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

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Mr Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

285

Clause     17,     page     11,     line     17,     leave out 'an executive of'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

286

Clause     17,     page     11,     line     17,     leave out 'or a committee or specified member of such an 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
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

271

Clause     20,     page     13,     leave out lines 13 and 14 and insert 'arrangements for the overview and scrutiny of the executive (such arrangements referred to in this Part as overview and scrutiny arrangements)'.

   

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

272

Clause     20,     page     13,     line     14,     at end insert—

    '(1A) Overview and scrutiny arrangements may provide for the discharge of functions and the exercise of powers by—

      (a) a committee,

      (b) a sub-committee,

      (c) a member, or

      (d) an officer

    of the authority (in this Part referred to as overview and scrutiny bodies).'.

   

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

273

Clause     20,     page     13,     leave out lines 16 and 17 and insert 'arrangements make provision so that the powers of overview and scrutiny bodies include powers, between them.'.

   

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.'.

   

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

242

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

      '(f) to require that the implementation of any such decision as is referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection is deferred until a decision has been made whether or not to exercise the power conferred by subsection(3).'.

   

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

274

Clause     20,     page     13,     line     33,     leave out 'committee' and insert 'body'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

287

Clause     20,     page     13,     line     39,     at end insert—

    '( ) Unless the matter is certified by the authority's monitoring officer to be urgent, no decision by an executive, a member of an executive or a committee of an executive, under its executive arrangements, shall be implemented within less than five working days after the decision is published.'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

142

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

   

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

275

Clause     20,     page     13,     line     40,     leave out subsection (4).

   

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.'.

   

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

276

Clause     20,     page     13,     line     42,     leave out 'An overview and scrutiny committee of a local authority' and insert 'An overview and scrutiny body of a local authority which is a committee of the authority'.

   

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

277

Clause     20,     page     13,     line     45,     at end insert 'or by a single member or officer of the authority'.

   

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

278

Clause     20,     page     14,     line     3,     leave out 'an overview and scrutiny committee of the authority' and insert 'an overview and scrutiny body of the authority which is a committee of the authority'.

   

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'.

   

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

279

Clause     20,     page     14,     line     11,     leave out subsection (7) and insert 'Overview and scrutiny arrangements shall include provision ensuring that members of the local authority's executive do not discharge any functions or exercise any powers under those arrangements'.

   

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

280

Clause     20,     page     14,     line     14,     leave out 'An overview and scrutiny committee of a local authority' and insert 'An overview and scrutiny body of a local authority which is a committee of the authority'.

   

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

281

Clause     20,     page     14,     line     20,     leave out 'An overview and scrutiny committee of a local authority' and insert 'An overview and scrutiny body of a local authority which is a committee of the authority'.

   

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.'.

   

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

282

Clause     20,     page     14,     line     28,     leave out 'committee' and insert 'body'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

146

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

 
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