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Report Stage Proceedings: 16th May 2006                  

573

 

Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill, continued

 
 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  31

 

Page  5,  line  8  [Clause  10],  leave out ‘section 1’ and insert ‘this Part’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Not called  69

 

Page  5,  line  14  [Clause  10],  leave out sub-paragraph (i).

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  32

 

Page  5,  line  18  [Clause  11],  leave out ‘section 1’ and insert ‘this Part’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  33

 

Page  5,  line  28  [Clause  11],  leave out paragraph (d) and insert—

 

‘(d)    

in the case of an order made under section (Power to implement Law

 

Commission recommendations), consult the Commission or

 

Commissions whose recommendation or recommendations he is

 

proposing to implement, and’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  34

 

Page  5,  line  33  [Clause  11],  leave out ‘section 1’ and insert ‘section (Power to

 

implement Law Commission recommendations)’.

 


 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  35

 

Page  6,  line  4  [Clause  11],  leave out ‘section 1’ and insert ‘this Part’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  36

 

Page  6,  line  17  [Clause  12],  leave out ‘section 1’ and insert ‘this Part’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  37

 

Page  6,  line  22  [Clause  12],  leave out from ‘explain’ to end of line 23 and insert

 

‘under which power or powers in this Part the provision contained in the order is made’.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Not called  75

 

Page  6,  line  24  [Clause  12],  at end insert—

 

‘(ba)    

explain why the Minister considers that the provision cannot be made by

 

primary legislation;’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  38

 

Page  6,  line  28  [Clause  12],  leave out paragraph (d) and insert—


 
 

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Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill, continued

 
 

‘(d)    

in the case of an order under section (Power to remove or reduce

 

burdens), include, so far as appropriate, an assessment of the extent to

 

which the provision made by the order would remove or reduce any

 

burden or burdens (within the meaning of subsection (2) of that

 

section);’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  39

 

Page  6,  line  40  [Clause  12],  leave out subsection (3).

 


 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  40

 

Page  7,  line  1  [Clause  12],  leave out from ‘of’ to ‘the’ in line 2 and insert ‘an order

 

under section (Power to implement Law Commission recommendations)’.

 

Mr Greg Knight

 

Rosemary McKenna

 

Sir Robert Smith

 

Mr Eric Illsley

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Ms Katy Clark

 

John Hemming

 

Not called  67

 

Page  7,  line  24,  leave out Clause 13.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Not called  70

 

Page  7,  line  28  [Clause  13],  leave out paragraph (a).

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Mr Roger Gale

 

Not called  73

 

Page  7,  line  31  [Clause  13],  leave out subsection (2) and insert—

 

‘(2A)    

The default procedure for an order made under Part 1 shall be the super-

 

affirmative resolution procedure.

 

(2B)    

The Minister shall give reasons in the explanatory document to justify the use of

 

the affirmative resolution procedure if he uses it.’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Not called  71

 

Page  7,  line  33  [Clause  13],  leave out subsection (3).


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 16th May 2006                  

575

 

Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill, continued

 
 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  41

 

Page  7,  line  34  [Clause  13],  leave out ‘21-day’ and insert ‘30-day’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  42

 

Page  7,  line  43  [Clause  13],  leave out ‘21-day’ and insert ‘30-day’.

 


 

Mr Greg Knight

 

Rosemary McKenna

 

Sir Robert Smith

 

Mr Eric Illsley

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Ms Katy Clark

 

Mr Roger Gale

 

Not called  68

 

Page  8,  line  3  [Clause  13],  leave out subsection (6) and insert—

 

‘(6)    

For the purposes of this section the procedure by which a House of Parliament

 

shall be taken to have required a different procedure within the 30-day period

 

shall be determined by that House.’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  43

 

Page  8,  line  4  [Clause  13],  leave out ‘21-day’ and insert ‘30-day’.

 

Mr Greg Knight

 

Rosemary McKenna

 

Sir Robert Smith

 

Mr Eric Illsley

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Ms Katy Clark

 

Not called  66

 

Page  8,  line  8  [Clause  13],  leave out ‘reporting on the draft order’ and insert

 

‘responsibility for this matter’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  44

 

Page  8,  line  11  [Clause  13],  leave out ‘21-day’ and insert ‘30-day’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  45

 

Page  8,  line  11  [Clause  13],  leave out ‘21’ and insert ‘30’.

