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

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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'.

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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).'.

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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.'.

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Greater London warm homes strategy
   

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

NC90

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1) The Mayor, with the approval of the Assembly by simple majority, shall produce and publish a document to be known as the Greater London Warm Homes Strategy.

    (2) The Mayor, with the approval of the Assembly by a simple majority, may revise the Greater London Warm Homes Strategy from time to time as considered appropriate and in such cases he shall publish the strategy as revised.

    (3) The Greater London Warm Homes Strategy and any revisions thereof shall consist of the Mayor's proposals and policies for the eradication of fuel poverty in Greatear London over a period of not more than five years.

    (4) In preparing or revising the Greater London Warm Homes Strategy, the Mayor shall have regard to any plans or action taken or proposed ot eradicate or alleviate fuel poverty in Greater London by—

(a) the Secretary of State;

(b) London borough councils and the Common Council; and

(c) any health authority or NHS trust covering Greater London.

(5) in preparing or revising the Greater London Warm Home Strategy, the Mayor shall consult—

(a) London borough councils;

(b) the Common Council; and

(c) such persons as appear to him to be interested in the eradication of fuel poverty in Greater London.

    (6) In taking any action to eradicate or alleviate fuel poverty in its area a London borough council and the Common Council shall have regard to the Greater London Warm Homes Strategy.

    (7) For the purposes of this section—

"fuel poverty" means the situation where a household is spending ten per cent. or more of its disposable income on keeping warm. "Warm" means living room temperatures of no less than 18 degrees celsius and a temperature of no less than 16 degrees celsius in the remainder of the accommodation.'.

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Mr Nick Raynsford

1007

Clause     272,     page     136,     line     17,     at end insert—

    '(3A) A statutory instrument containing regulations under—

(a) paragraph 16(2) of Schedule (Road user charging) to this Act, or

(b) paragraph 22(2) of Schedule (Workplace parking levy) to this Act,

    shall not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the House of Commons.'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

312

Clause     272,     page     136,     line     29,     at end insert—

'any provision contained in Chapters I to IV or VI of Part III of this Act;'.

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Mr Nick Raynsford

883

Schedule     21,     page     237,     line     13,     at end insert—

'1992 c. xvi.

The London Regional Transport (Penalty Fares) Act 1992.

The whole Act.'

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

887

Schedule     21,     page     237,     line     14,     at end insert—

'Part IIA

Hackney carriages and private hire vehicles

Chapter	Short title	Extent of repeal
32 & 33 Vict. c.115.	The Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869.	In section 7, the words "by the said Secretary of State.
1968 c. 7.	The London Cab Act 1968.	In section 2(3), the words from "and shall be exercisable" to the end of the subsection. In section 4A(3), the words from "and shall be exercisable" to the end of the subsection.
1981 c. 56.	The Transport Act 1981.	Section 35(1) and (2).
1985 c. 67.	The Transport Act 1985.	In section 10, in subsection (5)(c), the words "if made otherwise than by the Secretary of State", in subsection (8), the words "Except in the case of a scheme made by the Secretary of State," and subsection (10).
1989 c. 43.	The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989.	In Schedule 2, in Part II, paragraph 7.
1998 c. 34.	The Private Hire (London) Act 1998.'.	Section 38.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

313

Schedule     21,     page     243,     column     3,     leave out lines 11 to 13.

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

888

Clause     276,     page     137,     line     21,     at end insert—

    ' "the Franchising Director" means the Director of Passenger Rail Franchising until such time as the Strategic Rail Authority is constituted from when references to "the Franchising Director" shall be taken as references to the Strategic Rail Authority.'.

   

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Edward Davey

74

Clause     276,     page     137,     line     25,     leave out 'or'.

   

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Paul Burstow
Mr Edward Davey

75

Clause     276,     page     137,     line     26,     at end insert 'or

     (e) the Greater London Regional Health Authority.'.

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

866

Clause     277,     page     138,     line     24,     leave out 'wich' and insert 'which'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

810

Clause     277,     page     138,     line     26,     at end insert—

    '(2A) Sections (Meaning and effect of PPP administration orders), (PPP administration orders made on special petitions), (Restriction on making winding-up order), (Restrictions on voluntary winding-up etc) and ("Company", unregistered, foreign etc) above and Schedules (PPP administration orders) and (Transfer of relevant activities in connection with PPP administration orders) to this Act shall not come into force until London Underground Limited has become a subsidiary of Transport for London.'.

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GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY BILL (PROGRAMME)

     Greater London Authority (Programme),—Ordered, That the following provisions shall apply to the Greater London Authority Bill—

Committee of the whole House

    1. Proceedings in Committee of the whole House on Clauses 1 to 4 of, and Schedules 1 and 2 to, the Bill shall be completed in two allotted days and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at Ten o'clock on the second day.

Standing Committee

    2. Proceedings in the Standing Committee to which the remainder of the Bill is committed shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 12.50 p.m. on 30th March 1999.

Business Committee

    3. Standing Order No. 82 (Business Committee) shall not apply to proceedings on the Bill.

Business Sub-Committee

    4. Resolutions of the Business Sub-Committee may include alterations in the order in which Clauses, Schedules, new Clauses and new Schedules are taken in the Standing Committee.

