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House of Commons

Thursday 14 January 2010

Public Bill Committee

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

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

Flood and Water Management Bill

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Note

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the

Committee [7 Januaray 2010].

Martin Horwood

Mr Roger Williams

95

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  23,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

A lead local flood authority must gain the approval of the local flood risk

management strategy by its regional flood and coastal committee as established

in section 22.’.

Martin Horwood

Mr Roger Williams

94

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  24,  leave out from second ‘risk’ to end of line 27 and insert

‘of any kind in a defined geographical area such as a district or unitary authority area.’.

Miss Anne McIntosh

Angela Watkinson

10

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  37,  after ‘the’, insert ‘revised’.

Miss Anne McIntosh

Angela Watkinson

32

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  1,  leave out ‘must be consistent with’ and insert ‘must have

regard to’.

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Miss Anne McIntosh

Angela Watkinson

12

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  7,  at end insert—

‘(c)	water companies.’.

Angela Watkinson

Miss Anne McIntosh

23

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  7,  at end insert—

‘(c)	the relevant sewerage undertaker(s).’.

Mr Roger Williams

Martin Horwood

Miss Anne McIntosh

Angela Watkinson

116

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  7,  at end insert—

‘(c)	bodies representing the owners and occupiers of land likely, in the

opinion of the lead local flood authority, to be directly affected by flood

and coastal erosion.’.

Miss Anne McIntosh

Angela Watkinson

29

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘(10)

The Minister shall as soon as possible instigate, publish and have regard to a

review undertaken by a panel of independent persons pertaining to the costs

which will be incurred by local authorities in implementing the provisions of this

Clause before the Clause is commenced.’.

Martin Horwood

Mr Roger Williams

113

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  16,  at end add—

‘(10)

The Secretary of State shall as soon as possible instigate, publish and have regard

to a review undertaken by a panel of independent persons, including

representatives from local authorities, universities, professional institutions and

other bodies as the Secretary of State deems appropriate, pertaining to the training

that will be required for the lead local flood authorities to undertake the functions

conferred under this section before this section is commenced.’.

Martin Horwood

Mr Roger Williams

97

Clause  10,  page  7,  line  20,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

A lead local flood authority must gain the approval of the local flood risk

management strategy by its regional flood and coastal committee as established

in section 22.’.

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Flood and Water Management Bill, continued

Martin Horwood

Mr Roger Williams

96

Clause  10,  page  7,  line  21,  leave out from second ‘risk’ to end of line 24 and insert

‘of any kind in a defined geographical area such as a district or unitary authority area.’.

Mr Roger Williams

Martin Horwood

Miss Anne McIntosh

Angela Watkinson

117

Clause  10,  page  8,  line  4,  at end insert—

‘(b)	bodies representing the owners and occupiers of land likely, in the

opinion of the lead local flood authority, to be directly affected by flood

and coastal erosion.’.

Angela Watkinson

Miss Anne McIntosh

24

Clause  10,  page  8,  line  5,  at end insert—

‘(c)	the relevant sewerage undertaker(s).’.

Martin Horwood

Mr Roger Williams

98

Clause  10,  page  8,  line  10,  at end insert—

‘(8A)

Two or more lead local authorities sharing a common landscape area or water

catchment area may work together to produce a shared landscape-scale local

flood management strategy in their area.’.

Huw Irranca-Davies

49

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  18,  leave out subsection (1) and insert—

‘(1)	In exercising its flood and coastal erosion risk management functions, an English

risk management authority must—

(a)	act in a manner which is consistent with the national strategy and

guidance, and

(b)	except in the case of a water company, act in a manner which is consistent

with the local strategies and guidance.’.

Mr Roger Williams

Martin Horwood

Miss Anne McIntosh

Angela Watkinson

118

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  20,  leave out ‘consistent with’ and insert ‘have regard to’.

Huw Irranca-Davies

50

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  27,  leave out from ‘exercising’ to ‘must’ and insert ‘a flood

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or coastal erosion risk management function in relation to an area in England, a water

company’.

Huw Irranca-Davies

51

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  29,  leave out paragraph (a).

Mr Roger Williams

Martin Horwood

Miss Anne McIntosh

Angela Watkinson

119

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  29,  leave out ‘consistent with’ and insert ‘have regard to’.

Miss Anne McIntosh

Angela Watkinson

11

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  31,  at end insert—

‘(c)	be consulted on all major new developments and their waste water

capacity’.

Huw Irranca-Davies

52

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  33,  leave out ‘a risk management authority for an area in

England’ and insert ‘an English risk management authority’.

Huw Irranca-Davies

53

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  34,  at end insert—

‘(4A)

A cross-border internal drainage board for an internal drainage district that is

mainly in Wales must—

(a)	act in a manner which is consistent with the local strategies and guidance,

and

(b)	have regard to the national strategy and guidance.

(4B)	Subsection (4A) does not affect the duties of a cross-border internal drainage

board under section 12.’.

