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Amendments proposed to the Greater London Authority Bill - continued	House of Commons

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Mr Peter Brooke

1060

Clause 258, page 130, line 32, at end insert 'but does not comprise solely'.

Mr John Wilkinson

546

Clause 260, page 131, line 18, at end insert—

'(2) The Major shall establish an environmental strategy group to replace the London Ecology Committee within six months of the first advisory election and the aforementioned committee shall comprise appropriate experts from recognised authoritative bodies.'.

NEW CLAUSE RELATING TO PART IX

Impact of ambient noise strategy on airport capacity

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr John M. Taylor

NC 72

To move the following Clause:—

'In preparing the "London ambient noise strategy" assessment of the impact of implementation on airport capacity on non-military airports within the Greater London Authority Area, the mayor shall have regard to the impact on capacity at airports outside the Greater London Authority area.'.

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Edward Davey

Schedule 20, page 235, line 6, at end insert 'subject to the approval of the Assembly by a simple majority.'.

Mr Peter Brooke

1052

Schedule 20, page 235, line 11, at end insert—

'(c) who represent relevant bodies including the London Tourist Board.'.

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Edward Davey

Schedule 20, page 235, line 21, after 'Mayor', insert 'and Assembly'.

Sir Sydney Chapman

813

Clause 262, page 132, line 5, at end insert—

'(aa) recreational walking, riding and cycling.'.

Sir Sydney Chapman

811

Clause 262, page 132, line 9, at end insert—

'(cc) open space for recreation, visual enjoyment and nature conservation'.

Sir Sydney Chapman

812

Clause 262, page 132, line 11, after 'library', insert 'and archive'.

Mr Peter Brooke

1053

Clause 262, page 132, line 16, at end insert—

'The £1\5m per annum funding from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to the London Tourist Board for overseas marketing activity shall continue as will the part funding of its activity currently disbursed through the English Tourist Board.'.

REMAINING NEW CLAUSES

Companies in which local authorities have interests

Mr Nick Raynsford

NC15

To move the following Clause:—

'.—(1) In Part V of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (companies in which local authorities have interests) section 67 (application of, and orders under, the Part) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (3) (which specifies the bodies which are local authorities for the purposes of the Part) after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—

"(bb) the Greater London Authority;

(bc) a functional body, within the meaning of the Greater London Authority Act 1999;".'.

Greater London Regional Health Authority

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Edward Davey

NC4

To move the following Clause:—

'.—(1) There shall be a body corporate to be known as the Greater London Regional Health Authority.

(2) The Greater London Regional Health Authority shall have the functions conferred or imposed on it by this or any other Act, or made exercisable by it under this Act, and any reference in this Act to the functions of the Greater London Regional Health Authority includes a reference to any functions made exercisable by this Act.

(3) The Greater London Regional Health Authority shall exercise its functions—

(a) in accordance with such guidance or directions as may be issued to it by the Mayor under section ( ) below,

(b) for the purpose of facilitating the discharge by the Authority of the duties under this Act, and

(4) The Authority may issue to the Greater London Regional Health Authority

(a) guidance as to the manner in which it exercises its functions,

(b) general instructions as to the manner in which it is to exercise its functions, or

Report on health impact of strategies

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Edward Davey

NC13

To move the following Clause:—

'( ) The Mayor shall produce and publish reports of the impact on the health of persons in Greater London of the strategies set out in subsection 33(1).'.

Equality of opportunity

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Edward Davey

NC19

To move the following Clause:—

'(1) The Authority shall make appropriate arrangements with a view to securing that its functions are exercised with due regard to the principle that there should be equality of opportunity for all people.

(2) After each financial year the Authority shall publish a report containing—

(a) a statement of the arrangements made in pursuance of subsection (1) which had effect during that financial year, and

(b) an assessment of how effective those arrangements were in promoting equality of opportunity.'.

EU Committee of the Regions

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Edward Davey

NC20

To move the following Clause:—

'The Assembly shall elect two of its members to be amongst the representatives from Greater London to be included in the Committee of the Regions of the European Union.'.

As an Amendment to Mr Simon Hughes's proposed new Clause (NC20) (EU Committee of the Regions):

Mr Peter Brooke

(a)

Line 1, leave out 'The Assembly shall elect two of its members to be amongst' and insert 'The Mayor shall appoint'.

Private bills

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Edward Davey

NC21

To move the following Clause:—

'(1) The Authority may promote private bills in Parliament and may oppose any private bill in Parliament.

(2) But the Authority shall not promote or oppose any private bill in Parliament unless a motion to authorise the Authority to promote or oppose the bill is passed by the Assembly on a vote at least two-thirds of the Assembly members voting support the motion.

(3) Subsection (1) shall not cause the Authority to have power to apply for orders under section 1 or 3 of the Transport Works Act 1992 by virtue of section 20 of that Act (which gives a body with power to promote and oppose private bills power to apply for and object to such orders).'.

National Health Service

Mr Peter Brooke

NC76

To move the following Clause:—

'( ) The Secretary of State shall, within a period of six months of the inception of the Authority, issue guidance to the Authority with respect to a funded mandate for it in relation to the National Health Service in London.'.

Guidance on number of police officers

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Edward Davey

NC77

To move the following Clause:—

'The Assembly and Mayor shall give guidance to the MPA on the number of police officers necessary to fulfil the duties of the Metropolitan Police Service.'.

Admission of public to London Development Agency meetings

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Edward Davey

NC78

To move the following Clause:—

'(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, meetings of the London Development Agency shall be open to the public and the London Development Agency shall publish the minutes of all meetings where the public are not excluded

(2) The public shall be excluded during any item of business where—

(a) it is likely, were members of the public to be present during that item, that information furnished in confidence to the Agency would be disclosed in breach of the obligation of confidence;

(b) the London Development Agency, with the approval of the London Assembly, have resolved that, by reason of the confidential nature of the item or for other special reasons stated in the resolution, it is desirable in the public interest that the public be excluded; or

(i) any matter which relates to the affairs of an individual, or

(ii) any matter which relates specifically to the affairs of a particular body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, where public disclosure of that matter would or might, in the opinion of the Agency, seriously and prejudicially affect the interests of that individual body

(3) Information furnished in confidence under sub-paragraph (2)(a) above shall only relate to information of a commercially or legally sensitive nature, or information relating to personnel issues of the body providing the information or the Agency.

(4) The Agency shall give such notice—

(a) of any meeting of the Agency which is open to the public, and

(b) of the business to be taken at that meeting (other than items during which the public is to be excluded) as they consider appropriate for the purpose of bringing the meeting to the attention of interested members of the public.'.