S.C.A.
Amendment Paper as at
Tuesday 23rd May 2000
STANDING COMMITTEE A
New Amendments handed in are marked thus *
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL [LORDS]
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [2nd May], as follows:
Clauses 1 to 8, new Clauses relating to Part I, new Schedules so relating, Clauses 9 to 22, Schedule 1, Clauses 23 to 38, Schedule 2, Clauses 39 to 44, new Clauses relating to Part II, new Schedules so relating, Clauses 88 to 90, Clauses 45 to 52, Clause 75, Clause 53, Schedule 3, Clauses 54 to 74, Clauses 76 and 77, new Clauses relating to Part III, new Schedules so relating, Clauses 84 and 85, Clauses 78 to 83, new Clauses relating to Part IV, new Schedules so relating, Clauses 86 and 87, Clauses 91 to 94, Schedules 4 and 5, Clauses 95 and 96, remaining new Clauses, remaining new Schedules.
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,
(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
332
Clause 21, page 14, line 40, leave out from 'of' to end of line 42 and insert 'every prescribed decision, the reasons for it and any alternative options considered and rejected which has been made—
(a) at any meeting referred to in subsection (1),
(b) by individual members of a local authority executive,
(c) by officers of the authority, and
(d) at any meeting of a principal council or committee or sub-committee of such a council.'.
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 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'.
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson
333
Schedule 1, page 66, line 16, after 'fit', insert 'and with the agreement of at least half of the members of the authority excluding the deputy mayor'.
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 saer".'.
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).'.
Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson
Mr Tim Loughton
23
Schedule 1, page 66, line 38, leave out paragraph 3.
Hilary Armstrong
220
Schedule 1, page 66, line 41, leave out 'the deputy mayor of the executive' and insert 'his deputy (referred to in this paragraph as the deputy mayor)'.
Hilary Armstrong
221
Schedule 1, page 66, line 43, leave out 'of the executive'.
Hilary Armstrong
222
Schedule 1, page 67, line 2, leave out 'of the executive'.
Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson
334
Schedule 1, page 67, line 5, after 'fit', insert 'and with the agreement of at least half of the members of the authority excluding the deputy mayor.'.
Hilary Armstrong
223
Schedule 1, page 67, line 5, leave out 'of the executive'.
Hilary Armstrong
224
Schedule 1, page 67, line 7, leave out 'of the executive'.
Hilary Armstrong
225
Schedule 1, page 67, line 10, leave out 'of the executive'.
Hilary Armstrong
226
Schedule 1, page 67, line 13, leave out 'of the executive'.
Hilary Armstrong
227
Schedule 1, page 67, line 14, leave out 'of the executive'.
Hilary Armstrong
228
Schedule 1, page 67, line 22, at end insert—
'( ) The reference in sub-paragraph (9) to a committee or sub-committee of the authority includes a reference to a joint committee on which the authority is represented or a sub-committee of such a committee.'.
