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

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Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Paul Burstow
Dr Vincent Cable
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Jenny Tonge

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Page     165,     line     22     [Schedule     2],     leave out from beginning to end of line 25 on page 167.


   

Mr Secretary Prescott

136

Page     166,     line     29     [Schedule     2],     leave out 'the prescribed percentage' and insert '5 per cent.'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

137

Page     166     [Schedule     2],     leave out lines 35 to 37.


   

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Paul Burstow
Dr Vincent Cable
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Jenny Tonge

2

Page     4,     line     30     [Clause     5],     at end insert—

    '(3) Any London member elected as a member of a registered political party who resigns his party whip shall be deemed to have created a vacancy.'.


   

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Paul Burstow
Dr Vincent Cable
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Jenny Tonge

56

Page     5,     line     26     [Clause     8],     leave out from 'constituency' to end of line 27.


   

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Paul Burstow
Dr Vincent Cable
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Jenny Tonge

57

Page     6,     line     43     [Clause     10],     at end insert 'unless there are three or more candidates.

    (3A) If there are three or more candidates in an Assembly constituency—

      (a) the constituency member shall be returned under the alternative vote system in accordance with Part IA of Schedule 2 to this Act;

      (b) a voter's constituency vote shall accordingly be an alternative vote, that is to say, a vote capable of being given to indicate the voter's preferences from among the candidates.'.


   

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Paul Burstow
Dr Vincent Cable
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Jenny Touge

61

Page     7,     line     30,     leave out Clause 11.


   

Mr Secretary Prescott

102

Page     174,     line     38     [Schedule     3],     at end insert—

'Broadcasting during elections

     21A.—(1) Section 93 shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In subsection (1), after "local government election" there shall be inserted ", other than an Authority election,".'.


   

Mr Secretary Prescott

108A

Page     10,     line     25     [Clause     18],     leave out from 'prepare' to 'required' in line 27 and insert 'an account of any sums which are issued to him out of the Consolidated Fund by virtue of this section and of his use of those sums.

    (6) The account'.

   

Mr Eric Forth

105A

Page     10     [Clause     19],     leave out lines 39 to 41 and insert 'a citizen of the United Kingdom'.

   

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Paul Burstow
Dr Vincent Cable
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Jenny Tonge

3

Page     10,     line     42     [Clause     19],     leave out '21' and insert '18'.


   

Mr Eric Forth

106A

Page     11,     line     7     [Clause     19],     leave out 'his principal' and insert 'the place of work at which he spends the majority of his working time'.

   

Mr Eric Forth

107A

Page     11,     line     22     [Clause     19],     leave out from beginning to end of line 28.


   

Mr Secretary Prescott

99

Page     13,     line     28     [Clause     23],     leave out ' 3(1)' and insert ' 3(5)'.


NEW CLAUSES RELATING TO PART I

Nomination of candidate for Mayor

   

Mrs Gillian Shepherd
Mr Richard Ottaway

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

    '.—A mayoral candidate of any registered political party cannot be returned as mayor unless, no later than the time of his nomination as candidate, the registered leader of that party has delivered to the Greater London Returning Officer, and has made publicly available—

      (a) a sworn declaration describing fully that party's procedures for the selection of its candidate as mayor, and

      (b) a certificate declaring that all persons participating in the selection process derived their authority solely from elective processes in which all the members of that party in Greater London, or in any part of it, were entitled to participate at all stages.'.


Recall petition

   

Mrs Gillian Shepherd

Mr Richard Ottaway

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1) The Mayor will be deemed to have been disqualified from office with immediate effect, if, within not less than twelve months of the date of his signing the declaration of acceptance of office, a minimum of one fifth of electors, or one million electors, whichever is the smaller, entitled to vote in Greater London, shall have put their names to a recall petition, the wording of which includes a demand that the Mayor should resign.

    (2) Receipt of a valid petition by the Greater London returning officer will result in the publication of notice of a new election for the Mayor, which will not preclude the candidature of the former incumbent, provided that he remains qualified to stand in that election.'.


   

Mr Secretary Prescott

109A

Page     14,     line     34     [Clause     25],     leave out from beginning to end of line 17 on page 15.

   

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Paul Burstow
Dr Vincent Cable
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Jenny Tonge

36

Page     14     line     35     [Clause 25],     after 'of', insert 'health and'.


   

Mr Secretary Prescott

110A

Page     15     [Clause     26],     leave out lines 18 to 25.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

111A

Page     15,     line     26     [Clause     27],     leave out from beginning to end of line 28 on page 16.


   

Mr Secretary Prescott

112A

Page     17,     line     1     [Clause     29],     leave out subsection (2) and insert—

    '(2) Any function—

      (a) which is transferred to, or conferred or imposed on, the Authority by or under this Act or any other Act (whenever passed), and

      (b) which (apart from this subsection) is not made exercisable on behalf of the Authority by the Mayor, by the Assembly, or by the Mayor and the Assembly acting jointly,

    shall be exercisable only by the Mayor acting on behalf of the Authority.'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

113A

Page     17,     line     27     [Clause     29],     leave out 'Subsection (3) above is' and insert 'Subsections (2) and (3) above are'.


   

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Paul Burstow
Dr Vincent Cable
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Jenny Tonge

37

Page     18,     line     3     [Clause     31],     at end insert—

      '(da) the Greater London Regional Health Authority;'.

   

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Paul Burstow
Dr Vincent Cable
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Jenny Tonge

38

Page     18,     line     12     [Clause     31],     at end insert—

      '(ba) the Greater London Regional Health Authority,'.


   

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Paul Burstow
Dr Vincent Cable
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Jenny Tonge

64

Page     19,     line     22     [Clause     33],     at end insert—

          '(i) the strategy for the River Thames prepared and published under section (The River Thames) below.'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

114A

Page     19,     line     29     [Clause     33],     leave out subsection (4) and insert—

    '(4) In preparing or revising any strategy mentioned in subsection (1) above, the Mayor shall have regard to—

      (a) the principal purposes of the Authority;

      (b) the effect which the proposed strategy or revision would have on—

          (i) the health of persons in Greater London; and

          (ii) the achievement of sustainable development in the United Kingdom; and

      (c) the matters specified in subsection (5) below.'.

   

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Paul Burstow
Dr Vincent Cable
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Jenny Tonge

68

Page     19,     line     37     [Clause     33],     at end insert—

      '(aa) national policies,'.

   

Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Tom Brake
Mr Paul Burstow
Dr Vincent Cable
Mr Edward Davey
Dr Jenny Tonge

69

Page     19,     line     38     [Clause     33],     leave out 'national policies and'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

115

Page     19,     line     39     [Clause     33],     leave out 'international obligations' and insert 'with such international obligations as the Secretary of State may notify to the Mayor for the purposes of this paragraph'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

116

Page     19,     line     43     [Clause     33],     leave out from beginning to 'and' in line 44.


   

Mr Secretary Prescott

117

Page     20,     line     3     [Clause     33],     at end insert—

    '(5A) The Mayor—

      (a) in considering whether any strategy mentioned in subsection (1) above needs to be revised,

      (b) in implementing any such strategy, or

      (c) in exercising in relation to the spatial development strategy any of his functions under sections 248 to 256 below,

    shall have regard to the matters specified in subsection (5) above.'.

 
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