Amendments proposed to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Chief planning officer

   

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Sydney Chapman
Sir Paul Beresford

NC5

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   A local planning authority's duties under the Local Government Act 1972 with respect to the appointment of officers shall (without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of that Act) include the duty of appointing a fit person to be the chief planning officer of the authority, whether or not that person is described as chief planning officer.

    (2)   The chief planning officer shall have overall senior management responsibility for the functions set out in section 38.'.

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England Spatial Plan

   

Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr David Wilshire
Sir Sydney Chapman
Sir Paul Beresford

NC6

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   There must be a spatial plan for England to be known as the "England Spatial Plan".

    (2)   The England Spatial Plan must set out such of the policies (however expressed) of the Secretary of State as he thinks appropriate in relation to the development and use of land in England.

    (3)   The Secretary of State must—

(a)	prepare and publish the Plan;

(b)	keep under review the Plan;

(c)	consider from time to time whether it should be revised.

    (4)   If the Secretary of State revises the Plan, he must publish (as he considers appropriate)—

(a)	the whole Plan as revised, or

(b)	the revised parts.

    (5)   The Secretary of State must consult such persons or bodies as he considers appropriate in preparing or revising the Plan.

    (6)   The Plan and any revision of it must be approved by the Secretary of State.

    (7)   The Secretary of State must not delegate his function under subsection (6).'.

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ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE [9th JANUARY]

       That—

    (1)   during proceedings on the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill the Standing Committee do meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays at five minutes to Nine o'clock and at half-past Two o'clock;

    (2)   12 sittings in all shall be allotted to the consideration of the Bill by the Committee;

    (3)   the proceedings to be taken on the sittings shall be as shown in the second column of the Table below and shall be taken in the order so shown;

    (4)   the proceedings which under paragraph (3) are to be taken on any sitting shall (and so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the third column of the Table;

    (5)   paragraph (3) does not prevent proceedings being taken (in the order shown in the second column of the Table) at any earlier sitting than that provided for under paragraph (3) if previous proceedings have already been concluded.

TABLE

Sitting	Proceedings	Time for conclusion of proceedings
1st	Part 1, New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 1, Clauses 12 and 13	—
2nd	Part 1, New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 1, Clauses 12 and 13	—
3rd	Part 1, New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 1, Clauses 12 and 13 (so far as not previously concluded)	11.25 a.m.
4th	Clauses 14 to 36	—
5th	Clauses 14 to 36	—
6th	Clauses 14 to 36 (so far as not previously concluded), New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 2	5 p.m.
7th	Clauses 37 to 39, Schedule 1, Clauses 40 to 49, Schedule 2, Clauses 50 to 53	—
8th	Clauses 37 to 39, Schedule 1, Clauses 40 to 49, Schedule 2, Clauses 50 to 53	—
9th	Clauses 37 to 39, Schedule 1, Clauses 40 to 49, Schedule 2, Part 5 (so far as not previously concluded), New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 5	11.25 a.m.
10th	Part 6, New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 6	5 p.m.
11th	Part 7, New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 7, Clauses 78 to 83, Schedules 3 and 4, Clause 84, Schedule 5, Clause 85, Schedule 6, Clauses 86 to 90	—
12th	Part 7, New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 7, Clauses 78 to 83, Schedules 3 and 4, Clause 84, Schedule 5, Clause 85, Schedule 6, Clauses 86 to 90 (so far as not previously concluded), remaining New Clauses and New Schedules and any remaining proceedings on the Bill	5 p.m.

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ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE [14th JANUARY]

       That the Order of the Committee [9th January] relating to programming be amended as follows—

       In the Table the entry for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th sittings are omitted and the following words inserted:

1st	Part 1, New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 1	-
2nd	Part 1, New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 1	-
3rd	Part 1, New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 1 (so far as not previously concluded)	11.25 am
4th	Clauses 12 to 36	-
5th	Clauses 12 to 36	-
6th	Clauses 12 to 36 (so far as not previously concluded), New Clauses and New Schedules relating to Part 2	5pm

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Prepared 23 Jan 2003