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House of Commons

 
 

Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Thursday 4 June 2009

 

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s):

 

Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [Lords] Committee 1 and 3

 

Public Bill Committee


 

Local Democracy, Economic Development and

 

Construction Bill [Lords]

 

John Healey

 

To move, That the Bill be considered in the following order; Clauses 1 to 52; Schedule

 

1; Clause 53; Schedule 2; Clauses 54 to 61; Schedule 3; Clauses 62 to 64; Schedule 4;

 

Clauses 65 to 82; Schedule 5; Clauses 83 to 116; Schedule 6; Clauses 117 to 142;

 

Schedule 7; Clauses 143 to 146; new Clauses; new Schedules; remaining proceedings on

 

the Bill.

 

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.

 

 

Referendums

 

Graham Stringer

 

NC2

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

A principal local authority must provide a facility for the holding of

 

referendums—

 

(a)    

in electronic form, or

 

(b)    

in such other manner as the authority considers appropriate.

 

(2)    

A principal local authority must give reasons for not granting a request to use the

 

facility provided by it under this section for the holding of a referendum.

 

(3)    

A principal local authority must make a scheme (a “referendum scheme”) for the

 

holding of a referendum.


 
 

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Local Democracy, Economic Development and -[ [], continued

 
 

(4)    

A referendum scheme must be approved at a meeting of the authority before it

 

comes into force.

 

(5)    

A principal local authority must publish its referendum scheme—

 

(a)    

on its website, and

 

(b)    

in such other manner as the authority considers appropriate for bringing

 

the scheme to the attention of persons who live, work or study in its area.

 

(6)    

A principal local authority may at any time revise its referendum scheme (and

 

subsections (3) and (4) apply in relation to any scheme which is revised under this

 

subsection).

 

(7)    

A principal local authority must comply with its referendum scheme.

 

(8)    

Subject to that, nothing in this Chapter affects the powers or duties of a principal

 

local authority in relation to any referendum held.’.

 

Penalties

 

Graham Stringer

 

NC3

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

A principal local authority commits an offence by failing to comply with a duty

 

imposed on it by virtue of Chapter 1 or 2 of Part 1.

 

(2)    

A principal local authority found guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is

 

liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100,000.’.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

2

 

Page  1,  line  6,  leave out Clause 1.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

3

 

Page  2,  line  20,  leave out Clause 2.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

4

 

Page  4,  line  22,  leave out Clause 3.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

5

 

Page  4,  line  40,  leave out Clause 4.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

6

 

Page  5,  line  4,  leave out Clause 5.


 
 

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Local Democracy, Economic Development and -[ [], continued

 
 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

7

 

Page  5,  line  38,  leave out Clause 6.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

8

 

Page  6,  line  6,  leave out Clause 7.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

9

 

Page  6,  line  10,  leave out Clause 8.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

10

 

Page  6,  line  19,  leave out Clause 9.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

11

 

Page  6,  line  32,  leave out Clause 10.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

12

 

Page  7,  line  12,  leave out Clause 11.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

13

 

Page  7,  line  29,  leave out Clause 12.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

14

 

Page  8,  line  7,  leave out Clause 13.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

15

 

Page  8,  line  17,  leave out Clause 14.


 
 

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Local Democracy, Economic Development and -[ [], continued

 
 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

16

 

Page  9,  line  39,  leave out Clause 15.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

17

 

Page  10,  line  7,  leave out Clause 16.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

18

 

Page  11,  line  27,  leave out Clause 17.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

19

 

Page  12,  line  16,  leave out Clause 18.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

20

 

Page  12,  line  28,  leave out Clause 19.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

21

 

Page  13,  line  7,  leave out Clause 20.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

22

 

Page  13,  line  30,  leave out Clause 21.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

23

 

Page  14,  line  5,  leave out Clause 22.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

24

 

Page  14,  line  37,  leave out Clause 23.


 
 

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Local Democracy, Economic Development and -[ [], continued

 
 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

25

 

Page  16,  line  10,  leave out Clause 24.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

26

 

Clause  25,  page  16,  line  36,  leave out paragraph (b).

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

27

 

Clause  25,  page  16,  line  40,  leave out paragraph (b).

