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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 6th May 2008

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Local Transport Bill [Lords]

 

[seventh and eighth Sittings]

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

Not called  158

 

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

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Not called  66

 

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

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Not called  67

 

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

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

Not called  159

 

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

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Not called  68

 

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

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

Not called  160

 

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

 

recommendations’.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

Not called  161

 

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

 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 6th May 2008            

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Local Transport Bill [Lords] continued

 
 

Stephen Hammond

 

Not called  69

 

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

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

Not called  162

 

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

 

recommendations’.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

Not called  163

 

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

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

Not called  164

 

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

 

its recommendations’.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

Not called  165

 

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

 

recommendations’.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

Not called  166

 

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

 

recommendations’.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

Not called  167

 

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

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Not called  70

 

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

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

Not called  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

 

Not selected  109

 

Page  21,  line  1,  leave out Clause 23.

 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 6th May 2008            

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Local Transport Bill [Lords] continued

 
 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Not called  71

 

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

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Not called  72

 

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

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Withdrawn  73

 

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

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Not called  74

 

Clause  24,  page  22,  leave out line 25.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Withdrawn  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

 

Withdrawn  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

 

Not selected  110

 

Page  22,  line  11,  leave out Clause 24.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

Not called  170

 

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

 

contract scheme’.

 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 6th May 2008            

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Local Transport Bill [Lords] continued

 
 

Stephen Hammond

 

Not called  77

 

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

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Not called  78

 

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

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

Not called  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

 

Not called  79

 

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

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

Not moved  172

 

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

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

Not called  173

 

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

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Not called  198

 

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

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

Not called  174

 

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

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Not called  199

 

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

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

Not called  175

 

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

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Not called  200

 

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

 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 6th May 2008            

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Local Transport Bill [Lords] continued

 
 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

Not called  176

 

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

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Not called  201

 

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

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

Not called  177

 

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

 

Graham Stringer

 

Ian Stewart

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

Not selected  111

 

Page  23,  line  24,  leave out Clause 25.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Graham Stringer

 

Ian Stewart

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

Not moved  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

 

Not called  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

 

Not called  113

 

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

 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 6th May 2008            

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Local Transport Bill [Lords] continued

 
 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

Withdrawn  192

 

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

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Not called  202

 

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

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Not called  203

 

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

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

Not called  179

 

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

 

‘authority proposing to make the scheme’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Not called  204

 

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

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Negatived on division  255

 

Clause  26,  page  25,  line  28,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

In subsection (2), in paragraph (c) (maximum period for which scheme to remain

 

in operation), for “ten” substitute “five”.’.

 

Graham Stringer

 

Ian Stewart

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

Not called  116

 

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

 

‘for “must not be more than ten years” substitute “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

 

Not called  256

 

Clause  26,  page  25,  line  30,  leave out ‘ten’ and insert ‘five’.

 

Graham Stringer

 

Ian Stewart

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

Not called  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).’.

 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 6th May 2008            

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Local Transport Bill [Lords] continued

 
 

Stephen Hammond

 

Withdrawn  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

 

Not called  114

 

Clause  26,  page  26,  line  3,  leave out ‘periods specified in subsection (1), (1A) or’

 

and insert ‘the period mentioned in subsection’.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

Not called  193

 

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

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 27 and 28 Agreed to.

 

 

Graham Stringer

 

Ian Stewart

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

Withdrawn  127

 

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

 

‘(3)    

Subsection (2) is omitted.’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Not selected  207

 

Page  26,  line  31,  leave out Clause 29.

 

Clause Agreed to on division.

 

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Not selected  208

 

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

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Not called  209

 

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

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Not called  210

 

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

 

‘(ba)    

supply a copy of that document to—

 
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