House of Commons Amendments

House of Commons

Session 2008 - 09
Internet Publications
Other Bills before Parliament

Public Bill Committee: 27 January 2009
32

Business Rate Supplements Bill, continued

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

31

Clause  16,  page  11,  line  43,  leave out ‘to the extent specified in the rules’.

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

32

Clause  16,  page  12,  line  4,  leave out ‘subsection (4).

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

17

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

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

33

Clause  16,  page  12,  line  9,  at end add—

‘(5)
This section does not apply to the Crossrail project.’.

Dan Rogerson

55


Clause  18,  page  12,  line  36,  leave out paragraph (c).

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

18

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

Public Bill Committee: 27 January 2009
33

Business Rate Supplements Bill, continued

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

44

Schedule  2,  page  23,  line  26,  leave out sub-paragraph (3).

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

19

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

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

34

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

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’.

Dan Rogerson

Lorely Burt

21

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

Public Bill Committee: 27 January 2009
34

Business Rate Supplements Bill, continued

Dan Rogerson

56


Clause  25,  page  16,  line  10,  leave out ‘or 45’.

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

40

Clause  28,  page  17,  line  42,  leave out subsection (3).

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

41

Clause  29,  page  18,  line  21,  leave out paragraph (b).

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

42

Clause  29,  page  18,  line  44,  leave out paragraph (b).

Robert Neill

Mr Philip Dunne

Mr Brian Binley

Mr Mark Field

Mr Lee Scott

43

Clause  30,  page  19,  line  6,  leave out paragraph (b).

Public Bill Committee: 27 January 2009
35

Business Rate Supplements Bill, continued

New Clause

BIDs: supplementary provisions

Mr Nick Raynsford

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
The 2003 Act is amended as follows.

(2)
After section 41 insert—

“41A
Additional arrangements where business rate supplement imposed

(1)
In any business improvement district where a business rate supplement

under the Business Rate Supplements Act 2009 has been imposed, a

property owner BID levy may be imposed on the owners of non-domestic

property, or a class of such owners, in the district.

(2)
A non-domestic ratepayer who is liable to pay the BID levy on a

hereditament is not liable for a property owner BID levy on that

heriditament, and may not take part in a property owner ballot in respect

of that hereditament.”

(3)
In section 46(1) (description of non-domestic ratepayers liable for BID levy to be

specified) insert at end “, and, where applicable, the description of property

owners who are to be liable.

(4)
In section 49 (BID proposals) after subsection (2) insert—

“(3)
A levy on property owners may come into force only where it is approved

by a ballot of the property owners in the proposed business improvement

district who are liable for the proposed property owner BID levy.”

(5)
In section 50 (approval in ballot) after subsection (6) insert—

“(7)
A property owner BID levy is not to be regarded as approved by a ballot

held for the purposes of section 49(3) unless the two conditions set out in

subsections (2) to (6) are satisfied.”

(6)
In section 55(2) (regulations about ballots)—

(a)
in paragraph (b) after “ ratepayers” insert “and property owners”, and

(b)
after paragraph (h) insert—

“(i)
enabling the billing authority to construct a list of all

property owners in the BID area for the purposes of

holding a property owner ballot and billing.”’.

Mr Nick Raynsford

45

Title,  line  3,  after ‘development;’, insert ‘to make provision about business improvement

districts in consequence of the imposition of a business rate supplement;’.

Order of the House [12 January 2009]

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

Public Bill Committee: 27 January 2009
36

Business Rate Supplements Bill, continued

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.

order of the committee [20 january 2009]

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

Public Bill Committee: 27 January 2009
37

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.