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Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

158

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  16,  leave out ‘approval’ and insert ‘consideration’.

Stephen Hammond

66

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  20,  leave out from ‘which’ to ‘any’ in line 21.

Stephen Hammond

67

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  21,  leave out ‘for England’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

159

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  22,  leave out ‘approval’ and insert ‘consideration’.

Stephen Hammond

68

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  23,  leave out ‘for England’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

160

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  24,  leave out ‘reach its decision’ and insert ‘publish its

recommendations’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

161

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  25,  leave out ‘approval’ and insert ‘consideration’.

Stephen Hammond

69

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  26,  leave out ‘for England’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

162

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  26,  leave out ‘reach its decision’ and insert ‘publish its

recommendations’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

163

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  27,  leave out ‘approval’ and insert ‘consideration’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

164

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  29,  leave out ‘reached its decision’ and insert ‘published

its recommendations’.

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Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

165

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  31,  leave out ‘reach its decision’ and insert ‘publish its

recommendations’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

166

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  33,  leave out ‘reach its decision’ and insert ‘publish its

recommendations’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

167

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  40,  leave out ‘approval’ and insert ‘consideration’.

Stephen Hammond

70

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  41,  leave out subsections (7) and (8).

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

168

Clause  23,  page  22,  leave out lines 1 and 2 and insert ‘“application for consideration”

means an application under section 125A for consideration of a quality contracts

scheme;’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

109

Page  21,  line  1,  leave out Clause 23.

Stephen Hammond

71

Clause  24,  page  22,  line  13,  after ‘England’, insert ‘and Wales’.

Stephen Hammond

72

Clause  24,  page  22,  line  16,  leave out ‘for England’.

Stephen Hammond

73

Clause  24,  page  22,  line  23,  at beginning insert ‘Subject to subsection (8),’.

Stephen Hammond

74

Clause  24,  page  22,  leave out line 25.

Public Bill Committee: 22nd April 2008

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Stephen Hammond

75

Clause  24,  page  22,  line  28,  at end insert ‘and shall supply a copy of that document

to all the persons listed in section 125(1)’.

Stephen Hammond

76

Clause  24,  page  22,  line  31,  leave out from ‘to’ to ‘as’ in line 32 and insert ‘such

person or organisation as the board thinks fit,

‘(b)	by such person or organisation’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

110

Page  22,  line  11,  leave out Clause 24.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

170

Clause  25,  page  23,  line  26,  leave out ‘applications for approval’ and insert ‘quality

contract scheme’.

Stephen Hammond

77

Clause  25,  page  23,  line  26,  after ‘England’, insert ‘and Wales’.

Stephen Hammond

78

Clause  25,  page  23,  line  28,  after ‘England’, insert ‘or Wales’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

171

Clause  25,  page  23,  line  30,  leave out from second ‘the’ to end of line 31 and insert

‘authority proposing to make the scheme’.

Stephen Hammond

79

Clause  25,  page  23,  line  30,  leave out ‘for England’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

172

Clause  25,  page  23,  line  33,  leave out paragraph (a).

Public Bill Committee: 22nd April 2008

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Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

173

Clause  25,  page  24,  line  14,  leave out ‘, or to the approvals board for England,’.

Stephen Hammond

198

Clause  25,  page  24,  line  14,  leave out ‘for England’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

174

Clause  25,  page  24,  line  20,  leave out paragraph (b).

Stephen Hammond

199

Clause  25,  page  24,  line  21,  leave out ‘for England’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

175

Clause  25,  page  24,  line  26,  leave out paragraph (e).

Stephen Hammond

200

Clause  25,  page  24,  line  26,  leave out ‘for England’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

176

Clause  25,  page  24,  line  36,  leave out subsection (4).

Stephen Hammond

201

Clause  25,  page  24,  line  37,  leave out ‘for England’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

177

Clause  25,  page  24,  line  41,  leave out paragraph ‘or (e)’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

111

Page  23,  line  24,  leave out Clause 25.

Public Bill Committee: 22nd April 2008

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Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

112

Clause  26,  page  24,  line  46,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

In the title, for “Making of a scheme” substitute “Requirements of a quality

contracts scheme”.

(1B)	Subsection (1) is omitted.

