non-payment: de-criminalisation

Andrew Bridgen

Mr David Davis

Sammy Wilson

Mr Brian H. Donohoe

Mr David Nuttall

Neil Carmichael

Andrew Bingham

Stephen Mosley

Mr Philip Hollobone

Mr John Redwood

Mr Andrew Turner

Nick de Bois

Angie Bray

Mr David Ruffley

Chris Kelly

Robert Halfon

Mr William Cash

Andrew Rosindell

Tracey Crouch

Nigel Mills

Kate Hoey

Mark Field

Barry Sheerman

Mr Dave Watts

Jason McCartney

Philip Davies

Steve Rotheram

Mr Andrew Love

Martin Vickers

John Cryer

Bob Stewart

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Charles Walker

Steve Baker

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Graham Stuart

Bill Wiggin

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr Peter Bone

Adam Afriyie

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

Jackie Doyle-Price

Pauline Latham

Sir Edward Leigh

John Hemming

Caroline Nokes

James Duddridge

Ian Mearns

Mr James Gray

Annette Brooke

Bob Blackman

Sir Menzies Campbell

Nadine Dorries

Stephen Metcalfe

Zac Goldsmith

Kelvin Hopkins

Valerie Vaz

Andrew Miller

Mark Hendrick

Mr Jim Cunningham

Gordon Birtwistle

Guto Bebb

Dr William McCrea

Andrew Percy

Mr Douglas Carswell

Mr David Crausby

Alec Shelbrooke

Sir Roger Gale

Mr Mark Spencer

Craig Whittaker

David Morris

Jim McGovern

Caroline Lucas

Lorely Burt

Stephen Barclay

Mrs Anne Main

Neil Parish

Frank Dobson

Heather Wheeler

Mr Dominic Raab

Dr Phillip Lee

Henry Smith

Paul Farrelly

Sir Richard Shepherd

Mr Graham Brady

Karen Lumley

Grahame M. Morris

Andrew Stephenson

Dr Matthew Offord

Chris White

Mr Mark Prisk

Mr Nigel Dodds

Austin Mitchell

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

Mr Bernard Jenkin

Stephen McPartland

Jim Dobbin

Chris Williamson

Stephen Gilbert

Public Bill Committee: 11 March 2014
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Deregulation Bill, continued

Andrea Leadsom

Jeremy Lefroy

Mark Durkan

Mr James Clappison

Mr John Baron

Jesse Norman

Mr Frank Field

Dr Julian Huppert

Fiona O’Donnell

Mr Lawrence Robertson

David T. C. Davies

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr Graham Allen

Julian Sturdy

Mr Robert Syms

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
Section 363 (licence required for use of TV receiver) of the Communications Act

2003 is amended as follows.

(2)
In subsections (2) and (3), for “guilty of an offence” substitute “liable to a civil

penalty”.

(3)
Leave out subsection (4) and insert—

“(4)
The Secretary of State shall specify by regulations the level of penalty to

be imposed under this section.

(4A)
Regulations under subsection (4) shall be made by statutory instrument.

(4B)
A statutory instrument under subsection (4A) shall not be made unless a

draft has been laid before and approved by both Houses of Parliament.”.’.

Order of the House [3 February 2014]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Deregulation 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 Tuesday 25 March 2014.

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

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.

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Deregulation Bill, continued

Order of the Committee [25 February 2014]

That—

(1)
the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 8.55 am on Tuesday 25

February) meet—

(a)
at 2.00 pm on Tuesday 25 February;

(b)
at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 27 February;

(c)
at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 4 March;

(d)
at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 6 March;

(e)
at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 11 March;

(f)
at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 13 March;

(g)
at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 18 March;

(h)
at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 20 March;

(i)
at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 25 March;

(2)
the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following

Table:

TABLE

Date
Time
Witness

Tuesday 25
Until no later
Institution for Occupational Safety and Health

February
than 9.30 am

Tuesday 25
Until no later
Trades Union Congress;

February
than 10.00 am
Unite

Tuesday 25
Until no later
British Chambers of Commerce

February
than 10.30 am

Tuesday 25
Until no later
BAE Systems

February
than 11.00 am

Tuesday 25
Until no later
R3;

February
than 11.25 am
Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied

Workers (Usdaw)

Tuesday 25
Until no later
Janet Davis and Sarah Slade, on behalf of

February
than 2.30 pm
Natural England’s Stakeholder Working

Group on Unrecorded Rights of Way

Tuesday 25
Until no later
Local Government Association

February
than 3.00 pm

Tuesday 25
Until no later
Association of School and College Leaders;

February
than 3.45 pm
Andy Grace, Principal of The Boulevard

Academy, Hull

Tuesday 25
Until no later
Equality and Human Rights Commission

February
than 4.30 pm

Tuesday 25
Until no later
Federation of Small Businesses;

February
than 5.00 pm
Institute of Directors

Tuesday 25
Until no later
Forum of Private Business;

February
than 5.45 pm
Professor Julia Black, Professor of Law,

London School of Economics

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Deregulation Bill, continued

(3)
the proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in

the following order: Clauses 1 to 3; Schedule 1; Clauses 4 and 5; Schedule 2;

Clause 6; Schedule 3; Clauses 7 to 11; Schedule 4; Clause 12; Schedule 5;

Clauses 13 to 19; Schedule 6; Clauses 20 to 23; Schedule 7; Clause 24;

Schedule 8; Clause 25; Schedule 9; Clauses 26 to 29; Schedule 10; Clause 30;

Schedule 11; Clauses 31 to 35; Schedule 12; Clause 36; Schedule 13; Clause

37; Schedule 14; Clauses 38 and 39; Schedule 15; Clauses 40 to 57; Schedule

16; Clauses 58 to 60; Schedule 17; Clauses 61 to 69; new Clauses; new

Schedules; remaining proceedings on the Bill;.

(4)
the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion at 5.00 pm on Tuesday 25 March.

NOTICES WITHDRAWN

The following Notices were withdrawn on Tuesday 10 March:

Amendment 10.



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