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Consideration of Bill: 27th October 2008                

3423

 

Local Transport Bill [Lords], continued

 
 

Secretary Geoff Hoon

 

107

 

Page  5,  [Clause  3],  leave out line 33 and insert—

 

‘(d)    

such of the other traffic commissioners as the senior traffic commissioner

 

considers appropriate;’.

 

Secretary Geoff Hoon

 

108

 

Page  5,  line  37  [Clause  3],  leave out ‘thinks fit’ and insert ‘considers appropriate’.

 

Secretary Geoff Hoon

 

109

 

Page  5,  line  37  [Clause  3],  at end insert—

 

‘(ee)    

such organisations representative of the interests of users of public

 

passenger transport services as the senior traffic commissioner considers

 

appropriate;’.

 

Secretary Geoff Hoon

 

110

 

Page  5,  line  40  [Clause  3],  leave out ‘thinks fit’ and insert ‘considers appropriate’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mrs Theresa Villiers

 

Jeremy Wright

 

2

 

Page  5,  line  40  [Clause  3],  at end insert—

 

‘(g)    

the Public Transport Users’ Committee and such organisations

 

representative of passengers as the senior traffic commissioner sees fit;’.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

28

 

Page  5,  line  40  [Clause  3],  at end insert—

 

‘(g)    

the Rail Passengers’ Council and such organisations representative of

 

passengers as the senior traffic commissioner thinks appropriate;’.

 

Secretary Geoff Hoon

 

111

 

Page  5,  line  41  [Clause  3],  leave out ‘thinks fit’ and insert ‘considers appropriate’.

 


 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

281

 

Page  6,  line  37  [Clause  4],  leave out ‘and Wales’.

 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

282

 

Page  6,  line  39  [Clause  4],  leave out ‘and Wales’.


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 27th October 2008                

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Local Transport Bill [Lords], continued

 
 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

283

 

Page  6,  line  41  [Clause  4],  leave out ‘and Wales’.

 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

284

 

Page  6,  line  43  [Clause  4],  leave out ‘and Wales’.

 


 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

285

 

Page  7,  line  4  [Clause  4],  leave out ‘and Wales’.

 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

286

 

Page  7,  line  8  [Clause  4],  leave out ‘and Wales’.

 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

287

 

Page  7,  line  11  [Clause  4],  leave out ‘and Wales’.

 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

288

 

Page  7,  line  14  [Clause  4],  leave out ‘and Wales’.

 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

289

 

Page  7,  line  17  [Clause  4],  leave out ‘and Wales’.

 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

290

 

Page  7,  line  24  [Clause  4],  after ‘Scotland’, insert ‘and Wales’.

 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

291

 

Page  7,  line  27  [Clause  4],  after ‘Area’, insert ‘and Welsh Traffic Area’.

 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

292

 

Page  7,  line  30  [Clause  4],  leave out ‘and Wales’.


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 27th October 2008                

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Local Transport Bill [Lords], continued

 
 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

293

 

Page  7,  line  33  [Clause  4],  leave out ‘and Wales’.

 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

294

 

Page  7,  line  40  [Clause  4],  leave out ‘and Wales’.

 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

295

 

Page  7,  line  43  [Clause  4],  after ‘Scotland’, insert ‘and Wales’.

 


 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

296

 

Page  8,  line  3  [Clause  4],  leave out ‘and Wales’ and insert ‘, for the Welsh Traffic

 

area’.

 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

297

 

Page  8,  line  5  [Clause  5],  leave out ‘and Wales’.

 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

298

 

Page  8,  line  7  [Clause  5],  leave out ‘and Wales’.

 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

299

 

Page  8,  line  15  [Clause  5],  leave out ‘and Wales’.

 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

300

 

Page  8,  line  20  [Clause  5],  leave out ‘and Wales’.

 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

301

 

Page  8,  line  26  [Clause  5],  leave out ‘and Wales’.

 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

302

 

Page  8,  line  31  [Clause  5],  leave out ‘and Wales’.


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 27th October 2008                

3426

 

Local Transport Bill [Lords], continued

 
 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

303

 

Page  8,  line  43  [Clause  5],  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

Any existing traffic commissioner for the Welsh Traffic Area—

 

(a)    

on the relevant commencement, becomes instead the Welsh traffic

 

commissioner with all the powers and duties of that commissioner,

 

(b)    

holds that office on the terms and conditions that applied to the traffic

 

commissioner immediately before the relevant commencement, and

 

(c)    

is subject to paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the PPVA 1981 (grounds for

 

dismissal), as amended by section 4, as from the coming into force of that

 

amendment.’.

 


 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

304

 

Page  9,  line  14  [Clause  5],  leave out ‘and Wales’.

 

Adam Price

 

Hywel Williams

 

305

 

Page  9,  line  17  [Clause  5],  leave out ‘and Wales’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mrs Theresa Villiers

 

Jeremy Wright

 

3

 

Page  9,  line  25  [Clause  6],  leave out paragraph (a).

 

Secretary Geoff Hoon

 

112

 

Page  9,  line  30  [Clause  6],  after ‘any’, insert ‘provision of this Act or any other’.

 


 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

21

 

Page  10,  line  17  [Clause  8],  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

In subsection (1)(a) after “area,”, insert “including measures to minimise anti-

 

social behaviour on public transport,”’.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

22

 

Page  10,  line  17  [Clause  8],  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

In subsection (1)(a) leave out second “and” and insert—

 

“(aa)    

develop a programme to audit and deliver a reduction in road

 

traffic signs in their area, and”’.