 

Andrew Miller

 

Not called  100

 

Page  8,  line  12  [Clause  13],  at end add—

 

‘(8)    

This section is subject to section (Extension of periods).’.


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 16th May 2006                  

576

 

Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Not called  72

 

Page  8,  line  13,  leave out Clause 14.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  46

 

Page  8,  line  17  [Clause  14],  leave out subsection (2) and insert—

 

‘(2)    

The Minister may make an order in the terms of the draft order subject to the

 

following provisions of this section.

 

(2A)    

The Minister may not make an order in the terms of the draft order if either House

 

of Parliament so resolves within the 40-day period.

5

(2B)    

A committee of either House charged with reporting on the draft order may, at

 

any time after the expiry of the 30-day period and before the expiry of the 40-day

 

period, recommend under this subsection that no further proceedings be taken in

 

relation to the draft order.

 

(2C)    

A recommendation may be made under subsection (2B) only if the committee

10

considers that—

 

(a)    

the provision made by the draft order does not serve the purpose specified

 

in section (Power to remove or reduce burdens)(2), (Power to promote

 

regulatory principles)(2) or (Power to implement Law Commission

 

recommendations)(2) (as the case may be);

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(b)    

any relevant condition in section 3(2) is not satisfied in relation to any

 

provision of the draft order referred to in section 3(1); or

 

(c)    

the condition in section 3(4) is not satisfied in relation to any provision

 

of the draft order referred to in section 3(3).

 

(2D)    

Where a recommendation is made by a committee of either House under

20

subsection (2B) in relation to a draft order, the Minister may not make an order

 

in the terms of the draft order unless the recommendation is, in the same Session,

 

rejected by resolution of that House.’.

 

As Amendments to Hilary Armstrong’s proposed Amendment (No. 46):—

 

Mr Greg Knight

 

Rosemary McKenna

 

Sir Robert Smith

 

Mr Eric Illsley

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Ms Katy Clark

 

Mr Roger Gale                    Lynne Jones                        

Mark Fisher

 

 

 

Kate Hoey                          Jeremy Corbyn                    

Kelvin Hopkins

 

Negatived on division  (a)

 

Line  5,  leave out from ‘with’ to end of line 18 and insert ‘responsibility for this

 

matter may, at any time after the expiry of the 30-day period and before the

 

expiry of the 40-day period, recommend that no further proceedings be taken in

 

relation to the draft order.’.

 

Dr Tony Wright

 

Not called  (b)

 

Line  9,  leave out from beginning to end of line 18.


 
 

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Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Not called  (c)

 

Line  9,  leave out from beginning to end of line 22.

 

Andrew Miller

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Not called  (d)

 

Line  20,  leave out from first ‘order’ to ‘the recommendation’ in line 21 and insert

 

‘no order may be made under this Part in the terms of the draft order unless

 

either—

 

(a)    

before the order is made—

 

(i)    

at least two years have passed since the recommendation was

 

made, and

 

(ii)    

the procedure to be observed under this Part has been observed

 

anew, or

 

(b)    

’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  47

 

Page  8,  line  20  [Clause  14],  leave out ‘subsection (2)’ and insert ‘this section’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  48

 

Page  8,  line  22  [Clause  14],  leave out ‘subsection (2)’ and insert ‘this section—

 

(a)    

the “30-day period” has the meaning given by section 13(7); and

 

(b)    

’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  49

 

Page  8,  line  24  [Clause  14],  at end insert—

 

‘(5)    

For the purpose of calculating the 40-day period in a case where a

 

recommendation is made under subsection (2B) by a committee of either House

 

but the recommendation is rejected by that House under subsection (2D), no

 

account shall be taken of any day between the day on which the recommendation

 

was made and the day on which the recommendation was rejected.’.

 

Andrew Miller

 

Not called  101

 

Page  8,  line  24  [Clause  14],  at end add—

 

‘(5)    

This section is subject to section (Extension of periods).’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  50

 

Page  8,  line  31  [Clause  15],  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

However, a committee of either House charged with reporting on the draft order

 

may, at any time after the expiry of the 30-day period and before the expiry of the

 

40-day period, recommend under this subsection that no further proceedings be

 

taken in relation to the draft order.

