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House of Commons

 
 

Thursday 8th May 2008

 

Public Bill Committee

 

New Amendments handed in are marked thus Parliamentary Star

 

Other Amendments not tabled within the required notice period are marked thus Parliamentary Star - white

 

Local Transport Bill [Lords]


 

Note

 

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the

 

Committee [22nd April 2008].

 


 

Stephen Hammond

 

273

 

Clause  73,  page  64,  line  6,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

An order may be made only if all of the constituent councils of the proposed ITA

 

have approved the scheme by means of—

 

(a)    

a resolution, and

 

(b)    

a public referendum.’.

 

Graham Stringer

 

9

 

Clause  73,  page  64,  leave out lines 29 to 32 and insert ‘that all members of an ITA shall

 

be elected by a ballot of all the electors within the boundary of the proposed integrated

 

transport area.’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

274

 

Clause  73,  page  64,  line  29,  leave out ‘for a majority of’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

275

 

Clause  73,  page  64,  line  32,  at end insert ‘, and

 

(c)    

for those members to be appointed from among the members of the

 

different political parties represented in the constituent councils, in such

 

numbers as to be proportionate to the representation of political parties

 

on those councils’.


 
 

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Stephen Hammond

 

276

 

Clause  73,  page  64,  line  38,  leave out ‘and’ and insert—

 

‘(aa)    

the Public Transport Users’ Committee for England,

 

(ab)    

the Rail Passengers’ Council, and’.

 

Graham Stringer

 

10

 

Clause  73,  page  64,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

‘(10A)    

Where all of the constituent councils of a proposed integrated transport area agree

 

a resolution opposing the designation of the area as an integrated transport area

 

the Secretary of State shall not make an order under this section.’.

 

Graham Stringer

 

11

 

Clause  73,  page  64,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

‘(10A)    

The Secretary of State shall not make an order under this section if one or more

 

of the constituent councils of a proposed integrated transport area opposed the

 

designation of the area as an integrated transport area.’.

 

Graham Stringer

 

12

 

Clause  73,  page  64,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

‘(10A)    

Where a majority of the constituent councils of a proposed integrated transport

 

area agree a resolution opposing the designation of the area as an integrated

 

transport area, the Secretary of State shall not make an order under this section.’.

 

Graham Stringer

 

13

 

Clause  73,  page  64,  line  45,  at end insert—

 

‘(11A)    

The Secretary of State shall not make an order under this section unless a

 

referendum of all electors within the boundaries of a proposed integrated

 

transport area has been held and a majority of electors are in favour of the

 

establishment of an integrated transport area.’.

 


 

Stephen Hammond

 

277

 

Clause  74,  page  65,  line  25,  leave out ‘and’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

278

 

Clause  74,  page  65,  line  26,  at end insert ‘and

 

(c)    

the cost effectiveness of providing transport within the area,’.

 



 
 

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Stephen Hammond

 

279

 

Clause  75,  page  66,  line  10,  at end insert ‘and

 

(c)    

the cost effectiveness of providing transport within the area.’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

280

 

Clause  75,  page  66,  line  28,  at end insert ‘and

 

(c)    

the cost effectiveness of providing transport within the area.’.

 


 

Graham Stringer

 

Ian Stewart

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

131

 

Clause  76,  page  66,  line  31,  leave out ‘one’ and insert ‘two’.

 

Graham Stringer

 

Ian Stewart

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

132

 

Clause  76,  page  66,  line  31,  after ‘may’, insert ‘in conjunction with the relevant

 

ITA,’.

 

Graham Stringer

 

Ian Stewart

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

133

 

Clause  76,  page  66,  leave out line 34.

 

Graham Stringer

 

Ian Stewart

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

134

 

Clause  76,  page  67,  line  3,  leave out ‘one’ and insert ‘two’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

281

 

Clause  76,  page  67,  line  7,  leave out ‘or’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

282

 

Clause  76,  page  67,  line  8,  at end insert ‘and

 

(c)    

the cost effectiveness of providing transport within the area,’.

 



 
 

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Graham Stringer

 

Ian Stewart

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

135

 

Clause  77,  page  67,  line  14,  after ‘direct’, insert ‘an ITA, or’.

 

Graham Stringer

 

Ian Stewart

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

136

 

Clause  77,  page  67,  line  14,  leave out ‘one’ and insert ‘two’.

 

Graham Stringer

 

Ian Stewart

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

137

 

Clause  77,  page  67,  line  15,  after ‘description)’, insert ‘, in conjunction with the

 

relevant ITA,’.

 

Graham Stringer

 

Ian Stewart

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

138

 

Clause  77,  page  67,  leave out line 18.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

283

 

Clause  77,  page  67,  line  33,  leave out ‘or’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

284

 

Clause  77,  page  67,  line  34,  at end insert ‘and

 

(c)    

the cost effectiveness of providing transport within the area,’.

 

Graham Stringer

 

88

 

Clause  77,  page  67,  line  36,  at end insert ‘and must be addressed to every authority

 

falling within subsection (2) whose area or part of whose area lies within each integrated

 

transport area or proposed integrated transport area to which the direction relates.’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

285

 

Clause  77,  page  68,  line  7,  at end insert ‘and

 

(c)    

the cost effectiveness of providing transport within the area.’.

