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53

 

House of Commons

 
 

Thursday 3 February 2011

 

Public Bill Committee

 

New Amendments handed in are marked thus Parliamentary Star

 

Parliamentary Star - whiteAmendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance

 

Localism Bill


 

Note

 

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

 

Committee [25 January].

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

41

 

Clause  16,  page  15,  line  44,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

76

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  16,  page  16,  leave out line 4.

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

45

 

Clause  21,  page  18,  line  28,  after ‘statement’, insert ‘and a low pay policy

 

statement’.


 
 

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Localism Bill, continued

 
 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

46

 

Clause  21,  page  18,  line  31,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

A low pay policy statement for a financial year must set out the authority’s

 

policies for the financial year relating to the remuneration of its lowest paid

 

staff.’.

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

47

 

Clause  21,  page  18,  line  32,  leave out ‘The statement’ and insert ‘The senior pay

 

policy statement’.

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

48

 

Clause  21,  page  19,  line  3,  at end insert—

 

‘(5)    

The low pay policy statement must include the authority’s policies relating to—

 

(a)    

the lowest amount any employee of the authority is currently being paid,

 

(b)    

the number of employees being paid at this level,

 

(c)    

the number of employees paid 10 per cent. above this level,

 

(d)    

the number of employees paid 20 per cent. above this level,

 

(e)    

the minimum amount any employee will be paid, and

 

(f)    

the pay multiple to be maintained between the lowest paid and the highest

 

paid employee of the authority.’.

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

49

 

Clause  22,  page  19,  line  5,  after ‘statement’, insert ‘and low pay policy statement’.

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

50

 

Clause  22,  page  19,  line  5,  after ‘must’, insert ‘each’.

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

51

 

Clause  22,  page  19,  line  6,  leave out ‘it comes’ and insert ‘they come’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 3 February 2011                  

55

 

Localism Bill, continued

 
 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

52

 

Clause  22,  page  19,  line  11,  after ‘statement’, insert ‘or low pay policy statement’.

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

53

 

Clause  22,  page  19,  line  14,  after first ‘statement’, insert ‘or low pay policy

 

statement’.

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

54

 

Clause  24,  page  19,  line  29,  at end insert ‘or to the lowest paid workers of the

 

authority’.

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

55

 

Clause  24,  page  19,  line  30,  after ‘statement’, insert ‘and its low pay policy

 

statement’.

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

56

 

Clause  24,  page  19,  line  40,  after ‘statement’, insert ‘and low pay policy

 

statement’.

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

57

 

Page  21,  line  24,  leave out Clause 27.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 3 February 2011                  

56

 

Localism Bill, continued

 
 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

58

 

Page  21,  line  27,  leave out Clause 28.

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

59

 

Page  22,  line  3,  leave out Clause 30.

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

60

 

Page  22,  line  28,  leave out Clause 31.

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

61

 

Page  23,  line  41,  leave out Clause 32.

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

62

 

Page  24,  line  23,  leave out Clause 33.

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

63

 

Page  24,  line  38,  leave out Clause 34.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 3 February 2011                  

57

 

Localism Bill, continued

 
 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

79

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  39,  page  28,  line  16,  leave out subsection (1) and insert—

 

‘(1)    

A principal local authority must hold a referendum in accordance with this

 

Chapter (a “local referendum”) if—

 

(a)    

any of the conditions in subsections (2), (3) or (4) are met, and

 

(b)    

the condition in subsection (4A) is met.’.

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

80

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  39,  page  28,  line  30,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

The fourth condition is that the authority has not already held two referendums

 

under this section in the preceding 12 months.’.

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

77

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  39,  page  28,  line  38,  at end insert—

 

‘(6)    

A principal local authority must publish on the authority’s website, and in print,

 

information on the duty to hold a local referendum and a guide for communities

 

on the process for holding a local referendum, both to be in a format easily

 

understandable and useable by communities.’.

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

81

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  41,  page  30,  line  2,  leave out ‘5%’ and insert ‘10%’.

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

82

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  41,  page  30,  line  3,  leave out subsection (2).

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

83

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  41,  page  30,  line  3,  leave out ‘or lower’.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 3 February 2011                  

58

 

Localism Bill, continued

 
 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

84

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  42,  page  30,  line  10,  leave out paragraphs (b) and (c) and insert—

 

‘(b)    

the request is made by at least 25% of the members of the authority,

 

(c)    

the members making the request include a majority of those members of

 

the authority who represent the relevant area.’.

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

86

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  44,  page  31,  line  25,  leave out subsection (5).

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

87

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  44,  page  31,  line  31,  at end insert—

 

‘(7A)    

The fifth ground is that the authority thinks that the cost of the referendum, or the

 

total cost of any or all of the referendums held by that authority under section 39

 

in the preceding 12 months, is unreasonable.’.

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

85

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  31,  line  4,  leave out Clause 44.

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

78

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  50,  page  33,  line  40,  leave out ‘in such manner as it thinks fit’ and insert ‘in

 

print and online in a format easily understandable and useable by communities’.

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

88

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  66,  page  48,  line  28,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

the relevant authority reasonably believes that, if the authority accepts the

 

expression of interest, the relevant body intends to submit a bid to


 
 

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Localism Bill, continued

 
 

provide the service in the procurement exercise to be carried out by the

 

relevant authority under section 68(2), and

 

(d)    

the expression of interest provides evidence that a majority of the users

 

of the relevant service, or those otherwise affected by the expression of

 

interest, support the expression of interest.’.

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

89

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  66,  page  48,  line  34,  leave out paragraph (d).

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

90

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  66,  page  49,  line  7,  after ‘authority’, insert ‘who have secured, by ballot, the

 

support of a majority of those employees of the relevant authority whose principal work,

 

in their capacity as employees of the relevant authority, is in the provision of the relevant

 

service’.

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

91

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  66,  page  49,  line  8,  leave out paragraph (e).

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

92

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  66,  page  49,  line  17,  at end insert—

 

‘(8A)    

For the purposes of subsection (5) the meaning of “body” is restricted to a body

 

whose principal activities are carried out in the area of the relevant authority.’.

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

93

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  66,  page  49,  line  18,  leave out subsection (9).

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

94

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  67,  page  49,  line  35,  leave out subsection (5).

 



 
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