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House of Commons

Tuesday 25th October 2005

Standing Committee Proceedings

Standing Committee A

National Lottery Bill

[First Sitting]

Mr Richard Caborn

Agreed to

That—

(1)
during proceedings on the National Lottery Bill, in addition to its first

meeting on Tuesday 25th October at 10.30 a.m., the Standing Committee

shall meet on Tuesday 25th October at 4.00 p.m., Thursday 27th October at

9.30 a.m. and 1.00 p.m., Tuesday 1st November at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m.

and Thursday 3rd November at 9.30 a.m. and 1.00 p.m.;

(2)
the proceedings shall be taken in the order shown below and shall (so far as

not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 5.00 p.m. on

Thursday 3rd November: Clause 7; Clause 19; Clause 13; Schedule 2; Clause

14; Clauses 8 to 12; Clauses 15 to 18; Clause 20; Schedule 3; Clauses 21 to

23; Clauses 1 to 6; Schedule 1; remaining proceedings on the Bill.

Mr Hugo Swire

Negatived on division  24

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  21,  leave out ‘prescribed’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Negatived on division  26

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  23,  leave out from ‘charitable’ to end of line 26 and insert

‘and may be connected with health, education or the environment’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Mr Don Foster

Jo Swinson

Negatived on division  27

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  26,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
After subsection (3) insert—

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National Lottery Bill, continued

“(3A)
Not less than 70 per cent. of the sum allocated under subsection (3)(d)

shall be allocated to bodies (other than public bodies or local authorities)

whose activities are carried on not for profit.”.’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  25

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  27,  leave out subsection (3).

Mr Richard Caborn

Agreed to  4

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  35,  leave out ‘or’ and insert—

‘(da)
any of the Channel Islands, or’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Negatived on division  29

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  38,  at end insert—

‘(3BA)
At least three months before making an order under subsection (3A) the Secretary

of State shall—

(a)
give public notice of the proposed order, on his website and by other

means,

(b)
invite representations to be made to him, and

(c)
consider those representations when making or not making the order,

with or without modifications.

(3BB)
The Secretary of State shall publish the representations and consultation

responses received and give his reasons for making the order at the time of

making the order.’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Withdrawn  30

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  2,  leave out ‘Ministers’ and insert ‘Parliament’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Mr Don Foster

Jo Swinson

Not called  28

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  3,  at end insert—

‘(da)
persons that the Secretary of State considers to be representative of

bodies (other than public or local authorities) whose activities are not

carried on for profit,’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Not selected  97

Page  4,  line  15,  leave out Clause 7.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

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Mr Don Foster

Jo Swinson

Not selected  16

Clause  19,  page  12,  line  5,  leave out ‘for a charitable, benevolent or philanthropic

purpose’ and insert—

‘(a)
by charities, or

(b)
by institutions, other than charities, that are established for charitable

purposes (whether or not those purposes are charitable within the

meaning of any rule of law), benevolent purposes or philanthropic

purposes.’.

Mr Don Foster

Jo Swinson

Mr Hugo Swire

Not selected  17

Page  12,  line  2,  leave out Clause 19.

Clause Agreed to on division.

Clause 13 Agreed to on division.

Mr Hugo Swire

Withdrawn  76

Schedule  2,  page  18,  leave out lines 23 and 24.

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  77

Schedule  2,  page  18,  line  27,  leave out ‘Ministers’ and insert ‘Parliament’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  78

Schedule  2,  page  18,  line  32,  leave out sub-paragraph (5).

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  79

Schedule  2,  page  18,  line  37,  leave out ‘Ministers’ and insert ‘Parliament’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  75

Schedule  2,  page  19,  line  4,  at end insert—

‘2A
An appointment of a member shall be for a term no longer than five years.’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  80

Schedule  2,  page  19,  line  12,  leave out ‘unfit or unwilling’ and insert ‘or unfit’.

