Amendments proposed to the Local Government Bill [Lords] - continued	House of Commons
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Prior discussion by political groups

   

Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

NC6

To move the following Clause:—

    '.—(1) No later than the commencement of the meeting of any overview or scrutiny committee, the leader of each political group with a least one member on the committee shall inform the Head of the Paid Service in writing whether or not any matter on the agenda has been the subject of prior discussion at any meeting of the relevant group or of part of it and of whether or not the judgement of any relevant member is likely to be constrained by the rules of the relevant group or political party.

    (2) In this subsection, "political group" and "leader" have the same meaning as in sections 15 and 16 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 and in regulations made under Schedule 1 to that Act.'.

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Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

48

Clause     88,     page     61,     line     15,     leave out 'pensions'.

   

Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

53

Clause     88,     page     61,     line     23,     leave out subsection (4).

   

Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

49

Clause     88,     page     61,     line     42,     leave out 'pensions'.

   

Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

50

Clause     88,     page     61,     line     45,     leave out 'pensions'.

   

Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

51

Clause     88,     page     62,     line     5,     leave out 'pensions'.

   

Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

52

Clause     88,     page     62,     line     21,     leave out 'pensions'.

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Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

67

Clause     47,     page     29,     line     20,     after 'newspapers' insert 'widely'.

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Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

40

Clause     48,     page     30,     line     9,     at end insert 'subject to subsections (9) to (11)'.

   

Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

41

Clause     48,     page     30,     line     22,     at end insert 'subject to subsections (9) to (11)'.

   

Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

42

Clause     48,     page     30,     line     35,     at end insert 'subject to subsections (9) to (11)'.

   

Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

43

Clause     48,     page     31,     line     2,     at end insert—

    '(9) A member or co-opted member required to vacate his office under subsection 2(b), 4(b) or 6(b) may appeal to the Standards Board for England for a decision that he may remain in office on the grounds that any of the following are in his case unreasonable or oppressive:

(a) the relevant code of conduct;

(b) the size, composition, or terms of reference of the standards committee of the authority of which he is a member;

(c) the provisions, if any, made under section 49(6), 49(7), 50(4) or 50(6).

    (10) A member or co-opted member appealing under subsection (9) shall remain in office until his appeal has been determined by the relevant Standards Board, who shall give written reasons for their decision.

    (11) If his appeal is rejected the member or co-opted member shall vacate his office on the day following the issue of such decision; if his appeal is upheld his office shall not become vacant under this section.'.

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Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

68

Clause     49,     page     31,     line     19,     leave out 'executive leader, and insert 'member of the executive'.

   

Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

69

Clause     49,     page     31,     leave out line 20.

   

Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

44

Clause     49,     page     31,     line     20,     at end insert ', and

    (c) in the case of an authority operating executive arrangements may not have a majority of its members composed of members of the executive.'.

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Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

45

Clause     54,     page     35,     line     42,     at end insert—

    '(3) Where the Standards Board for England decides that any allegation made under this section shall not be investigated, it shall give its reasons in writing.'.

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Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

46

Clause     56,     page     36,     line     38,     at end insert ', or to a former member or co-opted member'.

   

Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

47

Clause     56,     page     36,     line     39,     leave out ', within the period of five years ending with that time.'.

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Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

70

Clause     63,     page     42,     line     9,     leave out 'may' and insert 'must'.

   

Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

71

Clause     63,     page     42,     line     12,     leave out 'may' and insert 'must'.

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NEW CLAUSE RELATING TO PART III

Restitution order

   

Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

    'Where matters considered by an interim tribunal or a case tribunal are or become the subject of criminal proceedings in a court, it shall be open to that court, in considering any penalty resulting from verdict of guilty, to apply a requirement, as part of any penalty, that a restitution order be made so that any loss to the local taxpayer is repaid.'.

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Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

21

Clause     80,     page     56,     line     4,     at end add—

    '(8) No order may be made under this section unless the Secretary of State has consulted the particular authority or authorities concerned in the order and has obtained their agreement to the scheme to be made in the order.'.

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Hilary Armstrong

106

*Schedule     5,     page     76,     line     13,     at end insert—

'1976 c. 57.	Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.	In section 25(8), the words from "Without prejudice" to "inhabitants of its area)".
1978 c. 50.	Inner Urban Areas Act 1978.	In section 13, the words "section 137(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 or".
1985 c. 68.	Housing Act 1985.	Section 11A(4).'.

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REMAINING NEW CLAUSE

Duty to have regard to equality of opportunity

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

NC7

To move the following Clause:—

    '.—(1) Each local authority shall make appropriate arrangements with a view to securing that—

(a) in the exercise of its powers, and

(b) in the discharge of its functions,

    there is due regard to the principle that there should be equality of opportunity for all people.

    (2) Each local authority shall have regard to the need

(a) to promote equality of opportunity for all persons irrespective of their race, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation or religion;

(b) to eliminate unlawful discrimination; and

(c) to promote good relations between persons of different racial groups, religious beliefs and sexual orientation.

    (3) Subsection (2) is without prejudice to subsection (1) and is subject to any provision made under any other enactment.

    (4) Each local authority shall publish a report in each year containing—

(a) a statement of the arrangements made in pursuance of subsection (1) which had effect during the year which is the subject of the report, and

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

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Prepared 27 Apr 2000