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Public Bill Committee: 29th April 2008                  

173

 

Local Transport Bill [Lords] continued

 
 

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’.

 

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’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 29th April 2008                  

174

 

Local Transport Bill [Lords] continued

 
 

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—

 

‘(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”’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 29th April 2008                  

175

 

Local Transport Bill [Lords] continued

 
 

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.’.

 


 

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.’.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

258

 

Clause  41,  page  36,  line  20,  after ‘area’, insert ‘including actions to ease

 

congestion on a highway network.’.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 29th April 2008                  

176

 

Local Transport Bill [Lords] continued

 
 

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,’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

230

 

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

 

‘(za)    

accept the application;’.

 


 

Stephen Hammond

 

239

 

Clause  44,  page  40,  line  20,  leave out subsection (3).

 

Stephen Hammond

 

240

 

Clause  44,  page  40,  line  23,  at end insert ‘and the appropriate approval authority’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

241

 

Clause  44,  page  40,  line  24,  leave out subsections (5) and (6) and insert—

 

‘(5)    

The traffic commissioner shall decide whether to accept or reject the

 

application.’.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 29th April 2008                  

177

 

Local Transport Bill [Lords] continued

 
 

Stephen Hammond

 

242

 

Clause  47,  page  41,  line  26,  leave out subsection (2).

 


 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

259

 

Clause  51,  page  45,  line  6,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

 


 

Stephen Hammond

 

243

 

Clause  54,  page  47,  line  33,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

In subsection (2)(b) after “permit”, insert “or has undertaken such training for

 

drivers of vehicles for the purpose of community transport as the Secretary of

 

State shall by order define.”.

 

(4B)    

In subsection (2) after paragraph (c) insert—

 

“(d)    

the driver is not employed by, nor is the vehicle owned by, an operator

 

whose annual turnover is more than £150,000 per annum, or such higher

 

amount as the Secretary of State may by order define.”’.

 


 

Stephen Hammond

 

244

 

Clause  57,  page  49,  line  14,  leave out from ‘to’ to end of line 20 and insert ‘the

 

licence mentioned in subsection (1) above’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

245

 

Clause  57,  page  49,  line  21,  leave out ‘conditions are’ and insert ‘condition is’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

246

 

Clause  57,  page  49,  line  25,  leave out paragraph (b).

 

Stephen Hammond

 

253

 

Clause  57,  page  50,  line  8,  leave out from ‘to’ to ‘a’ in line 9 and insert ‘the licence

 

mentioned in subsection (5) above’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 29th April 2008                  

178

 

Local Transport Bill [Lords] continued

 
 

Stephen Hammond

 

254

 

Clause  57,  page  50,  leave out lines 11 to 17.

 


 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

260

 

Clause  58,  page  51,  line  25,  leave out from ‘and’ to end of line 27 and insert ‘to the

 

local traffic authority’.

 


 

Stephen Hammond

 

247

 

Clause  59,  page  53,  line  5,  leave out from ‘money’ to end of line 7.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

248

 

Clause  59,  page  53,  line  30,  leave out from ‘to’ to ‘, and’ in line 31 and insert ‘the

 

appropriate local authority’.

 


 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

261

 

Clause  61,  page  54,  line  26,  at end insert—

 

‘(2)    

After subsection (1)(vii) insert—

 

“(viia)    

to require operators of public passenger services (within the

 

meaning of section 9A) to display within any vehicle or premises

 

used for providing those services information appropriate to

 

enable users of those services to make representations (including

 

complaints) about them to the Executive.

 

(viib)    

as a result of any representations (including complaints) it has

 

received from users of public passenger services pursuant to

 

subsection (1)(viia), to make and publish recommendations or

 

representations in such manner and to such persons as the

 

Executive sees fit.”’.

 

Graham Stringer

 

Ian Stewart

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

128

 

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


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 29th April 2008                  

179

 

Local Transport Bill [Lords] continued

 
 

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;”’.

 


 

Stephen Hammond

 

249

 

Clause  62,  page  55,  line  17,  leave out ‘particular standard’ and insert ‘standard

 

equivalent to the minimum standard of other services within the relevant integrated

 

transport area’.

 


 

Stephen Hammond

 

250

 

Clause  63,  page  55,  line  30,  leave out ‘particular standard’ and insert ‘standard

 

equivalent to the minimum standard of other services within the relevant area’.

 


 

Stephen Hammond

 

251

 

Clause  64,  page  56,  line  3,  leave out ‘particular standard’ and insert ‘standard

 

equivalent to the minimum standard of other services within Wales’.

 



 
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