S.C.A.
Amendment Paper as at
Tuesday 17th December 2002
STANDING COMMITTEE A
REGIONAL ASSEMBLIES (PREPARATIONS) BILL
(Except Clauses Nos. 1 to 4)
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee. [3rd December]
Mr Edward Davey
Matthew Green
66
Clause 14, page 7, line 30, after column, insert 'with the additional requirement that all reports submitted under the provisions of the 1992 Act shall be published'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
76
Clause 15, page 8, line 45, after '1', insert 'and at least twenty-five per cent. of persons eligible to vote at that referendum voted in favour of the establishment of an elected regional assembly for the region.'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
59
Clause 15, page 9, line 3, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
60
Clause 15, page 9, line 3, leave out 'all or any of'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
62
Clause 15, page 9, line 6, leave out paragraph (3).
Mr Edward Davey
Matthew Green
67
Clause 15, page 9, line 7, at end insert—
'(3A) Under subsection 3 above the only modification which the Secretary of State may make is the retention of existing local authority structures.'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
63
Clause 15, page 9, line 20, leave out paragraph (6).
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
57
Clause 16, page 9, line 38, leave out 'sections 22 and' and insert 'section'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
58
Clause 18, page 10, line 22, leave out 'But'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
68
Clause 19, page 10, line 28, leave out from 'if' to end of line 32 and insert 'the Secretary of State is considering whether to cause a referendum to be held in that region about the establishment of an elected assembly for the region.'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
69
Clause 19, page 10, line 33, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
70
Clause 19, page 10, line 35, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
73
Clause 19, page 11, line 4, leave out from 'direction' to end of line 5 and insert 'shall specify that so far as it is reasonably practicable to do so, the Electoral Commission shall ensure that the number of electors in each electoral district is approximately equal in all regions'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
71
Clause 19, page 11, line 5, at end add 'and shall specify how many members of the assembly not directly elected by an electoral area are to be appointed'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
72
Clause 19, page 11, line 6, leave out paragraph (5).
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
74
Clause 20, page 11, line 11, at end add 'provided such timetable shall not require the submission of their advice by the Electoral Commission within less than twelve months from the date of the direction.'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
75
Clause 21, page 12, line 9, leave out paragraph (c).
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
85
Clause 23, page 12, line 20, at end insert—
'(1A) If the grant or a part of it is made in connection with the discharge of functions in connection with spatial planning, such a grant shall be made by Order'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
86
Clause 23, page 12, line 21, after 'grant', insert 'shall be subject to a condition that no part of it shall be used for any purpose in connection with campaigning for or against any question to be put in a referendum pursuant to section 1 or in anticipation of such a referendum and otherwise'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
87
Clause 24, page 12, leave out line 33 and insert 'This Act shall not come into force until there is in force an enactment conferring'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
88
Clause 25, page 12, line 38, leave out subsection (2).
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
89
Clause 26, page 13, line 4, leave out from second 'region' to end of line 5 and insert 'as determined in accordance with section (Regional boundaries)'.
Mr Edward Davey
Matthew Green
Andrew George
90
Clause 26, page 13, line 5, at end insert—
'( ) The Secretary of State may by order vary the regional boundaries set out in the Regional Development Agencies Act (1998).
( ) It is immaterial whether more or fewer regions are created as a result.'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
80
Clause 27, page 13, line 7, after 'order', insert 'or direction'.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
81
Clause 27, page 13, line 14, leave out from 'savings' to 'as' in line 15.
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
82
Clause 27, page 13, line 18, leave out paragraph (4).
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
83
Clause 27, page 13, line 25, leave out subsection (c).
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
84
Clause 28, page 13, line 32, leave out '22 and 23' and insert 'and 22'.
REMAINING NEW CLAUSES
Further referendum on petition
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
NC1
To move the following Clause:—
'(1) This section applies if an elected assembly for a region has been established pursuant to a referendum held under section 1(1).
(2) The Secretary of State shall by order cause a further referendum to be held in a region specified in the order if he is presented with a petition requesting such a referendum signed by not less than 5 per cent. of the electors eligible to vote in the region as defined in section 3(1).
(3) The question to be asked in a referendum held pursuant to an order under subsection (2) above is the question set out in section 2(1).'.
Assistance for designated organisations
David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne
NC2
To move the following Clause:—
'(1) This section applies where the Electoral Commission has made any designations under section 108 of the 2000 Act in respect of a referendum held pursuant to section 1.
(2) The amount designated in subsection 110(2) of the 2000 Act shall, for the purposes of any grant made in connection with a referendum held pursuant to section 1, be £600,000 divided by the population of the United Kingdom, the resultant multiplied by the population of the region in which the referendum is to be held.'.
