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Public Bill Committee: 22nd April 2008
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Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

115

Clause  30,  page  27,  leave out lines 36 to 38.

Stephen Hammond

213


Clause  30,  page  27,  line  45,  at end insert—

‘(iii)
any potential liability arising from future litigation,’.

Stephen Hammond

214


Clause  30,  page  27,  line  48,  at end insert—

‘(i)
a list of—

(i)
those people who have declared an objection to the continuation

of the scheme, and

(ii)
the objections declared by those people mentioned in (i).’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

119

Clause  30,  page  28,  line  2,  leave out ‘a proposal to make one’ and insert ‘the

making of a scheme’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

120

Clause  30,  page  28,  line  20,  leave out from ‘until’ to end of line 21 and insert ‘the

authority or authorities decide whether or not to continue the scheme.’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

121

Clause  30,  page  28,  leave out lines 22 to 41.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

180

Clause  30,  page  28,  line  28,  leave out ‘approval’ and insert ‘consulting’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

181

Clause  30,  page  28,  line  29,  leave out ‘section 126’ and insert ‘section 125A’.

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Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

182

Clause  30,  page  28,  line  32,  leave out ‘approval’ and insert ‘consulting’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

183

Clause  31,  page  28,  leave out line 45 and insert ‘Section 125A (consideration of

proposed scheme)’.

Stephen Hammond

215


Clause  31,  page  28,  line  45,  leave out from ‘authority)’ to ‘applies’ in line 1 on

page 29.

Stephen Hammond

216


Clause  31,  page  29,  line  2,  leave out from ‘one’ to end of line 3.

Stephen Hammond

217


Clause  31,  page  29,  line  4,  leave out subsection (2).

Stephen Hammond

218


Clause  31,  page  29,  line  14,  leave out subsections (3) to (10).

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

122

Page  28,  line  42,  leave out Clause 31.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

184

Clause  32,  page  31,  line  20,  leave out ‘approval’ and insert ‘consulting’.

Public Bill Committee: 22nd April 2008
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Local Transport Bill [Lords] continued

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

Stephen Hammond

123

Page  30,  line  29,  leave out Clause 32.

Stephen Hammond

219


Clause  33,  page  31,  line  27,  leave out paragraph (b).

Stephen Hammond

220


Clause  33,  page  31,  line  29,  after ‘England’, insert ‘and Wales’.

Stephen Hammond

221


Clause  33,  page  31,  line  31,  leave out ‘for England’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

185

Clause  33,  page  31,  line  31,  leave out from second ‘the’ to ‘applied’ in line 33, and

insert ‘authority proposing the continuation of the scheme’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

124

Page  31,  line  22,  leave out Clause 33.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

125

Clause  34,  page  32,  line  12,  leave out subsection (4) and insert—

‘(4)
In subsection (5) (approval required for variation or revocation) omit paragraph

(a)’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

186

Clause  34,  page  32,  line  13,  leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

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‘(a)

‘(a)
for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)
requires the consideration of the scheme by the

consulting authority which published recommendations

on the scheme in accordance with section 125A, and”.’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

187

Clause  35,  page  33,  line  19,  leave out paragraph (c).

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

126

Page  32,  line  26,  leave out Clause 35.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

188

Clause  36,  page  33,  line  24,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
In subsection (1)(b) for “approval” substitute “consideration”’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

189

Clause  36,  page  33,  line  27,  at end insert—

‘(aa)
in paragraph (e) for “approval” substitute “consideration”’.

Stephen Hammond

222


Clause  36,  page  33,  line  28,  leave out paragraph (b).

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

190

Clause  36,  page  33,  line  32,  at end add—

‘(4)
A statutory instrument containing regulations made under this section may not be

made unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution

of, each House of Parliament.’.

Public Bill Committee: 22nd April 2008
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Stephen Hammond

223


Clause  38,  page  34,  line  8,   after  ‘authority’,  insert  ‘,  the  Senior  Traffic

Commissioner, and the Public Transport Users’ Committee’.

Stephen Hammond

224


Clause  39,  page  35,  line  22,  leave out from first ‘is’ to end.

Stephen Hammond

231


Clause  41,  page  36,  line  13,  at end insert—

‘(c)
agreements between two or more local bus operators relating to bus

services.’.

Stephen Hammond

225


Clause  43,  page  38,  line  14,  leave out subsection (5).

Stephen Hammond

226


Clause  43,  page  38,  line  18,  leave out ‘that question’ and insert ‘whether to accept

the application’.

Stephen Hammond

227


Clause  43,  page  38,  line  19,  leave out ‘those representations’ and insert ‘any

relevant representations made by a relevant authority or a relevant operator’.

Stephen Hammond

228


Clause  43,  page  38,  line  25,  leave out subsection (7).

Stephen Hammond

229


Clause  43,  page  38,  line  28,  leave out ‘If subsection (7) above does not apply,’.

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Stephen Hammond

230


Clause  43,  page  38,  line  29,  at end insert—

‘(za)
accept the application;’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

128

Clause  61,  page  55,  line  2,  after ‘under’, insert ‘section 10(1)(i) or’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

129

Clause  61,  page  55,  leave out line 8.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

130

Clause  61,  page  55,  line  10,  at end insert—

‘(7)
For subsection (1)(i) (power of PTE to carry passengers by road) substitute—

“(i)
in the event that a quality contract is terminated or local services

provided under it cease in whole or in part to be provided, to

carry passengers by road within, to and from that area for the

purpose of maintaining local services provided under the quality

contract for so long as is required to procure another person to

provide such services under the relevant quality contracts

scheme;”’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

232


Clause  68,  page  57,  line  22,  leave out ‘by sub-committees with members’ and

insert ‘on a regional basis by persons’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

233


Clause  68,  page  57,  line  39,  after ‘policies’, insert ‘, including regional transport

policies,’.

Public Bill Committee: 22nd April 2008
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Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

234


Clause  68,  page  58,  line  25,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
The Committee may consider representations (including complaints) made by or

on behalf of users of any public passenger transport services or facilities in

England and, where it appears to the Committee to be desirable, make and publish

recommendations or representations in respect of those services or facilities.’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

235


Clause  68,  page  58,  line  30,  after ‘Committee’, insert ‘, including powers to require

operators of public passenger transport services to make available specified information

relating to the operation of those services and make provision for the sharing of that

information by the Committee with local transport authorities where the Committee

considers appropriate;’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

236


Clause  69,  page  60,  line  9,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
The Secretary of State may by order confer on the Rail Passengers’ Council

powers to require operators of public passenger transport services to make

available specified information relating to the operation of those services and

make provision for the sharing of that information by the Council with local

transport authorities where the Council considers it appropriate.’.

Graham Stringer

9

Clause  73,  page  64,  line  28,  leave out from ‘provide’ to end of line 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.’.

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.’.