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House of Commons

Tuesday 20th February 2007

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

[EIGHTH AND NINTH SittingS]

Clause 31.

Amendment (No. 94) prosposed in page 17, line 37, after ‘to’, insert ‘(a)’.—(Andrew

Stunell).

Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.

Amendment Withdrawn

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not called  95

Clause  31,  page  17,  line  38,  at end insert—

‘(b)
a scheme for whole council elections’.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not called  96

Clause  31,  page  18,  line  2,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
A council is subject to a scheme for whole elections if, under the scheme for the

ordinary elections of its councillors, all of the councillors are elected in each year

in which the elections are held.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not selected  97

Clause  32,  page  18,  line  4,  after ‘ordinary’, insert ‘partial-council’.

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Mr Neil Turner

Andrew Gwynne

Not called  111

Clause  32,  page  18,  line  7,  at end insert ‘or partial-council elections’.

Mr Neil Turner

Andrew Gwynne

Not called  112

Clause  32,  page  18,  line  8,  after ‘partial-council’, insert ‘or whole-council’.

Mr Neil Turner

Andrew Gwynne

Not called  113

Clause  32,  page  18,  line  9,  after ‘whole-council’, insert ‘or partial-council’.

Mr Neil Turner

Andrew Gwynne

Not called  114

Clause  32,  page  18,  line  11,  after ‘whole-council’, insert ‘or partial-council’.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Mr Neil Turner

Andrew Gwynne

Not called  98

Clause  32,  page  18,  line  13,  at end insert ‘within eight years of a resolution being

made in accordance with subsection (1).’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clauses 33 to 37 Agreed to.

Mr Phil Woolas

Agreed to  129

Clause  38,  page  21,  line  20,  leave out ‘county, the district’ and insert ‘county

council, the district council’.

Mr Phil Woolas

Agreed to  130

Clause  38,  page  21,  line  22,  leave out ‘district, the county’ and insert ‘district

council, the county council’.

Mr Phil Woolas

Agreed to  131

Clause  38,  page  21,  line  38,  after ‘borough’, insert ‘council’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

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Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Robert Neill

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Withdrawn  56

Clause  39,  page  22,  line  18,  leave out ‘two’ and insert ‘four’.

Mr Phil Woolas

Agreed to

That the Order of the Committee [30th January and 8th February] be varied as follows—

In paragraph 1(g) leave out ‘and 4.30 p.m.’.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Negatived on division  38

Clause  39,  page  22,  line  28,  leave out subsection (6).

Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Robert Neill

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Not called  57

Clause  39,  page  22,  line  32,  leave out ‘two’ and insert ‘four’.

Clause Agreed to.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not called  39

Clause  40,  page  23,  leave out line 19.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not called  40

Clause  40,  page  23,  leave out line 36.

Clause Agreed to.

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Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Negatived  33

Clause  41,  page  24,  line  16,  leave out ‘move to executive arrangements’.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Negatived on division  34

Clause  41,  page  24,  leave out lines 19 to 31 and insert—

‘(2)
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 33A and 33B, any principal council

may submit a scheme of internal governance appropriate to its circumstances

which shall stand deferred until the next election to the council.

(3)
Where no recognised group has overall control, it shall be competent for the

council to implement other arrangements as it may determine.’.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not called  100

Clause  41,  page  24,  line  26,  leave out from ‘is’ to end of line 28 and insert ‘eligible

for alternative arrangements if it is a district council or a metropolitan borough.’.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not called  99

Clause  41,  page  24,  line  28,  leave out ‘85,000’ and insert ‘850,000’.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not called  101

Clause  41,  page  24,  leave out lines 29 to 31.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not called  35

Clause  41,  page  24,  leave out lines 36 to 38.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not called  36

Clause  41,  page  24,  line  41,  leave out from ‘arrangements’ to end of line 1 on page

25.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Negatived  37

Clause  41,  page  25,  line  12,  leave out from ‘must’ to end of line 14 and insert ‘hold

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a referendum of local government electors in the authority’s area.’.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not called  41

Clause  41,  page  26,  leave out line 13.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not called  42

Clause  41,  page  27,  line  32,  leave out from beginning to end of line 9 on page 28.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not called  43

Clause  41,  page  28,  leave out lines 10 to 15.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not called  44

Clause  41,  page  28,  leave out lines 16 to 26.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not called  45

Clause  41,  page  29,  leave out line 33.

Clause Agreed to.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not called  46

Clause  42,  page  30,  line  30,  leave out subsection (3).

Clauses 42 and 43 Agreed to.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not selected  104

Clause  44,  page  31,  line  24,  leave out ‘but’.

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Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Withdrawn  105

Clause  44,  page  31,  line  25,  at end insert—

‘(5A)
Such termination shall not take place until the end of a period of three months

after the elected leader ceases to hold office or until the election of a new elected

executive, whichever is the sooner.’.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not moved  106

Clause  44,  page  31,  line  26,  at end insert—

‘(7)
Such regulations shall include provision in particular for—

(a)
casual vacancies in the elected executive,

(b)
a change in composition of the council during the term of office of the

elected executive.’.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Withdrawn  107

Clause  44,  page  31,  leave out lines 35 and 36 and insert—

‘( )
The number of members of the executive which is to be elected shall be the

number of persons included on the proposed executive that is declared elected,

but that number shall not exceed 12.’.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not selected  47

Page  31,  line  7,  leave out Clauses 44 to 48.

Clause Agreed to.

Clauses 45 to 49 Agreed to.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Withdrawn  102

Clause  50,  page  36,  line  11,  leave out ‘ten’ and insert ‘four’.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not called  103

Clause  50,  page  36,  line  13,  leave out ‘five’ and insert ‘four’.

Clause Agreed to.

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Clauses 51 to 54 Agreed to.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Withdrawn  121

Clause  55,  page  41,  line  15,  leave out subsection (4).

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not called  122

Clause  55,  page  41,  line  17,  at end add—

‘(2)
No person appointed by virtue of this section may vote in any matter coming

before the council to which that person has been appointed.’.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not called  123

Clause  55,  page  41,  leave out lines 26 and 27.

Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

Andrew Gwynne

Not called  115

Clause  55,  page  41,  line  30,  at end insert—

‘(g)
the degree of representation of the wider community’.

Andrew Stunell

Tom Brake

Dr John Pugh

Not selected  48

Page  41,  line  7,  leave out Clause 55.

Clause Agreed to on division.

Alistair Burt

Mr Robert Syms

Michael Fabricant

Robert Neill

Mr David Burrowes

Mr Philip Dunne

Withdrawn  58

Clause  56,  page  42,  line  3,  leave out ‘an eligible’ and insert ‘a’.