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House of Commons

Thursday 8th May 2008

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Local Transport Bill [Lords]

[ninth and tenth Sittings]

Mr Dave Watts

That the Order of the Committee [22nd April] be varied as follows: in paragraph 1(e),

for ‘1.00 p.m.’ substitute ‘1.10 p.m.’.

Agreed to

Stephen Hammond

Withdrawn  273

Clause  73,  page  64,  line  6,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
An order may be made only if all of the constituent councils of the proposed ITA

have approved the scheme by means of—

(a)
a resolution, and

(b)
a public referendum.’.

Graham Stringer

Withdrawn  9

Clause  73,  page  64,  leave out lines 29 to 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.’.

Stephen Hammond

Not called  274

Clause  73,  page  64,  line  29,  leave out ‘for a majority of’.

Stephen Hammond

Negatived on division  275

Clause  73,  page  64,  line  32,  at end insert ‘, and

(c)
for those members to be appointed from among the members of the

different political parties represented in the constituent councils, in such

numbers as to be proportionate to the representation of political parties

on those councils’.

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Local Transport Bill [Lords], continued

Stephen Hammond

Withdrawn  276

Clause  73,  page  64,  line  38,  leave out ‘and’ and insert—

‘(aa)
the Public Transport Users’ Committee for England,

(ab)
the Rail Passengers’ Council, and’.

Graham Stringer

Not called  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

Not called  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.’.

Graham Stringer

Not called  12

Clause  73,  page  64,  line  40,  at end insert—

‘(10A)
Where a majority 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

Not called  13

Clause  73,  page  64,  line  45,  at end insert—

‘(11A)
The Secretary of State shall not make an order under this section unless a

referendum of all electors within the boundaries of a proposed integrated

transport area has been held and a majority of electors are in favour of the

establishment of an integrated transport area.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Stephen Hammond

Withdrawn  277

Clause  74,  page  65,  line  25,  leave out ‘and’.

Stephen Hammond

Not called  278

Clause  74,  page  65,  line  26,  at end insert ‘and

(c)
the cost effectiveness of providing transport within the area,’.

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Local Transport Bill [Lords], continued

Clause Agreed to.

Stephen Hammond

Not called  279

Clause  75,  page  66,  line  10,  at end insert ‘and

(c)
the cost effectiveness of providing transport within the area.’.

Stephen Hammond

Not called  280

Clause  75,  page  66,  line  28,  at end insert ‘and

(c)
the cost effectiveness of providing transport within the area.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

Withdrawn  131

Clause  76,  page  66,  line  31,  leave out ‘one’ and insert ‘two’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

Not called  132

Clause  76,  page  66,  line  31,  after ‘may’, insert ‘in conjunction with the relevant

ITA,’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

Not called  133

Clause  76,  page  66,  leave out line 34.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

Not called  134

Clause  76,  page  67,  line  3,  leave out ‘one’ and insert ‘two’.

Stephen Hammond

Not called  281

Clause  76,  page  67,  line  7,  leave out ‘or’.

Stephen Hammond

Not called  282

Clause  76,  page  67,  line  8,  at end insert ‘and

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Local Transport Bill [Lords], continued

(c)
the cost effectiveness of providing transport within the area,’.

Clause Agreed to.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

Not called  135

Clause  77,  page  67,  line  14,  after ‘direct’, insert ‘an ITA, or’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

Not called  136

Clause  77,  page  67,  line  14,  leave out ‘one’ and insert ‘two’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

Not called  137

Clause  77,  page  67,  line  15,  after ‘description)’, insert ‘, in conjunction with the

relevant ITA,’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

Not called  138

Clause  77,  page  67,  leave out line 18.

Stephen Hammond

Not called  283

Clause  77,  page  67,  line  33,  leave out ‘or’.

Stephen Hammond

Not called  284

Clause  77,  page  67,  line  34,  at end insert ‘and

(c)
the cost effectiveness of providing transport within the area,’.

Graham Stringer

Not called  88

Clause  77,  page  67,  line  36,  at end insert ‘and must be addressed to every authority

falling within subsection (2) whose area or part of whose area lies within each integrated

transport area or proposed integrated transport area to which the direction relates.’.

Stephen Hammond

Not called  285

Clause  77,  page  68,  line  7,  at end insert ‘and

(c)
the cost effectiveness of providing transport within the area.’.