5

(2B)    

A recommendation under subsection (2A) may be made only if the committee

 

considers that—


 
 

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Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill, continued

 
 

(a)    

the provision made by the draft order does not serve the purpose specified

 

in section (Power to remove or reduce burdens)(2), (Power to promote

 

regulatory principles)(2) or (Power to implement Law Commission

10

recommendations)(2) (as the case may be);

 

(b)    

any relevant condition in section 3(2) is not satisfied in relation to any

 

provision of the draft order referred to in section 3(1); or

 

(c)    

the condition in section 3(4) is not satisfied in relation to any provision

 

of the draft order referred to in section 3(3).

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(2C)    

Where a recommendation is made by a committee of either House under

 

subsection (2A) in relation to a draft order, no proceedings may be taken in

 

relation to the draft order in that House under subsection (2) unless the

 

recommendation is, in the same Session, rejected by resolution of that House.’.

 

As Amendments to Hilary Armstrong’s proposed Amendment (No. 50):—

 

Mr Greg Knight

 

Rosemary McKenna

 

Sir Robert Smith

 

Mr Eric Illsley

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Ms Katy Clark

 

John Hemming

 

Lynne Jones                                                              

 

Mark Fisher

 

Kate Hoey                          

Jermy Corbyn

 

Not called  (a)

 

Line  1,  leave out from ‘with’ to end of line 14 and insert ‘responsibility for this

 

matter may, at any time after the expiry of the 30-day period and before the

 

expiry of the 40-day period, recommend that no further proceedings be taken in

 

relation to the draft order.’.

 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Not called  (b)

 

Line  5,  leave out from beginning to end of line 14.

 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Not called  (c)

 

Line  5,  leave out from beginning to end of line 18.

 

Andrew Miller

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Not called  (e)

 

Line  16,  leave out from ‘no’ to ‘the recommendation’ in line 17 and insert ‘order

 

may be made under this Part in the terms of the draft order unless either—

 

(a)    

before the order is made—

 

(i)    

at least two years have passed since the recommendation was

 

made, and

 

(ii)    

the procedure to be observed under this Part has been observed

 

anew, or

 

(b)    

’.


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 16th May 2006                  

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Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Oliver Heald

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

Not called  (d)

 

Line  18,  at end add—

 

‘(2D)    

Where a draft order has been the subject of a recommendation under subsection

 

(2A) and no further proceedings have been taken in the same Session, a Minister

 

may not table a like draft Order within a period of two years after the day before

 

the draft order was laid before Parliament pursuant to section 12.’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  51

 

Page  8,  line  34  [Clause  15],  leave out ‘subsection (2)’ and insert ‘this section—

 

(a)    

the “30-day period” has the meaning given by section 13(7); and

 

(b)    

’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  52

 

Page  8,  line  34  [Clause  15],  at end insert—

 

‘(5)    

For the purpose of calculating the 40-day period in a case where a

 

recommendation is made under subsection (2A) by a committee of either House

 

but the recommendation is rejected by that House under subsection (2C), no

 

account shall be taken of any day between the day on which the recommendation

 

was made and the day on which the recommendation was rejected.’.

 

Andrew Miller

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Not called  102

 

Page  8,  line  34  [Clause  15],  at end add—

 

‘(5)    

This section is subject to section (Extension of periods).’.

 


 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  53

 

Page  9,  line  5  [Clause  16],  leave out from ‘statement’ to end of line 6 and insert—

 

‘(a)    

stating whether any representations were made under subsection (2)(a);

 

and

 

(b)    

if any representations were so made, giving details of them.’.

 

Hilary Armstrong

 

Agreed to  54

 

Page  9,  line  8  [Clause  16],  after subsection (4) insert—

 

‘(4A)    

However, a committee of either House charged with reporting on the draft order

 

may, at any time after the laying of a statement under subsection (3) and before

 

the draft order is approved by that House under subsection (4), recommend under

 

this subsection that no further proceedings be taken in relation to the draft order.

5

(4B)    

A recommendation under subsection (4A) may be made only if the committee

 

considers that—

 

(a)    

the provision made by the draft order does not serve the purpose specified

 

in section (Power to remove or reduce burdens)(2), (Power to promote


 
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