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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 20 January 2009

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Business Rate Supplements Bill


 

[First and Second Sittings]


 

Mr Sadiq Khan

 

Agreed to

 

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 Proceedings: 20 January 2009        

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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

 

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

 

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

 

Agreed to

 


 

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.

 

Agreed to

 


 

 

The following witnesses gave oral evidence:

 


 

Jane Milne, Director of Business Environment, and

 

Tom Ironside, Policy Executive—Local Government and Taxation, British Retail Consortium;

 


 

David Frost, Director-General, British Chambers of Commerce;

 


 

Karen Dee, Head of Infrastructure, and

 

Julian Lyon, Manager, European Real Estates, General Motors Corporation, and Chair of the CBI

 

Property Group, Confederation of British Industry;

 


 

Dr Julie Grail, Chief Executive, British Business Improvement Districts;

 


 

Blake Penfold, Chair, and

 

Jerry Schurder, Panel Member, Rating and Local Taxation Policy Panel, Royal Institution of

 

Chartered Surveyors;

 


 

Councillor Keith Ross, Leader of the LGA Independent Group, and

 

Councillor Stephen Knight, Deputy Leader of Richmond upon Thames Council, Local Government

 

Association.

 

 

[Adjourned till Thursday at 9.00 a.m.


 
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