Amendments proposed to the Local Government Bill [Lords] - continued House of Commons

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

82

Clause     14,     page     9,     line     42,     at end insert, 'or

      (v) a committee of the authority'.

   

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

54

Clause     14,     page     10,     leave out line 4.

   

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

55

Clause     14,     page     10,     line     7,     leave out 'another member' and insert 'other members'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

127

Clause     14,     page     10,     line     27,     leave out second 'executive'.


   

Hilary Armstrong

128

Clause     15,     page     10,     line     39,     leave out 'executive' and insert 'council manager'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

129

Clause     15,     page     10,     line     42,     leave out 'council manager' and insert 'executive'.

   

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

83

Clause     15,     page     10,     line     43,     at end insert, 'or

      (iii) by a committee of the authority'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

130

Clause     15,     page     10,     line     43,     at end insert—

    '( ) In deciding—

      (a) whether or how to exercise any functions, or

      (b) whether to arrange for any functions to be discharged by the executive or an officer of the authority,

    the council manager must have regard to any advice given by the elected mayor.'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

131

Clause     15,     page     10,     line     45,     leave out first 'council manager' and insert 'executive'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

132

Clause     15,     page     10,     line     45,     leave out second 'council manager' and insert 'executive'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

133

Clause     15,     page     11,     line     1,     leave out 'an executive or council manager' and insert 'a council manager or executive'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

134

Clause     15,     page     11,     line     2,     leave out 'a council manager' and insert 'an executive'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

135

Clause     15,     page     11,     line     3,     leave out 'executive or council manager' and insert 'council manager or executive'.


   

Hilary Armstrong

136

Clause     17,     page     11,     line     26,     after second 'committee' insert 'or sub-committee'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

137

Clause     17,     page     11,     line     27,     leave out from 'authority' to end of line 29 and insert 'established to discharge functions in respect of part of the area of the authority and in respect of which the following conditions are satisfied—

          (a) the area of that part does not exceed two-fifths of the total area of the authority,

          (b) the population of that part, as estimated by the authority, does not exceed two-fifths of the total population of the area of the authority as so estimated, and

          (c) the members of the committee or sub-committee who are members of the authority have been elected for electoral divisions or wards which fall wholly or partly within that part,'.

   

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

56

Clause     17,     page     11,     line     28,     leave out 'and which satisfies other conditions as may be specified,'.


   

Hilary Armstrong

138

Clause     18,     page     12,     line     2,     leave out first 'is' and insert 'are'.


   

Hilary Armstrong

139

Clause     19,     page     12,     line     41,     after 'section' insert '101(2) or'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

140

Clause     19,     page     12,     line     46,     after 'section' insert '101(2) or'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

141

Clause     19,     page     13,     line     6,     at end insert 'committee or'.


   

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

57

Clause     20,     page     13,     line     18,     leave out 'or other action taken,'and insert 'prior to their enactment,'.

   

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

19

Clause     20,     page     13,     line     32,     at end insert—

      '(f) to advise the executive on the future discharge of its executive functions.'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

142

Clause     20,     page     13,     line     40,     at beginning insert 'Subject to subsection (4A)'.

   

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

28

Clause     20,     page     13,     line     40,     leave out 'may not discharge any' and insert 'may by resolution of the authority discharge'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

143

Clause     20,     page     13,     line     41,     at end insert—

    '(4A) If or to the extent that a local authority's function of conducting best value reviews under section 5 of the Local Government Act 1999 is not the responsibility of an executive of the authority, the authority may arrange for their overview and scrutiny committee (or any of their overview and scrutiny committees) to conduct such a review.'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

144

Clause     20,     page     13,     line     45,     at end insert—

    '( ) A sub-committee of an overview and scrutiny committee may not discharge any functions other than those conferred on it under subsection (5)(b).'.

   

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

27

Clause     20,     page     14,     line     10,     at end insert—

    '( ) Where a member of a relevant overview and scrutiny committee finds that a decision by or on behalf of the executive ought to be subject to immediate review he may, with the agreement of two members of the relevant overview and scrutiny committee, cause the decision to be delayed until that overview and scrutiny committee has considered the matter'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

145

Clause     20,     page     14,     line     27,     at end insert—

    '( ) Subsections (2) and (5) of section 102 of the Local Government Act 1972 are to apply to an overview and scrutiny committee of a local authority, or a sub-committee of such a committee, as they apply to a committee appointed under that section.'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

146

Clause     20,     page     14,     line     28,     at end insert 'or a sub-committee of such a committee'.

   

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

20

Clause     20,     page     14,     line     33,     at end add—

    '(12) The authority shall appoint officers to assist the overview and scrutiny committees in discharging their functions, and such officers may not also report to the executive.'.

   

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

84

Clause     20,     page     14,     line     33,     at end add—

    '(7) Any of the Head of the Paid Service, the Monitoring Officer and the officer appointed by the authority under section 151 of the Local Government Act 1972 may issue a summons to a meeting of an overview or scrutiny committee and may place on the agenda of such committee any matter which falls within the responsibility of such committee'.


   

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

58

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     35,     leave out 'or held in private' and insert 'unless necessary to exclude the public for individual items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 (all reports) of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.'.

   

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

59

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     37,     leave out from 'decide' to end of line 39 and insert 'which parts of its meetings, and which parts of any committee of the executive are to be held in private.'.

   

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

29

     Page     14,     line     34,     leave out Clause 21.


   

Hilary Armstrong

210

Schedule     1,     page     66,     line     11,     leave out 'the deputy mayor of the executive' and insert 'his deputy (referred to in this paragraph as the deputy mayor)'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

211

Schedule     1,     page     66,     line     13,     leave out 'of the executive'.

 
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