S.C.G.
NOTICES OF AMENDMENTS
given up to and including
Friday 6th February 2004
STANDING COMMITTEE G
FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES BILL
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the order to be proposed by Mr Nick Raynsford.
Mr Nick Raynsford
To move, That the Fire and Rescue Services Bill be considered in the following order:
Clauses 1 to 51, Schedule 1, Clause 52, Schedule 2, Clauses 53 to 61, New Clauses, New Schedules, remaining proceedings on Bill.
Richard Younger-Ross
Dr John Pugh
4
Clause 2, page 2, line 11, after 'greater', insert 'public safety,'.
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
9
Clause 2, page 2, line 12, leave out from 'area' to end of line 14.
Richard Younger-Ross
Dr John Pugh
1
Clause 2, page 2, line 14, at end insert
'Subject to a review of the boundaries by the Boundary Committee for England which shall take place before April 2005.'.
Richard Younger-Ross
Dr John Pugh
3
Clause 2, page 2, line 19, leave out subsection (4) and insert
'(4) A scheme under this section as mentioned in:
(a) | subsection (3)(a) may include modifications to the draft scheme which seem appropriate to the Secretary of State after consulting the existing authorities in question, and |
(b) | subsection (3)(b) only be made if an inquiry has been held under Clause 26 of this Act and the authority or several authorities have been shown to fail to discharge their duties under this Act.'. |
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
10
Clause 2, page 2, line 21, leave out 'after consulting' and insert 'and are agreed to by'.
Richard Younger-Ross
Dr John Pugh
5
Clause 2, page 2, line 25, at end insert
'(c) | all local authorities within or including the area of the fire and rescue authorities affected.'. |
Richard Younger-Ross
Dr John Pugh
6
Clause 2, page 2, line 32, at end insert
'(d) | all local authorities within or including the area of the fire and rescue authorities affected.'. |
Richard Younger-Ross
Dr John Pugh
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
2
Clause 2, page 2, line 36, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
13
Clause 2, page 2, line 38, at end insert 'and shall only proceed with the proposed scheme, variation or revocation as the case may be if the inquiry concludes that the making of the scheme, variation or revocation is in the interests of greater economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the fire and rescue service or services concerned.'.
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
12
Clause 2, page 2, line 39, leave out subsection (9).
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
14
Clause 2, page 3, line 1, leave out subsection (10).
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
15
Clause 3, page 3, line 13, at end insert 'and which, in the case of a scheme made under section 2, subsection (3)(a), have been agreed to by the authorities in question and in the case of a scheme made under section 2, subsection (3)(b), have been considered by the inquiry held under the provisions of section 2, subsection (8).'.
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
16
Clause 3, page 3, line 16, leave out from 'authorities' to ')'.
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
17
Clause 3, page 3, line 18, leave out from 'authority' to end of line 20.
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
18
Clause 3, page 3, line 28, leave out from 'authority' to end of line 29.
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
19
Clause 3, page 3, line 34, leave out subsection (4).
Richard Younger-Ross
Dr John Pugh
7
Clause 3, page 3, line 35, leave out 'half' and insert 'a third of'.
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
20
Clause 3, page 3, line 37, leave out subsection (5).
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
21
Clause 4, page 4, line 14, after 'must', insert
'(a) obtain the agreement of the fire and rescue authority constituted under the scheme or (in the case of an order to revoke the scheme) the agreement of all the authorities which would, apart from the scheme, be fire and rescue authorities under section 1 for any part of the area covered by the authority constituted under the scheme; and
(b)'.
Richard Younger-Ross
Dr John Pugh
8
Clause 4, page 4, line 19, at end insert
'(d) | all local authorities within or including the area of the fire and rescue authorities affected.'. |
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
22
Clause 4, page 4, line 21, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
23
Clause 4, page 4, line 21, at end add 'and shall only make the proposed order if the inquiry concludes that making the order is in the interests of greater economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the fire and rescue services concerned.'.
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
24
Clause 5, page 4, line 23, after 'authority', insert 'determined in accordance with section 1 or'.
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
25
Clause 5, page 4, line 26, leave out second 'the' and insert 'any applicable'.
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
26
Clause 6, page 4, line 34, leave out 'considers it' and substitute 'is'.
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
27
Clause 7, page 5, line 6, leave out 'and property' and insert ', property and the environment'.
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
28
Clause 7, page 5, line 10, leave out 'normal requirements' and insert 'requirements which it is reasonable to anticipate, after taking into consideration any arrangements which the authority has entered into under the provisions of sections 13, 15 and 16.'.
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
29
Clause 8, page 5, line 22, leave out 'considers it' and insert 'is'.
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
30
Clause 8, page 5, line 27, leave out 'normal requirements' and insert 'requirements which it is reasonable to anticipate, after taking into consideration any arrangements which the authority has entered into under the provisions of sections 13, 15 and 16.'.
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
31
Clause 9, page 5, line 42, at end insert ', but such an order may only be made with the consent of each authority in the area of which such functions are to be discharged.'.
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
32
Clause 9, page 6, line 12, at end insert 'An order under this section conferring a function additional to its functions under sections 7 and 8 for which a fire and rescue authority must make provision shall also provide for the payment to that authority by the Secretary of State of sums calculated to meet the capital and recurring costs of the discharge of such functions.'.
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
33
Clause 9, page 6, line 12, at end insert 'An order under this section conferring a function on a fire and rescue authority which is to be discharged outside the authority's area shall also provide for payment to the authority by all fire and rescue authorities in the area of which such functions are to be discharged of such contributions to the capital and recurring costs of the discharge of such functions as the Secretary of State shall determine are appropriate.'.
Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Hugo Swire
34
Clause 9, page 6, line 16, at end add
'(6) Before making an order under this section the Secretary of State shall cause an inquiry to be held and shall only make the proposed order if the inquiry concludes that the making of the order is in the interests of greater economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the fire and rescue service.'.
ORDER OF THE HOUSE [26TH JANUARY 2004]
That the following provisions shall apply to the Fire and Rescue Services Bill:
Committal
1. The Bill shall be committed to a Standing Committee.
Proceedings in Standing Committee
2. Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 2nd March 2004.
3. The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.
Consideration and Third Reading
4. Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.
5. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.
6. Sessional Order B (programming committees) made on 28th June 2001 shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.
Other proceedings
7. Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further Message from the Lords) may be programmed.