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Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 18 June 2009
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Local freedoms

Jim Cousins

Withdrawn  NC20

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is amended as follows.

(2)
In section 248 (freemen and inhabitants of existing boroughs), after subsection

(1) there is inserted—

“(1A)
Where the son of a freeman of a city or town may claim to be admitted as

a freeman of that place, the daughter of a freeman may likewise claim to

be so admitted.

(1B)
The son or daughter of a freeman of a city or town shall be admitted as a

freeman whether born before or after the admission, as a freeman, of his

or her freeman parent and wherever he or she was born.

(1C)
In subsections (1A) and (1B) “freeman” excludes a freeman of the City

of London.”’.

Conditional payment provisions: insolvency of a third party payer

Dan Rogerson

Julia Goldsworthy

Negatived on division  NC21

To move the following Clause:—

‘In the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, section 113

prohibition of conditional payment provisions, omit the following—

“(a)
in subsection (1) ‘unless that third person, or any other person payment

by whom is under the contract (directly or indirectly) a condition of

payment by that third person, is insolvent’, and

(b)
subsection (2), and

(c)
subsection (3), and

(d)
subsection (4), and

(e)
subsection (5)”.’.

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

Ms Rosie Winterton

That certain written evidence already reported to the House be appended to the

proceedings.

       Agreed to

Bill, as amended, to be reported.