This is the text of the Local Government Bill [H.L.], as passed by the House of Lords and introduced in the House of Commons on 13th March 2000.
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory Notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions and the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales, will be published separately as Bill 87- EN. Bill 87- EN.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN
RIGHTS
Mr Secretary Prescott has made the following statement under section 19(1)(b) of the Human Rights Act 1998:
I am unable to make a statement that in my view the provisions of the Local Government Bill are compatible with the Convention rights but the Government nevertheless wishes the House to proceed with the Local Government Bill.
Local Government Bill [H.L.]
ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES
PART I
PROMOTION OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL WELL-BEING ETC