Procedure in Standing Committee

    5. At a sitting of the Standing Committee at which any proceedings on the Bill are to be brought to a conclusion in accordance with this Order or a Resolution of the Business Sub-Committee, the Chairman shall not adjourn the Committee under any Order relating to the sittings of the Committee until the proceedings have been brought to a conclusion.

Conclusion of proceedings

    6. For the purpose of concluding any proceedings which are to be brought to a conclusion at a time appointed by or under this Order—

     (1) The Chairman or Speaker shall put forthwith the following Questions (but no others)—

(a) any Question already proposed from the Chair;

(b) any Question necessary to bring to a decision a Question so proposed (including in the case of a new Clause or Schedule which has been read a second time, the Question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill);

(c) the Question on any amendment moved or Motion made by a Minister of the Crown; and

(d) any other Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded.

     (2) Proceedings under sub-paragraph (1) shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to sittings of the House and may be decided, though opposed, at any hour.

    (3) If, apart from this sub-paragraph, two or more Questions would fall to be put by the Chairman under sub-paragraph (1)(d) in relation to a series of Clauses or Schedules to which no notice of amendment has been given by a Minister of the Crown, the Chairman shall instead put a single question in relation to those Clauses and Schedules.

    (4) On a Motion made for a new Clause or a new Schedule, the Chairman or Speaker shall put only the question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill.

Supplementary provisions

    7. In this Order "allotted day" means any day on which the Bill is put down on the main business as first Government Order of the Day.

    8. If any Motion is made by a Minister of the Crown to amend this Order so as to provide a greater amount of time for proceedings on the Bill under paragraph 1 or 2 of this Order, the Question thereon shall be put forthwith and may be decided, though opposed, at any hour.

    9. If any Motion is made by a Minister of the Crown to supplement the provisions of this Order in respect of proceedings on Consideration or Third Reading or on any Lords Amendments or any subsequent Message from the Lords relating to the Bill, the Motion may be proceeded with, though opposed, at any hour and the proceedings, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion three-quarters of an hour after they have been commenced.—(Mr Graham Allen.)

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RESOLUTION OF BUSINESS SUB-COMMITTEE

    That, except as may be otherwise provided by a Resolution of this Sub-Committee as agreed to by the Standing Committee and subject to the Order [13th January]—

(a) 27 sittings in all shall be allocated to the consideration of the Greater London Authority Bill by the Standing Committee;

(b) the proceedings to be taken at each sitting shall be as shown in the second column of the table and shall be taken in the order so shown;

(c) the proceedings which under this Resolution are to be taken on any sitting shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the third column of the table.

table

Sitting	Proceedings	Time for conclusion of proceedings
1st to 8th	Clauses 5 to 17, Schedule 3, Clauses 18 to 24, New Clauses relating to Part I, New Schedules relating to Part I, Clauses 25 to 30, Schedule 4, Clauses 31 to 66, New Clauses relating to Part II, New Schedules relating to Part II, Clauses 67 to 72, Schedule 5, Clauses 73 to 83, Schedule 6, Clauses 84 to 117, Schedule 7, Clauses 118 to 121, New Clauses relating to Part III and New Schedules relating to Part III	6.50 p.m.
9th to 17th	Clauses 122 to 132, Schedule 8, Clauses 133 to 135, Schedule 9, Clauses 136 to 167, Schedule 10, New Clauses relating to Chapters I to VI of Part IV, New Schedules relating to Chapters I to VI of Part IV, Clauses 168 to 172, Schedule 11, Clauses 173 to 175, Schedule 12, Clauses 176 and 177, New Clauses relating to Chapters VII to X of Part IV, New Schedules relating to Chapters VII to X of Part IV, Clauses 178 to 200, Schedule 13, Clause 201, Schedule 14, remaining New Clauses relating to Part IV and remaining New Schedules relating to Part IV	6.50 p.m.
18th to 27th	Clauses 202 to 206, Schedule 15, New Clauses relating to Part V, New Schedules relating to Part V, Clause 207, Schedule 16, Clauses 208 to 219, Schedule 17, New Clauses relating to Part VI, New Schedules relating to Part VI, Clause 220, Schedules 18 and 19, Clauses 221 to 225, New Clauses relating to Part VII, New Schedules relating to Part VII, Clauses 226 to 241, New Clauses relating to Part VIII, New Schedules relating to Part VIII, Clauses 242 to 260, New Clauses relating to Part IX, New Schedules relating to Part IX, Clause 261, Schedule 20, Clause 262, New Clauses relating to Part X, New Schedules relating to Part X, Clauses 263 to 271, remaining New Clauses, remaining New Schedules, Clauses 272 to 275, Schedule 21 and Clauses 276 and 277.	12.50 p.m.

RESOLUTION OF THE BUSINESS SUB-COMMITTEE

    That the Resolution of the Business Sub-Committee [20th January] be amended as follows—

(a) in paragraph (a) for '27' there shall be substituted '26';

(b) in the second entry in the first column of the table for '17th' there shall be substituted '18th';

(c) for the third entry in the first column of the table there shall be substituted '19th to 26th'.

RESOLUTION OF THE BUSINESS SUB-COMMITTEE

    That the Resolution of the Business Sub-Committee [20th January] be further amended as follows: in the second entry in the third column of the table for '6.50' there shall be substituted '9.50'.

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Prepared 23 Mar 1999