(1C)	In subsection (2) for “The scheme” substitute “A quality contracts scheme”’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

178

Clause  26,  page  25,  line  1,  leave out subsection (2) and insert—

‘(2)	For subsection (1) substitute—

“(1)	Once the appropriate national authority considers the scheme, the

authority or authorities who proposed it may make it, with or without

modifications, at any time not later than 6 months after the date on which

the recommendations of the approvals board are published.”’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

113

Clause  26,  page  25,  line  1,  leave out subsections (2) to (4).

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

192

Clause  26,  page  25,  line  4,  leave out subsections (3) and (4).

Stephen Hammond

202

Clause  26,  page  25,  line  5,  after ‘England’, insert ‘and Wales’.

Stephen Hammond

203

Clause  26,  page  25,  line  9,  after ‘England’, insert ‘and Wales’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

179

Clause  26,  page  25,  line  11,  leave out ‘approvals board for England’ and insert

‘authority proposing to make the scheme’.

Stephen Hammond

204

Clause  26,  page  25,  line  11,  leave out ‘for England’.

Public Bill Committee: 22nd April 2008

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Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

116

Clause  26,  page  25,  line  30,  leave out from ‘operation’ to end of line 31 and

substitute ‘which must not be more than ten years’ for ‘which may be for a fixed period

or until such time as the authority or authorities that made the scheme determine that it

should not remain in operation.’.

Stephen Hammond

205

Clause  26,  page  25,  line  30,  leave out ‘after 10 years insert’ and insert ‘substitute

“ten years” for “five years” ’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

117

Clause  26,  page  25,  line  34,  at end insert—

‘(2B)

If the scheme is specified to be for an indefinite period pursuant to subsection

(2)(c), then the authority or authorities shall, every time that the authority or,

where there is more than one authority, each authority, reviews its local transport

plan pursuant to section 109(1) (further provision about plans: England) or

section 109B(1) (further provision about plans: Wales), review the effectiveness

and appropriateness of the scheme and the extent to which the scheme continues

to satisfy the criteria in section 124 (quality contracts schemes).’.

Stephen Hammond

206

Clause  26,  page  25,  line  43,  leave out subsection (10) and insert—

‘(10)

Subsection (10) (power by order to vary the period mentioned in subsection

(2)(b)) shall cease to have effect.’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

114

Clause  26,  page  26,  line  2,  substitute ‘periods specified in subsection (1), (1A) or’

for ‘the period mentioned in subsection’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

193

Clause  26,  page  26,  line  3,  leave out ‘, (1A)’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

127

Clause  29,  page  26,  line  36,  leave out subsection (3) and insert—

‘(3)	Subsection (2) is omitted.’.

Public Bill Committee: 22nd April 2008

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Stephen Hammond

207

Page  29,  line  26,  leave out Clause 29.

Stephen Hammond

208

Clause  30,  page  27,  line  7,  after ‘period’, insert ‘of not more than six months’.

Stephen Hammond

209

Clause  30,  page  27,  line  9,  leave out from ‘publish’ to ‘a’.

Stephen Hammond

210

Clause  30,  page  27,  line  12,  leave out ‘and’ and insert—

‘(ba)

supply a copy of that document to—

(i)	the chief fire officer for each fire area covering the whole or part

of that area,

(ii)	the head of the local ambulance service for each area covering

the whole or part of the area,

(iii)

all persons living within 150 metres of any part of the route as

specified in the proposed continuation of the scheme,

(iv)	representatives of local groups representing disabled people,

and’.

Stephen Hammond

211

Clause  30,  page  27,  line  28,  at end insert—

‘(ca)

a statement of the evidence demonstrating how continuing the scheme by

means of a quality contracts scheme will provide a substantial

improvement to the relevant service or services in comparison to the

service or services that could be provided under a quality partnership

scheme;’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

118

Clause  30,  page  27,  line  34,  leave out ‘which must not be more than a further 10

years’ and insert ‘which may be for a fixed period or until such time as the authority or

authorities that made the scheme determine that it should not remain in operation.’.

Stephen Hammond

212

Clause  30,  page  27,  line  35,  leave out ‘10 years’ and insert ‘six months’.

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