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 27th October 2008                

3427

 

Local Transport Bill [Lords], continued

 
 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mrs Theresa Villiers

 

Jeremy Wright

 

4

 

Page  10,  line  22  [Clause  8],  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

after “transportation”, insert “, delivery and collection”’.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

20

 

Page  10,  line  22  [Clause  8],  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

after “pedestrians”, insert “and users of public transport.”’.

 

Secretary Geoff Hoon

 

313

 

Page  10,  line  31  [Clause  8],  leave out from ‘government’ to ‘with’ in line 34 and

 

insert ‘, and

 

(b)    

to have regard to any guidance issued for the purposes of this paragraph

 

by the Secretary of State,

 

    

with respect to mitigation of, or adaptation to, climate change or otherwise’.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

18

 

Page  10,  line  35  [Clause  8],  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

to take into account any annual targets for the reduction of carbon

 

emissions announced by Her Majesty’s Government and promote low

 

carbon transport.’.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

19

 

Page  10,  line  35  [Clause  8],  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

to reduce aggregate emissions of greenhouse gases from local transport

 

activities, taking Government targets as defined in legislation and

 

guidance as a minimum.’.

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

Dr Phyllis Starkey

 

Kerry McCarthy

 

102

 

Page  10,  line  35  [Clause  8],  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

to ensure that the authority’s local transport policies (taken as a whole)

 

contribute to the mitigation of climate change.’.

 


 

Secretary Geoff Hoon

 

113

 

Page  11  [Clause  9],  leave out line 20 and insert ‘an authority other than an Integrated

 

Transport Authority must’.


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 27th October 2008                

3428

 

Local Transport Bill [Lords], continued

 
 

Secretary Geoff Hoon

 

114

 

Page  11  [Clause  9],  leave out lines 30 and 31.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

24

 

Page  11,  line  31  [Clause  9],  at end insert—

 

‘(2AA)    

in preparing their response to a consultation of a county council that is a local

 

transport authority under subsection (2A), a district council must consult the

 

councils of the towns and parishes of the county (if any),’.

 

Secretary Geoff Hoon

 

115

 

Page  11  [Clause  9],  leave out line 33 and insert ‘an Integrated Transport Authority

 

must consult—’.

 

Secretary Geoff Hoon

 

116

 

Page  11  [Clause  9],  leave out lines 46 and 47.

 

Secretary Geoff Hoon

 

117

 

Page  11,  line  47  [Clause  9],  at end insert—

 

‘(2C)    

In preparing their local transport plan, and in keeping it under review, the

 

authority must consult such of the following persons as they consider

 

appropriate—

 

(a)    

operators of any network or station, or of any railway services, in

 

their area;

 

(b)    

operators or providers of other transport services in their area, or

 

organisations appearing to the authority to be representative of

 

the interests of such persons;

 

(c)    

organisations appearing to the authority to be representative of

 

the interests of users of transport services and facilities in their

 

area;

 

    

and must also consult any other persons whom they consider appropriate.

 

(2D)    

Any expression which is used in subsection (2C)(a) or (b) and in Part 1

 

of the Railways Act 1993 has the meaning given in that Part, taking

 

“railway” to have its wider meaning (see section 81 of that Act).”.’.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

25

 

Page  11,  line  47  [Clause  9],  at end insert—

 

‘(2BA)    

in responding to a consultation of an Integrated Transport Authority under

 

subsection (2B) a district council must consult the councils of the towns and

 

parishes in the county (if any)’.

 



 
 

Consideration of Bill: 27th October 2008                

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Local Transport Bill [Lords], continued

 
 

Secretary Geoff Hoon

 

118

 

Page  13,  line  19  [Clause  12],  leave out subsection (6) and insert—

 

‘(6)    

In section 198(2) of that Act (interpretation of certain references to authority’s

 

local transport plan)—

 

(a)    

for “local transport plan” (in the first place) substitute “local transport

 

policies”;

 

(b)    

for “the local transport plan made jointly by” substitute “the local

 

transport policies of”;

 

(c)    

omit the words from “and the councils” to the end.’.

 


 

Graham Stringer

 

103

 

Page  17,  line  25  [Clause  18],  at end insert ‘which must not be less than 12

 

months.’.

 

Secretary Geoff Hoon

 

119

 

Page  17,  line  49  [Clause  18],  leave out ‘the Secretary of State’ and insert ‘the

 

appropriate national authority’.

 


 

Secretary Geoff Hoon

 

120

 

Page  18,  line  1  [Clause  18],  leave out ‘the Secretary of State’ and insert ‘the

 

appropriate national authority’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mrs Theresa Villiers

 

Jeremy Wright

 

5

 

Page  18,  line  15  [Clause  19],  after ‘relates’, insert ‘which are greater than those

 

that would pertain under existing arrangements,’.

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mrs Theresa Villiers

 

Jeremy Wright

 

6

 

Page  18,  line  22  [Clause  19],  leave out paragraph (e) and insert—

 

‘(e)    

there are shown to be no adverse effects of the proposed scheme on

 

operators or on persons living or working in the area to which the

 

proposed scheme relates’.

 

Secretary Geoff Hoon

 

163

 

Page  18,  line  27  [Clause  19],  leave out subsection (3) and insert—

 

‘(3)    

For subsection (2) (need to comply with notice and consultation requirements and

 

obtain approval of appropriate national authority) substitute—


 
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