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Amendments proposed to the Local Government Bill, As Amended - continued	House of Commons

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Mr Charles Kennedy
Mr Edward Davey
Matthew Green
Dr John Pugh
Matthew Taylor
Mr Andrew Stunell

Page 3, line 3 [Clause 4], after 'regulations', insert 'made by order'.

Mr Charles Kennedy
Mr Edward Davey
Matthew Green
Dr John Pugh
Matthew Taylor
Mr Andrew Stunell

Page 3, line 4 [Clause 4], at end insert—

'(1A) Before the Secretary of State makes any order under subsection (1) above, the Chancellor of the Exchequer must lay a report before Parliament setting out—

(a) the national economic reasons that require limits to be set in relation to the borrowing of money by local authorities; and

(b) the limits that he will apply to the borrowing of money by Her Majesty's Treasury and all other Departments of State.'.

Mr Charles Kennedy
Mr Edward Davey
Matthew Green
Dr John Pugh
Matthew Taylor
Mr Andrew Stunell

Page 3, line 5 [Clause 4], after 'direction', insert 'made by order'.

Mr Charles Kennedy
Mr Edward Davey
Matthew Green
Dr John Pugh
Matthew Taylor
Mr Andrew Stunell

Page 3, line 23 [Clause 4], at end insert—

'(6A) A draft of an order under this section shall be subject to an affirmative resolution of each House of Parliament.'.

Mr Charles Kennedy
Mr Edward Davey
Matthew Green
Dr John Pugh
Matthew Taylor
Mr Andrew Stunell

Page 5 [Clause 11], leave out lines 38 and 39.

Mr Charles Kennedy
Mr Edward Davey
Matthew Green
Dr John Pugh
Matthew Taylor
Mr Andrew Stunell

Page 5, line 38 [Clause 11], leave out 'equal to the whole or any part' and insert 'up to a maximum of 50 per cent.'.

Mr Charles Kennedy
Mr Edward Davey
Matthew Green
Dr John Pugh
Matthew Taylor
Mr Andrew Stunell

Page 14, line 28, leave out Clause 31.

Mr Secretary Prescott

Page 15, line 4 [Clause 32], leave out subsection (2).

Mr Harry Cohen

*Page 18, line 24 [Clause 40], leave out 'a' and insert 'each'.

Mr Harry Cohen

*Page 18, line 28 [Clause 40], leave out 'a' and insert 'each'.

Mr Harry Cohen

*Page 19, line 1 [Clause 40], at end insert—

'(6) Where the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales makes a payment specified in subsections (1) or (2) the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales shall not reduce or extinguish such debt disproportionately between authorities.'.

Mr Harry Cohen

*Page 19, line 3 [Clause 41], leave out 'a' and insert 'each'.

Mr Harry Cohen

*Page 19, line 8 [Clause 41], leave out 'a' and insert 'each'.

Mr Harry Cohen

*Page 19, line 32 [Clause 41], at end insert—

'(8) Where the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales makes a payment specified in subsections (1) or (2) the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales shall not reduce or extinguish such debt disproportionately between authorities.'.

Mr Charles Kennedy
Mr Edward Davey
Matthew Green
Dr John Pugh
Matthew Taylor
Mr Andrew Stunell

Page 20, line 14 [Clause 43], at end insert—

'(c) property owners who are not liable for non-domestic rates but who stand to benefit from the BID to contribute their fair share towards the cost of BID projects on a voluntary basis.'.

David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne

Page 22, line 37 [Clause 53], leave out 'where BID proposals are approved by' and insert 'to BID proposals made prior to the holding of'.

Mr Charles Kennedy
Mr Edward Davey
Matthew Green
Dr John Pugh
Matthew Taylor
Mr Andrew Stunell

Page 25, line 2 [Clause 58], at end insert—

'(1A) The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument make provision for the BID levy to be payable by property owners who have an interest or interests in relevant hereditaments superior to that held by relevant non-domestic ratepayers.'.

Mr Charles Kennedy
Mr Edward Davey
Matthew Green
Dr John Pugh
Matthew Taylor
Mr Andrew Stunell

Page 25, line 4 [Clause 58], at end insert—

'(2A) An order made by statutory instrument under this section shall be subject to an affirmative resolution of each House of Parliament.'.