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

28

 

Clause  25,  page  17,  line  3,  leave out paragraph (b).

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

29

 

Page  18,  line  20,  leave out Clause 27.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

30

 

Page  22,  line  32,  leave out Clause 28.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

31

 

Page  23,  line  40,  leave out Clause 29.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

32

 

Page  24,  line  17,  leave out Clause 30.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

33

 

Clause  31,  page  25,  line  12,  leave out ‘The Secretary of State may by regulations’

 

and insert ‘local authorities may’.


 
 

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Local Democracy, Economic Development and -[ [], continued

 
 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

34

 

Clause  31,  page  25,  line  36,  leave out ‘regulations’ and insert ‘arrangements’.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

35

 

Clause  31,  page  26,  line  19,  leave out ‘Regulations’ and insert ‘Arrangements’.

 

Mr Paul Goodman

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Mr Philip Dunne

 

36

 

Clause  31,  page  26,  line  26,  leave out ‘have regard to any guidance issued by the

 

Secretary of State’.

 

Julia Goldsworthy

 

Dan Rogerson

 

37

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  10,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

the duty of members of the authority as democratically elected

 

representatives;’.

 

Julia Goldsworthy

 

Dan Rogerson

 

38

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  26,  after ‘with’, insert ‘the statutory provisions of’.

 

Julia Goldsworthy

 

Dan Rogerson

 

39

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  27,  after ‘Chapter’, insert—

 

‘(a)    

prevents a principal local authority from relaxing the requirements of its

 

petition schemes so as to apply it more widely than is required by this

 

Chapter of the scheme, or

 

(b)    

’.

 

Julia Goldsworthy

 

Dan Rogerson

 

40

 

Clause  12,  page  7,  line  36,  after ‘enactment’, insert ‘or relates to a planning or

 

licensing application’.

 

Julia Goldsworthy

 

Dan Rogerson

 

41

 

Clause  12,  page  7,  line  36,  after ‘enactment’, insert ‘or relates to a planning or

 

licensing application, or to a matter on which the authority is at the time of the

 

presentation of the petition, carrying out a formal consultation process in which the

 

petition may be included’.


 
 

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Local Democracy, Economic Development and -[ [], continued

 
 

Julia Goldsworthy

 

Dan Rogerson

 

42

 

Clause  14,  page  9,  line  23,  after ‘to’, insert ‘the appropriate cabinet member or

 

leader of’.

 

Julia Goldsworthy

 

Dan Rogerson

 

43

 

Clause  14,  page  8,  line  43,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

A principal local authority’s petition scheme must secure that where a petition is

 

made to the authority that relates to matters set out by the appropriate national

 

authority under section 14(4)(a) or by the Secretary of State under section

 

14(4)(b), the authority must within the specified period—

 

(a)    

forward the petition to the relevant department of state it considers

 

responsible for the matters,

 

(b)    

notify the petition organiser in writing of this and of the authority’s

 

reasons for doing so, and

 

(c)    

publish a notification on the authority’s website.’.

 

Julia Goldsworthy

 

Dan Rogerson

 

44

 

Clause  144,  page  87,  line  3,  leave out ‘Chapters 1 and 2’ and insert ‘Chapter 1’.

 

Julia Goldsworthy

 

Dan Rogerson

 

45

 

Clause  144,  page  87,  line  6,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Chapter 2 shall not come into force until an Act of Parliament has been

 

passed placing duties on central government departments to make,

 

publicise, and comply with a scheme for handling both paper and

 

electronic petitions.’.

 

Julia Goldsworthy

 

Dan Rogerson

 

46

 

Page  9,  line  39,  leave out Clause 15.

 

Julia Goldsworthy

 

Dan Rogerson

 

47

 

Clause  16,  page  10,  line  22,  leave out from ‘means’ to end of line 25.

 

Julia Goldsworthy

 

Dan Rogerson

 

48

 

Clause  19,  page  12,  line  29,  leave out subsection (1).

 

Julia Goldsworthy

 

Dan Rogerson

 

49

 

Clause  19,  page  12,  line  31,  leave out from beginning to ‘guidance’.


 
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