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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 17th April 2007

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Consumer, Estate Agents & Redress Bill [Lords]

 

[FIRST AND SECOND Sittings]

 

Mr Ian McCartney

 

Agreed to

 

That—

 

(1)  

the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday

 

17th April) meet—

 

(a)  

at 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 17th April;

 

(b)  

at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 19th April;

 

(c)  

at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 24th April;

 

(d)  

at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 26th April;

 

(2)  

the proceedings shall be taken in the following order: Clause 1; Schedule 1;

 

Clauses 2 to 25; Schedule 2; Clauses 26 to 30; Schedule 3; Clauses 31 to 35;

 

Schedule 4; Clauses 36 to 45; Schedule 5; Clauses 46 to 53; Schedule 6;

 

Clauses 54 to 67; Schedules 7 and 8; new Clauses; new Schedules; remaining

 

proceedings on the Bill;

 

(3)  

the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

 

conclusion at 5.00 p.m. on Thursday 26th April.

 

 

Mr Ian McCartney

 

That, subject to the discretion of the Chairman, any written evidence received by the

 

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

 

Agreed to

 

 

Clause 1 Agreed to.

 

 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: April 2007            

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Consumer, Estate Agents & Redress Bill–[ [], continued

 
 

Mr Ian McCartney

 

Agreed to  59

 

Schedule  1,  page  53,  line  7,  leave out from ‘(b)’ to ‘before’ and insert ‘send a copy

 

of the certified statement and the Comptroller and Auditor General’s report to the

 

Secretary of State, who shall lay them’.

 

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

 

 

Clause 2 Agreed to.

 

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Withdrawn  2

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  43,  leave out subsection (3).

 

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

 

Not called  70

 

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

 

‘(ab)    

goods and services include those provided by means of the internet;’.

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  4

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  4,  leave out paragraph (b).

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  3

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  6,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

a person who purchases, uses or receives goods or services for the

 

purpose of their own business.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 4 Agreed to.

 

 
 

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Consumer, Estate Agents & Redress Bill–[ [], continued

 
 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Withdrawn  1

 

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  36,  leave out ‘before each financial year publish’ and insert

 

‘publish triennially’.

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Withdrawn  5

 

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  5,  after second ‘the’, insert ‘measurable’.

 

Susan Kramer

 

Lorely Burt

 

Not selected  43

 

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  10,  leave out ‘(if any)’.

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Withdrawn  6

 

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  12,  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

Expenditure incurred under subsection (3) must not exceed such amount as may

 

be prescribed in regulations.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Withdrawn  9

 

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  42,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

The Council must, at all times, act independently of Government, regulators and

 

providers of goods and services.’.

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  7

 

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  43,  leave out ‘have regard to’ and insert ‘implement’.

 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: April 2007            

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Consumer, Estate Agents & Redress Bill–[ [], continued

 
 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  8

 

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  9,  leave out ‘have regard to the need to’.

 

Susan Kramer

 

Lorely Burt

 

Not called  21

 

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  15,  leave out from ‘must’ to second ‘to’ in line 16 and insert

 

‘develop policies and discharge its duties so that it contributes’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 7 Agreed to.

 

 

Susan Kramer

 

Lorely Burt

 

Withdrawn  44

 

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  5,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

 

Susan Kramer

 

Lorely Burt

 

Not called  45

 

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  14,  after ‘any’, insert ‘appropriate’.

 

Susan Kramer

 

Lorely Burt

 

Not called  46

 

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  15,  after ‘organisation’, insert ‘, where appropriate’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 9 Agreed to.

 

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Withdrawn  10

 

Clause  10,  page  6,  line  31,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: April 2007            

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Consumer, Estate Agents & Redress Bill–[ [], continued

 
 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  11

 

Clause  10,  page  6,  line  31,  leave out from ‘facilitate’ to end of line 32 and insert

 

‘disseminate advice and information to consumers—’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  14

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  10,  at end insert ‘and provide an account of how its

 

resources were used in an efficient way.’.

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Withdrawn  15

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  11,  leave out subsection (2).

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Susan Kramer

 

Lorely Burt

 

Withdrawn  47

 

Clause  12,  page  7,  line  18,  after ‘vulnerable’, insert ‘or otherwise disadvantaged’.

 

Susan Kramer

 

Lorely Burt

 

Withdrawn  48

 

Clause  12,  page  7,  line  30,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Susan Kramer

 

Lorely Burt

 

Withdrawn  49

 

Clause  13,  page  8,  line  3,  after ‘transporter’, insert ‘, or there appears to the Council

 

to be a reasonable probability of such a threat being made’.

 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: April 2007            

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Consumer, Estate Agents & Redress Bill–[ [], continued

 
 

Susan Kramer

 

Lorely Burt

 

Not called  50

 

Clause  13,  page  8,  line  9,  after ‘supplier’, insert ‘, or there appears to the Council to

 

be a reasonable probability of such a threat being made’.

 

Susan Kramer

 

Lorely Burt

 

Not called  51

 

Clause  13,  page  8,  line  18,  after ‘holder’, insert ‘, or there appears to the Council to

 

be a reasonable probability of such a threat being made’.

 

Susan Kramer

 

Lorely Burt

 

Withdrawn  52

 

Clause  13,  page  9,  line  22,  after ‘payment’, insert ‘, or

 

(iii)    

a failure of an authorised supplier to recalibrate a repayment

 

meter at the consumer’s premises within one month of any

 

change in tariffs charged by that supplier for supply of gas or

 

electricity.’.

 

[Adjourned till Thursday at 9.00 a.m.

 
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