 


 

Graham Stringer

 

Ian Stewart

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

139

 

Clause  78,  page  68,  line  29,  after ‘member)’, insert ‘, and for the ITA to determine


 
 

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what matters members of the ITA who are not elected members of the ITA’s constituent

 

councils may not vote on (which may include any matters relating to the funding or

 

expenditure of the ITA, whether of a capital or revenue nature).’.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

238

 

Clause  78,  page  68,  line  29,  after ‘member’, insert ‘, but which arrangements must

 

provide that members of the ITA who are not elected members of the ITA’s constituent

 

councils may not have a vote’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

286

 

Clause  78,  page  68,  line  34,  leave out ‘for a majority of’.

 

Graham Stringer

 

Ian Stewart

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

140

 

Clause  78,  page  68,  line  35,  after ‘councils’, insert ‘from among their elected

 

members’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

287

 

Clause  78,  page  68,  line  35,  leave out ‘and’.

 

Graham Stringer

 

Ian Stewart

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

141

 

Clause  78,  page  68,  line  36,  leave out paragraph (b) and insert—

 

‘(b)    

for all other members of the ITA to be appointed by it (whether or not on

 

the nomination of any other person or body).’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

288

 

Clause  78,  page  68,  line  37,  at end insert ‘, and

 

(c)    

for those members to be appointed from among the members of the

 

different political parties represented in the constituent councils, in such

 

numbers as to be proportionate to the representation of political parties

 

on those councils’.

 

Graham Stringer

 

82

 

Clause  78,  page  68,  line  38,  leave out ‘subsection (3)’ and insert ‘subsections (3)

 

and (8)’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

289

 

Clause  78,  page  69,  line  2,  after ‘of’, insert ‘the executive of’.


 
 

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Stephen Hammond

 

290

 

Clause  78,  page  69,  line  2,  leave out from ‘ITA’ to end of line 3.

 

Graham Stringer

 

83

 

Clause  78,  page  69,  line  22,  at end add—

 

‘(8)    

An order under this section may be made only if each of the constituent councils

 

has consented to the constitutional arrangements provision, for which is to be

 

made in the order.’.

 


 

Mr Clive Betts

 

262

 

Clause  80,  page  69,  line  34,  after ‘Delegation’ insert ‘transfer’.

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

263

 

Clause  80,  page  69,  line  42,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

The Secretary of State may, to any extent, by order provide for the transfer, to an

 

ITA or an eligible local transport authority, of any function of a highway

 

authority or a local traffic authority—

 

(a)    

which is exercisable by the highway authority or the local traffic

 

authority in relation to an area which is comprised in the ITA’s integrated

 

transport area or the eligible local transport authority’s area, and

 

(b)    

which the Secretary of State considers can appropriately be transferred to

 

and exercised by the ITA or the eligible local transport authority.

 

(1B)    

An order made under subsection (1A) may provide that any reference in the

 

Highways Act 1980 or the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to a highway

 

authority or a local traffic authority shall have effect as a reference to the relevant

 

ITA or the eligible local transport authority to whom any function of a highway

 

authority or a local traffic authority is transferred by that order.’.

 

Graham Stringer

 

84

 

Clause  80,  page  70,  line  3,  at end add—

 

‘(5)    

An order under this section may be made only if the local authority whose

 

function is to be delegated by the order has consented to the delegation of that

 

function.’.

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

264

 

Clause  80,  page  70,  line  3,  at end add—

 

‘(5)    

“Highway authority” and “ local authority” have the same meaning as they do for

 

the purposes of the Highways Act 1980 and the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

 

respectively.’.

 



 
 

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Stephen Hammond

 

299

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  81,  page  70,  line  28,  leave out ‘road’ and insert ‘highway’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

300

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  81,  page  70,  line  29,  leave out ‘road’ and insert ‘highway’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

301

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  81,  page  70,  line  30,  leave out subsection (7).

 

Graham Stringer

 

85

 

Clause  81,  page  71,  line  19,  at end add—

 

‘(13)    

An order under this section may be made only if each council which would be

 

subject to a direction made pursuant to the order has consented to the Secretary

 

of State making the order.’.

 


 

Graham Stringer

 

86

 

Clause  84,  page  72,  line  14,  at end insert ‘and shall only designate an authority for

 

the whole or part of the territory previously comprised in the integrated transport area if

 

that authority is a county council or a district council for that territory.’.

 


 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

237

 

Clause  87,  page  74,  leave out lines 4 to 6 and add—

 

‘(2)    

The Secretary of State may not make an order under this Chapter unless the

 

Secretary of State has laid a draft of the order before each House of Parliament

 

and the remaining provisions of this section have been complied with.

 

(3)    

The Secretary of State must have regard to—

 

(a)    

any representations,

 

(b)    

any resolution of either House of Parliament; and

 

(c)    

any recommendations of a committee of either House of Parliament on

 

the draft order,

 

    

made on or with regard to the draft order during the 60-day period.

 

(4)    

If, after the expiry of the 60-day period, the Secretary of State wishes to make an

 

order in the terms of the draft, he must lay before Parliament a statement—

 

(a)    

stating whether any representations were made under subsection (3)(a);

 

and

 

(b)    

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

 

(5)    

The Secretary of State may after the laying of such a statement make an order in

 

the terms of the draft if it is first approved by a resolution of each House of

 

Parliament.


 
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