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House of Commons

Tuesday 16 June 2009

Public Bill Committee

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

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

Local Democracy, Economic Development and

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Construction Bill [Lords]

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Note

The Amendments have been arranged according to the Order of the Committee

[9 June 2009].

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

99

Clause  67,  page  50,  line  13,  at end insert—

‘( )	the Secretary of State shall undertake a review of the existing regional

boundaries as currently defined within 6 months of the commencement

of the Act.’.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

100

Clause  67,  page  50,  line  16,  after first ‘the’, insert ‘sustainable’.

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Mr Peter Kilfoyle

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

John Austin

72

Clause  67,  page  50,  line  19,  leave out from ‘(b)’ to end of line 20 and insert ‘must

be designed so as to ensure that the regional strategy as a whole—

(a)	contributes to the mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change; and

(b)	is consistent with the proposals and policies prepared by the Secretary of

State under section 13(1) of the Climate Change Act 2008.’.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

101

Clause  67,  page  50,  line  35,  at end insert—

‘(9)	Prior to the regional strategy being approved for a region it must be passed by a

vote at all participating authorities within the region.’.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

65

Page  50,  line  12,  leave out Clause 67.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

102

Clause  68,  page  51,  line  3,  leave out ‘must’ and insert ‘may’.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

103

Clause  68,  page  51,  line  4,  after second ‘a’, insert ‘representative’.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

104

Clause  68,  page  51,  line  5,  leave out ‘(whether or not incorporated)’.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

105

Clause  68,  page  51,  line  6,  after ‘is’, insert ‘for the purposes of this Act’.

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Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

106

Clause  68,  page  51,  line  6,  leave out ‘Leaders’ Board’ and insert ‘Responsible

Regional Authority.’.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

107

Clause  68,  page  51,  line  23,  leave out ‘a Leaders’ Board’ and insert ‘the

Responsible Regional Authority.’.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

108

Clause  68,  page  51,  line  24,  leave out ‘Leaders’ Board’ and insert ‘Responsible

Regional Authority.’.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

109

Clause  68,  page  51,  line  26,  leave out subsection (8).

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

110

Clause  68,  page  51,  line  32,  leave out ‘Leaders’ Board’ and insert ‘the Responsible

Regional Authority.’.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

66

Page  51,  line  2,  leave out Clause 68.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

67

Page  51,  line  37,  leave out Clause 69.

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Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

76

Page  52,  line  3,  leave out Clause 70.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

68

Clause  71,  page  52,  line  21,  leave out subsections (4) and (5).

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

111

Clause  71,  page  52,  line  21,  leave out subsection (4).

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

77

Page  52,  line  13,  leave out Clause 71.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

112

Clause  72,  page  52,  line  32,  leave out from ‘must’ to end of line 35 and insert

‘consult with payers of domestic and non-domestic rates and their elected representatives

and prepare and publish a statement of their policies as to how they will involve the public

in this process.’.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

115

Clause  72,  page  52,  line  35,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

A statement under subsection (1) must include policies as to the involvement of

each of the following authorities whose area falls wholly or partly within the

region—

(a)	a county council;

(b)	a metropolitan district council;

(c)	a district council for an area for which there is no county council;

(d)	a National Park authority;

(e)	the Broads Authority;

(f)	the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

(g)	parish councils.’.

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Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

113

Clause  72,  page  52,  line  36,  leave out subsection (2).

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

114

Clause  72,  page  53,  line  1,  leave out subsection (3).

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

78

Page  52,  line  30,  leave out Clause 72.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

116

Clause  73,  page  53,  line  4,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

117

Clause  73,  page  53,  line  16,  leave out subsection (5).

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

79

Page  53,  line  3,  leave out Clause 73.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

80

Page  53,  line  38,  leave out Clause 74.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

118

Clause  75,  page  54,  line  27,  leave out subsection (2).

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Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

55

Clause  75,  page  54,  line  31,  leave out subsection (3) and insert—

‘(3)	If after proceedings under subsection (2)(b) the Secretary of State proposes to

make any modifications to the draft they must publish—

(a)	the changes proposed,

(b)	the reasons for doing so.

(3A)	Any person may make representations on the proposed changes.’.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

119

Clause  75,  page  54,  line  31,  leave out subsection (3).

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

120

Clause  75,  page  54,  line  36,  leave out subsection (4).

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

56

Clause  75,  page  54,  line  44,  at end insert ‘including the reasons for making any

changes to the submitted draft revision.’.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

81

Page  54,  line  22,  leave out Clause 75.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

69

Page  55,  line  2,  leave out Clause 76

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

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

83

Page  55,  line  22,  leave out Clause 77.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

84

Page  56,  line  2,  leave out Clause 78.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

85

Page  56,  line  16,  leave out Clause 79.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

122

Clause  80,  page  56,  line  31,  leave out ‘its’ and insert ‘the’.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

91

Clause  80,  page  56,  line  31,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

The functions referred to in subsection (1) above shall include its duty under

subsection (3) of section 6B of the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998

(Delegation of functions by regional development agencies) to propose

delegations of certain of its functions to one or more local authorities in its area.’.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

123

Clause  80,  page  56,  line  31,  at end insert ‘or regions which it covers’.

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Revised 16 June 2009