David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne

Page 33, line 18 [Clause 66], leave out subsection (10) and insert—

'(10) In making regulations under this section the Secretary of State shall have regard to the object of securing (so far as practicable) that the aggregate amount payable to him and all billing authorities by way of non-domestic rates as regards a relevant period is the same as the aggregate amount which would be so payable apart from the regulations.

(10A) In making regulations under this section the Secretary of State shall limit their application only to hereditaments whose rateable value for the first day of the financial year in which a new list is compiled changes from the rateable value shown for the hereditament for the last day of the financial year preceding the relevant year by a greater proportion than the change in E divided by D.

(10B) For the purpose of the above subsection E and D shall have the same meaning as in sub-paragraphs (6) and (7) of paragraph 5 to Schedule 7 of the 1988 Act.'.

David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne

Page 33, line 21 [Clause 66], leave out 'as regards a particular financial year' and insert 'over the revaluation cycle'.

Mr Henry Bellingham

Page 34, line 18 [Clause 68], at end insert—

'(1A) For paragraph 2(1)(a) there is substituted—

"land used only or mainly as arable, meadow or pasture ground.'.

Mr Henry Bellingham

Page 34, line 18 [Clause 68], at end insert—

'(1A) After paragraph 2(1)(e) there shall be inserted—

"(f) land used only or mainly for the rearing of Game Birds as defined in s.27 Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.".'.

Mr Henry Bellingham

Page 34, line 20 [Clause 68], leave out 'solely' and insert 'only or mainly'.

Mr Henry Bellingham

Page 34, line 38 [Clause 68], at end add—

'(5A) "In paragraph 4(1) leave out "solely" and insert "only or mainly"."

(5B) "In paragraph 5(2)(a) leave out "solely" and insert "only or mainly"."

(5C) "In paragraph 5(3)(a) leave out "solely" and insert "only or mainly"."

(5D) "In paragraph 6(1) leave out "solely" and insert "only or mainly"."

(5E) "In paragraph 7(6) leave out "sole" and insert "only or main"."

(5F) "In paragraph 7(7) leave out "sole" and insert "only or main"."

(5G) "Paragraph 8(3) is omitted".'.

Mr Secretary Prescott

Page 40, line 10 [Clause 77], leave out 'each House of Parliament' and insert 'the House of Commons'.

David Davis
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Desmond Swayne

Page 40, line 18 [Clause 78], at end insert 'but such a power may only be exercised provided the ratio between the top and the bottom band remains at 3 to 1 and that there shall be no substitution of any grant, subsidy or money due from central government as a result of the operation of this section.'.

Mr Harry Cohen

*Page 47, line 16 [Clause 90], at end insert—

'"(6) The Secretary of State shall keep for each financial year an account (to be called a negative housing subsidy account).

(a) The Secretary of State shall keep each account in such form as the Treasury may direct, and

(b) The Secretary of State shall at such time as the Treasury may direct send copies of each account to the Comptroller and Auditor General.

(7) The Comptroller and Auditor General shall examine, certify and report on any account sent to him under sub-paragraph (2) above and shall lay copies of the account and his report before each House of Parliament.

(8) For each financial year the following shall be credited to the account kept for the year—

(a) sums received by the appropriate person in the year under subsection (1)(b) above.

(9) For each financial year the following shall be debited to the account kept for the year—

(a) payments made by the Secretary of State in the year under paragraph 11 below.

(10) Before a financial year begins the Secretary of State shall estimate—

(a) the aggregate of the items of account that will be credited to the account kept for the year, and

(b) the aggregate of the items of account that will be debited to the account kept for the year under paragraph.

(11) The Secretary of State shall make payments to the housing revenue accounts of local authorities.

(12) The aggregate of the payments made under subsection (11) above shall not be less than the estimate made by the Secretary of State under subsection (10)(a) above.

(13) The Secretary of State shall determine a scheme for the payments to local authorities—

(a) the scheme shall take account of the need for investment in the housing owned by that authority.

(14) In this section "local authority" means—

(a) in relation to England—

(i) a district council,

(ii) a county council that is the council for a county in which there are no district councils,

(iii) a London borough council,

(iv) the Common Council of the City of London, or

(v) the Council of the Isles of Scilly.".'.