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House of Commons

Tuesday 20 January 2009

Public Bill Committee

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance

Business Rate Supplements Bill

Note

The amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Resolution of the

Programming Sub-Committee.

Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee

The Programming Sub-Committee appointed by the Speaker in respect of the Bill

agreed the following Resolution at its meeting on Thursday 15 January (Standing Order

No. 83C):

That—

(1)
the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 am on Tuesday

20 January meet—

(a)
at 4.00 pm on Tuesday 20 January;

(b)
at 9.00 am on Thursday 22 January;

(c)
at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 27 January;

(d)
at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 29 January;

(e)
at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 3 February;

(2)
the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following

Table—

Date
Time
Witness

Tuesday 20 January
Until no later than
British Retail

12 noon
Consortium

Tuesday 20 January
Until no later than
British Chambers of

1.00 pm
Commerce

Tuesday 20 January
Until no later than
Confederation of British

4.45 pm
Industry

Tuesday 20 January
Until no later than
British Business

5.30 pm
Improvement Districts

Tuesday 20 January
Until no later than
Royal Institution of

6.15 pm
Chartered Surveyors

Tuesday 20 January
Until no later than
Local Government

7.00 pm
Association

Thursday 22 January
Until no later than
Department for

10.25 am
Communities and Local

Government

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Business Rate Supplements Bill, continued

(3)
proceeding on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the

following order: Clauses 1 to 5; Schedule 1; Clauses 6 to 22; Schedule 2;

Clauses 23 to 32; new Clauses; new Schedules; remaining proceedings on the

Bill;

(4)
the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion at 7.00 pm on Tuesday 3 February.

Mr Sadiq Khan has given notice of his intention to make a Motion in the terms of the

Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee [Standing Order No. 83C(9)]

John Healey

That, subject to the discretion of the Chairman, any written evidence received by the

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

John Healey

That, at this and any subsequent meeting at which oral evidence is to be heard, the

Committee shall sit in private until the witnesses are admitted.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

1

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  7,  leave out ‘is’ and insert ‘and the majority of the affected

business community are’.

Public Bill Committee: 20 January 2009
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Business Rate Supplements Bill, continued

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

2

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  18,  at beginning insert ‘primary and secondary’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

3

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  26,  leave out ‘The Greater London Authority’ and insert ‘A

levying authority’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

4

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  27,  leave out ‘the Greater London Authority’ and insert ‘a

levying authority’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

5

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  21,  leave out ‘where there is to be’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

6

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  21,  leave out ‘, the ballot’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

7

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  24,  at end insert—

‘(2)
Subsection (1)(c) does not apply in relation to Crossrail.’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

8

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  35,  after ‘office’, insert ‘, and the principal offices of any

relevant billing authority,’.

Public Bill Committee: 20 January 2009
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Business Rate Supplements Bill, continued

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

9

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  6,  at end insert—

‘(d)
any parish council in the affected area.’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

10

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  32,  leave out from ‘BRS’ to end of line 42.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

11

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  8,  at end insert—

‘(6)
This section does not apply to Crossrail.’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

12

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  10,  leave out ‘If a ballot on the imposition of a BRS is held,’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

13

Clause  9,  page  5,  line  25,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must within 90 days of the

coming into force of this section’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

14

Clause  9,  page  5,  line  27,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

15

Clause  10,  page  6,  line  11,  after ‘persons’, insert ‘as specified in section 6(1)’.

Public Bill Committee: 20 January 2009
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Business Rate Supplements Bill, continued

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

16

Clause  12,  page  8,  line  21,  leave out ‘prescribed by regulations’ and insert

‘specified in subsection (1A).

(1A)
The amount is £50,000.

(1B)
The amount in subsection (1A) may be amended by regulations.’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

17

Clause  16,  page  12,  line  8,  leave out paragraphs (b) and (c).

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

18

Clause  18,  page  12,  line  41,  leave out ‘March’ and insert ‘January’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

19

Clause  24,  page  15,  line  8,  leave out ‘thinks’ and insert ‘can demonstrate’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

20

Clause  24,  page  15,  line  20,  at end insert ‘, and where it does so it—

(i)
must direct the levying authority to refund the sums received by

it in respect of the BRS or, where the levying authority is not a

billing authority, direct it to return to a billing authority that is a

lower-tier authority in relation to sums transferred to it by the

billing authority,

(ii)
must direct a billing authority that is a lower-tier authority in

relation to the levying authority to refund the sums collected by

it in respect of the BRS but not transferred to the levying

authority, and

(iii)
must direct a functional body to transfer to the levying authority

sums received by the body in respect of the BRS but not used by

it, and’.

Public Bill Committee: 20 January 2009
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Business Rate Supplements Bill, continued

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

21

Clause  24,  page  15,  line  21,  leave out paragraphs (b) to (d).

Order of the House [12 January 2009]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Business Rate Supplements Bill:

Committal

1.
The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

2.
Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 3 February 2009.

3.
The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

4.
Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

5.
Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

6.
Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

7.
Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the

Lords) may be programmed.