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House of Commons

Tuesday 9 June 2009

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Local Democracy, Economic Development and

Construction Bill [Lords]

[First and Second Sittings]

Ms Rosie Winterton

Agreed to

That—

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

9 June) meet—

(a)
at 4.30 pm on Tuesday 9 June;

(b)
at 9.30 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 11 June;

(c)
at 10.30 am and 4.30 pm on Tuesday 16 June;

(d)
at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 18 June;

(2)
the proceedings shall be taken 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;

(3)
the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion at 5.00 pm on Thursday 18 June.

Ms Rosie Winterton

Agreed to

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

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

Withdrawn  37

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

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‘( )
the duty of members of the authority as democratically elected

representatives;’.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

Not selected  2

Page  1,  line  6,  leave out Clause 1.

Clause Agreed to on division.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

Not selected  3

Page  2,  line  20,  leave out Clause 2.

Clause Agreed to on division.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

Not selected  4

Page  4,  line  22,  leave out Clause 3.

Clause Agreed to on division.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

Not selected  5

Page  4,  line  40,  leave out Clause 4.

Clause Agreed to on division.

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Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

Not selected  53

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  5,  leave out ‘sections 2 and 3’ and insert ‘section 2’.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

Not selected  54

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  9,  leave out subsection (2).

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

Not selected  57

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  17,  leave out paragraph (b).

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

Not selected  58

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  27,  leave out ‘, 3 or 4’.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

Not selected  59

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  34,  leave out ‘sections 2, 3 and 4’ and insert ‘section 2’.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

Not selected  6

Page  5,  line  4,  leave out Clause 5.

Clause Agreed to on division.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

Not selected  7

Page  5,  line  38,  leave out Clause 6.

Clause Agreed to on division.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

Not selected  8

Page  6,  line  6,  leave out Clause 7.

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Clause Agreed to on division.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

Not selected  9

Page  6,  line  10,  leave out Clause 8.

Clause Agreed to on division.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

Not selected  10

Page  6,  line  19,  leave out Clause 9.

Clause Agreed to on division.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

Not selected  11

Page  6,  line  32,  leave out Clause 10.

Clause Agreed to.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

Withdrawn  38

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

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

Not called  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)
’.

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Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

Not selected  12

Page  7,  line  12,  leave out Clause 11.

Clause Agreed to on division.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

Withdrawn  40

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

licensing application’.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

Not called  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’.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

Not selected  13

Page  7,  line  29,  leave out Clause 12.

Clause Agreed to.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

Not selected  14

Page  8,  line  7,  leave out Clause 13.

Clause Agreed to.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

Negatived on division  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

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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

Not called  42

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

leader of’.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

Not selected  15

Page  8,  line  17,  leave out Clause 14.

Clause Agreed to on division.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

Not selected  16

Page  9,  line  39,  leave out Clause 15.

Clause Agreed to on division.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

Withdrawn  47

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

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

Not called  17

Page  10,  line  7,  leave out Clause 16.

Clause Agreed to.

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Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

Not selected  18

Page  11,  line  27,  leave out Clause 17.

Clause Agreed to on division.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

Not selected  19

Page  12,  line  16,  leave out Clause 18.

Clause Agreed to on division.

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

Negatived on division  48

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

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

Not selected  49

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

Julia Goldsworthy

Dan Rogerson

Not called  50

Clause  19,  page  13,  line  1,  leave out subsection (6).

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

Not selected  20

Page  12,  line  28,  leave out Clause 19.

Clause Agreed to on division.

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Stewart Jackson

Mr Philip Dunne

Not selected  21

Page  13,  line  7,  leave out Clause 20.