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Local Transport Bill [Lords], continued

Clause Agreed to.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

Not called  139

Clause  78,  page  68,  line  29,  after ‘member)’, insert ‘, and for the ITA to determine

what matters members of the ITA who are not elected members of the ITA’s constituent

councils may not vote on (which may include any matters relating to the funding or

expenditure of the ITA, whether of a capital or revenue nature).’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

Negatived on division  238

Clause  78,  page  68,  line  29,  after ‘member’, insert ‘, but which arrangements must

provide that members of the ITA who are not elected members of the ITA’s constituent

councils may not have a vote’.

Stephen Hammond

Not called  286

Clause  78,  page  68,  line  34,  leave out ‘for a majority of’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

Not called  140

Clause  78,  page  68,  line  35,  after ‘councils’, insert ‘from among their elected

members’.

Stephen Hammond

Not called  287

Clause  78,  page  68,  line  35,  leave out ‘and’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

Not called  141

Clause  78,  page  68,  line  36,  leave out paragraph (b) and insert—

‘(b)
for all other members of the ITA to be appointed by it (whether or not on

the nomination of any other person or body).’.

Stephen Hammond

Not called  288

Clause  78,  page  68,  line  37,  at end insert ‘, and

(c)
for those members to be appointed from among the members of the

different political parties represented in the constituent councils, in such

numbers as to be proportionate to the representation of political parties

on those councils’.

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Local Transport Bill [Lords], continued

Graham Stringer

Withdrawn  82

Clause  78,  page  68,  line  38,  leave out ‘subsection (3)’ and insert ‘subsections (3)

and (8)’.

Stephen Hammond

Withdrawn  289

Clause  78,  page  69,  line  2,  after ‘of’, insert ‘the executive of’.

Stephen Hammond

Not called  290

Clause  78,  page  69,  line  2,  leave out from ‘ITA’ to end of line 3.

Graham Stringer

Not called  83

Clause  78,  page  69,  line  22,  at end add—

‘(8)
An order under this section may be made only if each of the constituent councils

has consented to the constitutional arrangements provision, for which is to be

made in the order.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 79 Agreed to.

Mr Clive Betts

Not selected  262

Clause  80,  page  69,  line  34,  after ‘Delegation’ insert ‘transfer’.

Mr Clive Betts

Not moved  263

Clause  80,  page  69,  line  42,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
The Secretary of State may, to any extent, by order provide for the transfer, to an

ITA or an eligible local transport authority, of any function of a highway

authority or a local traffic authority—

(a)
which is exercisable by the highway authority or the local traffic

authority in relation to an area which is comprised in the ITA’s integrated

transport area or the eligible local transport authority’s area, and

(b)
which the Secretary of State considers can appropriately be transferred to

and exercised by the ITA or the eligible local transport authority.

(1B)
An order made under subsection (1A) may provide that any reference in the

Highways Act 1980 or the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to a highway

authority or a local traffic authority shall have effect as a reference to the relevant

ITA or the eligible local transport authority to whom any function of a highway

authority or a local traffic authority is transferred by that order.’.

Graham Stringer

Withdrawn  84

Clause  80,  page  70,  line  3,  at end add—

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Local Transport Bill [Lords], continued

‘(5)
An order under this section may be made only if the local authority whose

function is to be delegated by the order has consented to the delegation of that

function.’.

Mr Clive Betts

Not called  264

Clause  80,  page  70,  line  3,  at end add—

‘(5)
“Highway authority” and “ local authority” have the same meaning as they do for

the purposes of the Highways Act 1980 and the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

respectively.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Stephen Hammond

Not selected  299

Clause  81,  page  70,  line  28,  leave out ‘road’ and insert ‘highway’.

Stephen Hammond

Not selected  300

Clause  81,  page  70,  line  29,  leave out ‘road’ and insert ‘highway’.

Stephen Hammond

Not selected  301

Clause  81,  page  70,  line  30,  leave out subsection (7).

Graham Stringer

Not called  85

Clause  81,  page  71,  line  19,  at end add—

‘(13)
An order under this section may be made only if each council which would be

subject to a direction made pursuant to the order has consented to the Secretary

of State making the order.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clauses 82 and 83 Agreed to.

Mr Dave Watts

That the Order of the Committee [22nd April] be varied as follows: in paragraph (3),

for ‘4.00 p.m.’ substitute ‘6.00 p.m.’.                                 Agreed to