Thursday 18th January 2007
Public Bill Committee
Greater London Authority Bill
Note
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order
of the Committee [9th January 2007].
Michael Gove
Mr Andrew Pelling
Robert Neill
Michael Fabricant
53
Clause 39, page 41, line 12, leave
out from beginning to end of line 37 on page 42 and insert—
Tom Brake
Norman Baker
6
Clause 39, page 41, line 12, leave
out from beginning to end of line 37 on page 42.
Ms Karen Buck
62
Clause 39, page 41, line 45, at
end insert—
Michael Gove
Mr Andrew Pelling
Robert Neill
Mr Greg Hands
Michael Fabricant
67
Clause 42, page 45, line 4, at
end add—
Mr Andrew Pelling
68
Clause 48, page 48, line 16, at
end insert—
Mr Andrew Pelling
Robert Neill
48
Schedule 2, page 53, line 33, at
end insert—
‘Police Act 1996 (c.16)
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Schedule 2A (as inserted by the Police and Justice Act
2006).’.
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Ms Karen Buck
64
Schedule 2, page 53, line 36, at
end insert—
Mr Andrew Pelling
Robert Neill
47
Schedule 2, page 54, line 3, at
end add—
NEW CLAUSES
Congestion charging
Tom Brake
Norman Baker
NC1
Consultation
Tom Brake
Norman Baker
NC2
“(4A) The Authority shall, after undertaking any
consultation under section 32(1) and before implementing any proposal,
publish a statement identifying which of the responses to its consultation
are accepted in whole or in part for implementation, indicating the
reasons why any responses so submitted are not accepted or not accepted
in full.”.’.
Term of office (Mayor)
Tom Brake
Norman Baker
NC3
Approval of Mayor’s final
draft budget by Assembly
Tom Brake
Norman Baker
NC4
Government Office for London
Tom Brake
Norman Baker
NC5
Utilities
Tom Brake
Norman Baker
NC6
Water and sewerage strategy
Michael Gove
Mr Andrew Pelling
Robert Neill
Michael Fabricant
NC7
Duties of the Mayor
Michael Gove
Mr Andrew Pelling
Robert Neill
Michael Fabricant
NC8
“(2A) The Mayor before exercising or making any decisions
in respect of any of his functions including in particular, without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, decisions relating to
his development powers, strategies or any powers of direction has a
duty to observe the provisions of section 100A of the Local Government
Act 1972”.’.
Membership of Transport for London
Michael Gove
Mr Andrew Pelling
Robert Neill
Michael Fabricant
NC10
(2) The Mayor shall exercise his power to appoint
members under sub-paragraph (1)(a) above so as to ensure that, so far
as practicable, the members for whose appointment he is responsible
reflect the balance of parties for the time being prevailing among the
members of the Assembly.
(3) The London borough councils shall exercise
their power to nominate members under sub-paragraph (1)(b) above so
as to ensure that, so far as practicable, the members for whose nomination
they are responsible reflect the balance of parties for the time being
prevailing among the members of those councils taken as a whole.
(4) It shall be the duty of the London borough
councils to nominate the first members under sub-paragraph (1)(b) above
in sufficient time before the reconstitution day so that the appointment
of those members takes effect on that day.
(5) The Secretary of State may by order vary any
of the numbers for the time being specified in sub-paragraph (1) above,
but the number of the Assembly representatives must exceed by one the
number of the borough representatives.
(6) Before making an order under sub-paragraph
(5) above, the Secretary of State shall consult—
Amendment of TCPA
Michael Gove
Mr Andrew Pelling
Robert Neill
Michael Fabricant
NC12
Vacation of office by Mayor following petition
and recall ballot
Michael Gove
Mr Andrew Pelling
Robert Neill
Michael Fabricant
NC14
(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision
for, or in connection with, requiring the Mayor on receipt of a petition
which complies with the provisions of the regulations and a recall ballot
of eligible voters in London to vacate office, in such circumstances
as may be prescribed in the regulations.
Limits of the general power (No.2)
Michael Gove
Mr Andrew Pelling
Robert Neill
Michael Fabricant
NC15
“(6A) The Authority shall not by virtue of section
30(1) above incur expenditure in promoting activities or relationships
which are primarily the responsibility of the Foreign and Commonwealth
Office or the Department for International Development, although this
does not prevent the Authority incurring expenditure in co-operating
with or facilitating good relations with other major world cities and
regional authorities.”.’.
Assembly consideration of Mayor’s
draft budget
Michael Gove
Mr Andrew Pelling
Robert Neill
Michael Fabricant
NC16
Assembly consideration of Mayor’s
draft budget (No.2)
Michael Gove
Mr Andrew Pelling
Robert Neill
Michael Fabricant
NC17
Calculation of component and consolidated budget
requirements
Michael Gove
Mr Andrew Pelling
Robert Neill
Michael Fabricant
NC18
Assembly’s power to allocate
its budget
Michael Gove
Mr Andrew Pelling
Robert Neill
Michael Fabricant
NC19
9A The Assembly may, following consultation with the
head of the Authority’s paid service, the Authority’s monitoring
officer and the Authority’s chief finance officer, allocate monies
which it receives under the component budget for the Assembly in such
a manner as it sees fit.”.’.
Abatement of salary for any councillor with executive
responsibilities
Mr Andrew Pelling
NC20
Postponement of poll from 2012 to 2013
Mr Andrew Pelling
NC21
London Learning and Skills Council
Michael Gove
Mr Andrew Pelling
Robert Neill
Michael Fabricant
NC22
Greater London Authority to be police authority
for London
Mr Andrew Pelling
Robert Neill
NC23
Appointment of Commissioner of Police for the
Metropolis
Mr Andrew Pelling
Robert Neill
NC24
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