Huw Irranca-Davies

54

Clause  12,  page  9,  line  6,  leave out subsection (1) and insert—

‘(1)	In exercising its flood and coastal erosion risk management functions, a Welsh

risk management authority must—

(a)	act in a manner which is consistent with the national strategy and

guidance, and

(b)	except in the case of a water company, act in a manner which is consistent

with the local strategies and guidance.’.

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Flood and Water Management Bill, continued

Mr Roger Williams

Martin Horwood

Miss Anne McIntosh

Angela Watkinson

120

Clause  12,  page  9,  line  8,  leave out ‘consistent with’ and insert ‘have regard to’.

Huw Irranca-Davies

55

Clause  12,  page  9,  line  10,  leave out from ‘exercising’ to ‘must’ and insert ‘a flood

or coastal erosion risk management function in relation to an area in Wales, a water

company’.

Huw Irranca-Davies

56

Clause  12,  page  9,  line  12,  leave out paragraph (a).

Huw Irranca-Davies

57

Clause  12,  page  9,  line  16,  leave out ‘risk management authority for an area in

Wales’ and insert ‘Welsh risk management authority’.

Huw Irranca-Davies

58

Clause  12,  page  9,  line  17,  at end insert—

‘(3A)

A cross-border internal drainage board for an internal drainage district that is

mainly in England must—

(a)	act in a manner which is consistent with the local strategies and guidance,

and

(b)	have regard to the national strategy and guidance.

(3B)	Subsection (3A) does not affect the duties of a cross-border internal drainage

board under section 11.’.

Miss Anne McIntosh

Angela Watkinson

13

Clause  13,  page  9,  line  35,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

Martin Horwood

Mr Roger Williams

99

Clause  13,  page  9,  line  42,  at end insert ‘group of risk management authorities

working together, or’.

Member’s explanatory statement

Allows landscape-scale working, or even just collaborative project management between

neighbouring local authorities.

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Mr Roger Williams

Martin Horwood

Miss Anne McIntosh

Angela Watkinson

121

Clause  14,  page  10,  line  25,  leave out ‘provide information in connection with’ and

insert ‘such information as is reasonably necessary to perform’.

Martin Horwood

Mr Roger Williams

100

Clause  14,  page  10,  line  25,  at end insert ‘reasonable’.

Member’s explanatory statement

Make sure requests are not onerous to individuals or company.

Mr Roger Williams

Martin Horwood

Miss Anne McIntosh

Angela Watkinson

122

Clause  14,  page  10,  line  34,  after ‘request’, insert ‘or such other form or manner as

may be sufficient to convey the information’.

Miss Anne McIntosh

Angela Watkinson

14

Clause  14,  page  10,  line  35,  at end insert—

‘(c)	subject to any reasonable confidentiality restrictions.’.

Martin Horwood

Mr Roger Williams

101

Clause  15,  page  11,  line  23,  leave out ‘the Minister,’.

Member’s explanatory statement

To limit important judicial powers of the executive and guarantee right of appeal to an

independent body.

Miss Anne McIntosh

Angela Watkinson

15

Clause  15,  page  11,  line  26,  at end insert—

‘(9A)

Any instrument (regulation or order) under this section may not be made unless

a draft has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of

Parliament.’.

Huw Irranca-Davies

79

Clause  15,  page  11,  line  28,   leave out ‘authorities in England’ and insert—

‘(i)	lead local flood authorities for areas in England, and

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(ii)	the Environment Agency in respect of a failure to comply with a

request in connection with a flood or coastal erosion risk

management function in relation to England.’.

Huw Irranca-Davies

80

Clause  15,  page  11,  line  30,  leave out ‘authorities in Wales’ and insert—

‘(i)	lead local flood authorities for areas in Wales,

(ii)	the Environment Agency in respect of a failure to comply with a

request in connection with a flood or coastal erosion risk

management function in relation to Wales, and

(iii)

the Welsh Ministers.’.

Huw Irranca-Davies

81

Clause  15,  page  11,  line  31,  at end add—

‘(11)

A reference in this section to an authority includes a reference to the Welsh

Ministers.’.

Miss Anne McIntosh

Angela Watkinson

17

Clause  18,  page  12,  line  25,  at end insert—

‘(5)	The Agency must also publish on a quarterly basis its programme of regular

maintenance work carried out on main water courses.’.

Martin Horwood

Mr Roger Williams

102

Clause  19,  page  12,  line  26,  after ‘authorities’, insert ‘and the Environment Agency

and Welsh Ministers’.

Member’s explanatory statement

To allow for Environment Agency or Welsh national investigations in the event of a flood in case

the local authority’s response needs to be investigated or in case the flood affects more than one

local authority area.

Martin Horwood

Mr Roger Williams

103

Clause  19,  page  12,  line  27,  after ‘authority’, insert ‘or the Environment Agency or

Welsh Ministers’.

Member’s explanatory statement

To allow for Environment Agency or Welsh national investigations in the event of a flood in case

the local authority’s response needs to be investigated or in case the flood affects more than one

local authority area.

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Revised 14 January 2010