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House of Commons

 
 

Thursday 3 February 2011

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Localism Bill


 

[Seventh and Eighth sittings]


 

Clauses 13 and 14 Agreed to.

 

Schedule 4 Agreed to.

 

Clause 15 Agreed to.

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

Negatived on division  41

 

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

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

Not selected  76

 

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Clause  16,  page  16,  leave out line 4.

 

Clause Agreed to on division.

 

Clauses 17 to 20 Agreed to.

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

Withdrawn  45

 

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

 

statement’.

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

Withdrawn  46

 

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


 
 

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Localism Bill, continued

 
 

‘(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

 

Withdrawn  47

 

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

 

policy statement’.

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

Withdrawn  48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.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

Withdrawn  49

 

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

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

Withdrawn  50

 

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

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

Withdrawn  51

 

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

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

Withdrawn  52

 

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


 
 

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Localism Bill, continued

 
 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

Withdrawn  53

 

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

 

statement’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 23 Agreed to.

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

Withdrawn  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

 

Withdrawn  55

 

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

 

statement’.

 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

Withdrawn  56

 

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

 

statement’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 25 Agreed to.

 

Clause 26 Agreed to.

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

Not selected  57

 

Page  21,  line  24,  leave out Clause 27.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 



 
 

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Localism Bill, continued

 
 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

Not selected  58

 

Page  21,  line  27,  leave out Clause 28.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 29 Agreed to.

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

Not selected  59

 

Page  22,  line  3,  leave out Clause 30.

 

Clause Agreed to on division.

 


 

Barbara Keeley

 

Alison Seabeck

 

Jack Dromey

 

Not selected  60

 

Page  22,  line  28,  leave out Clause 31.

 

Clause Agreed to on division.

 

[Adjourned until Tuesday 8 February at 10.30 am


 
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