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

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

283

Clause     20,     page     14,     line     30,     after 'before', insert 'him, her or.'.

   

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

284

Clause     20,     page     14,     line     31,     at beginning insert '(in the case of 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
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

243

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

    '( ) In the discharge of his duties under this Part each member of an overview and scrutiny committee of a local authority shall act independently of any political party interest.

    ( ) No later than the commencment of a meeting of an overview and scrutiny committee of a local authority any member of the committee who shall have attended or has knowledge of any prior meeting of members of the authority (not being a meeting of the executive or of an overview and scrutiny committee) at which any matter on the agenda shall have been discussed shall declare such attendance or knowledge to the meeting.'.

   

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

244

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

    '( ) It is the duty of the head of paid service of any local authority operating executive arrangments to ensure that each overview and scrutiny committee of that authority has at its disposal adequate personnel and resources to enable it to discharge its functions under this Part effectively and independently of the executive.

    ( ) The head of paid service shall have regard to subsection (     ) in discharging his duties under section 4(2) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.

    ( ) In this section "head of paid service" means the person designated under section 4(1) of the local Government and Housing Act 1989.'.


   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

258

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     34,     leave out subsection (1) and insert—

    '(1) Meetings of—

      (a) a local authority executive,

      (b) a committee of such an executive,

      (c) a sub-committee of such an executive,

      (d) a joint committee,

      (e) a sub-committee of such a joint committee

    shall be open to the public subject to the provisions of Part VA of the Local Government Act 1972.'.

   

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 Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

259

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     36,     leave out subsection (2).

   

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 Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

260

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     40,     leave out from 'of' to end of line 42 and insert 'decisions and the reasons for them made—

      (a) at any meeting or part of a meeting referred to in subsection (1) which is not open to the public,

      (b) by individual members of a local authority executive, and

      (c) by officers of the authority.'.

   

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

245

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     40,     leave out 'prescribed'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

261

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     43,     leave out subsection (4).

   

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

246

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     43,     leave out 'prescribed'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

262

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     45,     leave out subsection (5).

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

325

*Clause     21,     page     14,     line     46,     at end insert—

    '( ) A summary of the decisions recorded under subsections (3) and (4) must be sent to all members of the authority within three working days of the decisions being taken. The summary must include

      (a) the name of the executive member or officer who may be contacted for further information about the decision,

      (b) details of how he may be contacted,

      (c) a short description of the decision taken,

      (d) the date on which the decision was taken, and

      (e) a list of the reports and background papers relevant to the decision.'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

263

Clause     21,     page     15,     line     1,     leave out 'subsections (3) and (4)' and insert 'subsection (3)'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

264

Clause     21,     page     15,     line     5,     leave out subsection (7).

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

265

Clause     21,     page     15,     line     9,     leave out subsection (8).

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

266

Clause     21,     page     15,     line     26,     leave out paragraph (a).

   

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

247

Clause     21,     page     15,     line     45,     at end insert—

      '(ha) for or in connection with conferring rights on members of the public and members of local authorities in relation to appearing before and addressing meetings of a local authority executive, or a committee of such an executive, or meetings of an overview and scrutiny committee of a local authority.'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

267

Clause     21,     page     16,     line     1,     leave out subsection (10).

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

268

Clause     21,     page     16,     line     12,     at end insert—

    '"decision" means a decision made in connection with the discharge of functions which are the responsibility of a local authority executive.'.

   

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'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

212

Schedule     1,     page     66,     line     16,     leave out 'of the executive'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

213

Schedule     1,     page     66,     line     18,     leave out 'of the executive'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

214

Schedule     1,     page     66,     line     21,     leave out 'of the executive'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

215

Schedule     1,     page     66,     line     24,     leave out 'of the executive'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

216

Schedule     1,     page     66,     line     25,     leave out 'of the executive'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

217

Schedule     1,     page     66,     line     27,     leave out 'or the authority'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

218

Schedule     1,     page     66,     line     27,     at end insert—

    '( ) In the case of a local authority in Wales, the deputy mayor is entitled to the style of "dirprwy maer".'.

   

Hilary Armstrong

219

Schedule     1,     page     66,     line     36,     at end insert—

    '( ) Section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 does not apply to the function of determining the number of councillors under sub-paragraph (2)(a).'.

 
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