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Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  81

Schedule  2,  page  19,  line  13,  at end insert ‘and that decision has been ratified by a

two-thirds majority of the members excluding the member who is the subject of the

investigation.’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  82

Schedule  2,  page  19,  line  19,  leave out ‘Ministers’ and insert ‘Parliament’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  83

Schedule  2,  page  19,  line  44,  leave out ‘obtain the consent of’ and insert ‘consult’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  84

Schedule  2,  page  20,  line  6,  leave out ‘Ministers’ and insert ‘Parliament’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  85

Schedule  2,  page  20,  line  15,  leave out ‘Ministers’ and insert ‘Parliament’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  86

Schedule  2,  page  21,  line  5,  leave out from ‘committees’ to end of line 6 and

insert—

‘14A
A quorum for a committee shall be two-thirds of the total number of members

appointed.’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  87

Schedule  2,  page  21,  line  16,  leave out ‘person as Chairman or’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Withdrawn  91

Schedule  2,  page  21,  leave out line 22.

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  88

Schedule  2,  page  21,  line  22,  leave out ‘the Secretary of State’ and insert

‘Parliament’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  89

Schedule  2,  page  21,  line  23,  leave out ‘the Secretary of State’ and insert

‘Parliament’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  92

Schedule  2,  page  21,  leave out lines 25 to 27.

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Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  90

Schedule  2,  page  21,  line  26,  leave out ‘the Secretary of State’ and insert

‘Parliament’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  93

Schedule  2,  page  21,  leave out lines 28 to 31.

Mr Hugo Swire

Withdrawn  96

Schedule  2,  page  22,  leave out lines 9 to 14.

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  94

Schedule  2,  page  22,  line  17,  after ‘records,’, insert ‘which shall include

information regarding the percentage of funds allocated to bodies (other than public or

local authorities) whose activities are not carried on for profit,’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  95

Schedule  2,  page  22,  line  18,  at end insert ‘and

      (c)
prepare a statement in respect of each financial year detailing the sums

allocated or loaned to charities or other institutions established for charitable,

benevolent or philanthropic purposes.’.

Schedule Agreed to on division.

Mr Don Foster

Jo Swinson

Withdrawn  15

Clause  14,  page  7,  line  4,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
The value of loans made under subsection (1) must not exceed the value of grants

made under subsection (1).’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  35

Clause  14,  page  7,  line  4,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
The total value of loans made in any financial year may not exceed more than one

quarter of the total monetary value of both loans and grants combined,’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  36

Clause  14,  page  7,  leave out lines 7 to 29.

Mr Don Foster

Jo Swinson

Not called  99

Clause  14,  page  7,  leave out lines 10 to 15.

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National Lottery Bill, continued

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  37

Clause  14,  page  7,  line  26,  leave out ‘Ministers’ and insert ‘Parliament’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Mr Don Foster

Jo Swinson

Not called  38

Clause  14,  page  7,  line  27,  at end insert—

‘(da)
bodies (other than public or local authorities) whose activities are not

carried on for profit,’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Withdrawn  41

Clause  14,  page  7,  line  31,  at beginning insert ‘Provided the annual value of money

either paid to the Fund or distributed to a third party exceeds no more than one quarter of

the annual amount of money donated by the Fund,’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  39

Clause  14,  page  7,  line  35,  leave out from ‘party’ to end of line 37.

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  40

Clause  14,  page  7,  line  37,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
An arrangement under subsection (1) may not limit the Fund’s freedom of action

in relation to the distribution of the money paid under the arrangement.’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Not called  42

Clause  14,  page  7,  line  38,  after ‘(1)’, insert ‘to bodies (other than public bodies or

local authorities) whose activities are carried on not for profit,’.

Mr Hugo Swire

Withdrawn  43

Clause  14,  page  8,  line  8,  leave out ‘under any provision of this Act’ and insert ‘by

the Big Lottery Fund’.

[Adjourned till Thursday at 9.30 a.m.