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Public Bill Committee: 24th April 2008
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(iv)
representatives of local groups representing disabled people,’.

Stephen Hammond

55

Clause  20,  page  18,  line  39,  leave out ‘reasons’ and insert ‘evidence indicating’.

Stephen Hammond

56

Clause  20,  page  19,  line  7,  at end insert—

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

Stephen Hammond

57

Clause  20,  page  19,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘(c)
an outline of the evidence of why the proposed scheme will provide a

substantial improvement to the relevant service or services in comparison

to the current service or services or the service or services that could be

provided under a quality partnership scheme.’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

146

Clause  20,  page  19,  line  21,  at end insert—

‘(4A)
In subsection (3) after paragraph (f) insert—

“(g)
either operators of rail services which are provided within the authority’s

area or organisations appearing to the authority to be representative of

such operators,

(h)
any relevant rail infrastructure manager, and”.’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

107

Clause  21,  page  19,  line  29,  leave out ‘amended as follows’ and insert ‘omitted’.

Stephen Hammond

58

Clause  21,  page  19,  line  36,  leave out from ‘England’ to end of line 39 and insert

‘and Wales, an approvals board for England and Wales.’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

195

Page  19,  line  28,  leave Clause 21.

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Stephen Hammond

59

Clause  22,  page  20,  line  3,  after ‘England’, insert ‘and Wales’.

Stephen Hammond

60

Clause  22,  page  20,  line  4,  leave out ‘for England’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

156

Clause  22,  page  20,  line  9,  at end insert ‘, one of whom shall be a representative of

users of local transport.’.

Stephen Hammond

61

Clause  22,  page  20,  line  31,  leave out subsection (8).

Stephen Hammond

62

Clause  22,  page  20,  line  33,  at end insert—

‘( )
The Secretary of State shall at all times keep a panel of persons who may be

appointed under subsection 2(b).

( )
The panel shall consist of at least 15 persons.

( )
Membership of the panel shall be open to any person who is considered to have

relevant experience of the bus industry, passenger user groups or local transport

governance.

( )
The persons who are to be appointed under subsection 2(b) are those that the

Secretary of State considers most appropriate in all the circumstances of the

particular case.’.

Ms Rosie Winterton

2

Clause  22,  page  20,  line  38,  leave out subsection (2).

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

108

Page  20,  line  1,  leave out Clause 22.

Stephen Hammond

63

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  3,  after ‘England’, insert ‘Wales’.

Stephen Hammond

64

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  6,  leave out ‘for England’.

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Stephen Hammond

65

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  9,  leave out from ‘The’ to end of line 10 and insert

‘regulations of the board shall include—’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

157

Clause  23,  page  21,  line  11,  leave out ‘approval’ and insert ‘consideration’.

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’.

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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’.

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’.

Public Bill Committee: 24th April 2008
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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.

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’.

Public Bill Committee: 24th April 2008
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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).

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)’.

Public Bill Committee: 24th April 2008
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Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

111

Page  23,  line  24,  leave out Clause 25.

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’.