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| Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill
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| | This document includes all remaining amendments and includes any withdrawn |
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| | amendments at the end. The amendments have been arranged in accordance with |
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| | the Order of the House [14 October 2015]. |
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| Clauses 1 and 2; New Clauses and New Schedules relating to the subject |
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| matter of Clauses 1 and 2; Clause 3; Schedule 1; Clause 4; New Clauses and |
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| New Schedules relating to the subject matter of Clauses 3 and 4; |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 14, leave out “under section 2” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment would be consequential on leaving out clause 2. |
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| Page 2, line 1, leave out Clause 2 |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This removes the obligation for a Minister introducing a Bill in either House of Parliament to make |
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| | and publish a written devolution statement before that Bill’s Second Reading. |
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| To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Competences of local government |
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| | (1) | The Secretary of State must, after consultation with representatives from local |
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| | government, publish a list of competences of local government. |
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| | (2) | After the list has been published, the Secretary of State may not publish any |
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| | amended list of competences of local government without first obtaining |
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| | approval of the revised list consent from— |
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| | (a) | the House of Commons, with two-thirds of its membership voting in |
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| | favour of the amended list, and |
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| | (b) | the Local Government Association.” |
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| To move the following Clause— |
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| | That Subsidiarity as defined by the Maastricht Treaty 1992 Article 5(3) shall |
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| | apply to the functions of national and local government.” |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 18, leave out subsection (2) |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment removes the prohibition against an order providing for there to be a mayor for |
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| | the area of a combined authority as a condition for agreeing to transfer the functions of local |
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| | authorities or other public bodies to that combined authority. |
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| Schedule 1, page 21, line 29, after “State” insert “or the Chancellor of the Duchy of |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This provides for the order making power in paragraph 3 of new Schedule 5B to the Local |
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| | Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 to be exercised concurrently with |
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| | the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. |
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| Schedule 1, page 25, line 28, after “State” insert “or the Chancellor of the Duchy of |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment provides for the order making power in paragraph 12 of new Schedule 5B to the |
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| | Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 to be exercised |
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| | concurrently with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. |
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| Schedule 1, page 26, line 12, after “State” insert “or the Chancellor of the Duchy of |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment provides that before making an order under paragraph of 12 of new Schedule 5B |
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| | to the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 the Chancellor of the |
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| | Duchy of Lancaster must consult the Electoral Commission. |
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| Schedule 1, page 26, line 13, after “State” insert “or the Chancellor of the Duchy of |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment provides that the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster can only make an order |
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| | limiting the expenses that can be incurred during an election for the return of a mayor, on the |
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| | recommendation of the Electoral Commission. |
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| Schedule 1, page 26, line 17, after “State” insert “or the Chancellor of the Duchy of |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment is consequential on amendment 20. |
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| Clause 5; Schedule 2; Clauses 6 to 8; Clauses 17 to 19; Clause 9; Schedule 3; |
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| Clauses 10 to 16; new Clauses and New Schedules relating to the subject |
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| matter of Clauses 5 to 19; |
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| Clause 5, page 4, line 26, at end insert “, or |
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| | (c) | so far as authorised by an order made by the Secretary of State— |
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| | (i) | for a person appointed as the deputy PCC mayor by virtue of an |
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| | order under paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 2, or |
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| | (ii) | for a committee of the combined authority, consisting of |
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| | members appointed by the mayor (whether or not members of |
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| | ( ) | An order under subsection (3)(c)(ii) may include provision— |
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| | (a) | about the membership of the committee; |
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| | (b) | about the member of the committee who is to be its chair; |
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| | (c) | about the appointment of members; |
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| | (d) | about the voting powers of members (including provision for different |
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| | weight to be given to the vote of different descriptions of member); |
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| | (e) | about information held by the combined authority that must, or must not, |
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| | be disclosed to the committee for purposes connected to the exercise of |
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| | the committee’s functions; |
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| | (f) | applying (with or without modifications) sections 15 to 17 of, and |
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| | Schedule 1 to, the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (political |
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| | balance on local authority committees etc).” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment makes provision for a mayor to arrange for the person appointed as the deputy |
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| | PCC mayor or a committee of the combined authority to exercise a general function which is |
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| | exercisable by the mayor, if authorised to do so by an order made by the Secretary of State. |
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| Clause 5, page 4, line 39, leave out paragraph (b) and insert— |
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| | “(b) | in accordance with arrangements made by virtue of this section or section |
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| | This amendment provides for a general function exercisable by the mayor for the area of a |
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| | combined authority to be taken to be a function exercisable by a committee or by the deputy PCC |
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| | mayor, where arrangements have been made under provision inserted by amendment 5 or new |
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| | section 107DA, inserted by amendment 8. |
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| Clause 5, page 5, line 3, at end insert— |
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| | “( ) | provide that functions that the mayoral combined authority discharges in |
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| | accordance with arrangements under section 101(1)(b) of the Local |
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| | Government Act 1972 (discharge of local authority functions by another |
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| | authority) are to be treated as general functions exercisable by the mayor |
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| | (so far as authorised by the arrangements).” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment enables the Secretary of State to provide by order that functions of a mayoral |
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| | combined authority discharged in accordance with arrangements under section 101(1)(b) of the |
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| | Local Government Act 1972 are to be treated as general functions exercisable by the mayor of the |
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| Clause 5, page 5, line 16, at end insert— |
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