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Notices of Amendments

given up to and including

Friday 25 February 2011

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Public Bill Committee

Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill

[Lords]

Justine Greening

To move, That the Bill be considered in the following order, namely: Clauses 1 to 9;

Schedule 1; Clauses 10 to 20; Schedule 2; Clauses 21 and 22; Schedule 3; Clauses 23 to

26; Schedules 4 and 5; Clause 27; Schedule 6; Clauses 28 to 31; new Clauses; new

Schedules; remaining proceedings on the Bill.

Justine Greening

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

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

2


Clause  1,  page  1,  line  16,  at end insert ‘within four weeks of this Act receiving

Royal Assent’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

3


Clause  1,  page  1,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘(4A)
Once the Charter has been laid before Parliament, the Treasury must hold a public

consultation on the Charter for a period of not less than 12 weeks before it is due

to come into force.’.

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Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

4


Clause  1,  page  2,  line  4,  at end insert ‘and by the House of Commons Treasury

Select Committee.’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

5


Clause  1,  page  2,  line  6,  at end add ‘and by the House of Commons Treasury Select

Committee.’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

6


Clause  2,  page  2,  line  11,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
If the Treasury Select Committee determines that the Financial Statement and

Budget Report fail to conform with the provisions of the Charter, it may table a

motion in the House of Commons requiring the Chancellor of the Exchequer to

account for this failure.’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

7


Clause  3,  page  2,  line  17,  at end insert—

‘(3)
The relationship between the Treasury, Office for Budget Responsibility and the

Bank of England shall be formalised in a Memorandum of Understanding agreed

by the three organisations and laid before Parliament within three months of this

Act receiving Royal Assent.’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

12


Clause  4,  page  2,  line  20,  at end insert ‘The Office shall also examine and report on

the impact of Treasury policy on the duties of the Secretary of State under section 2 of the

Child Poverty Act 2010.’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

13


Clause  4,  page  2,  line  20,  at end insert ‘The Office shall also examine and report on

the impartiality of the local government finance settlement as it is applied across local

authorities in England.’.

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Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

8


Clause  4,  page  2,  line  20,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
Sustainability will be defined in its reports by the Office and will include, but not

be limited to, consideration of public sector net borrowing, national debt, gross

domestic product, economic growth, employment and risks to UK finances.’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

9


Clause  4,  page  2,  line  27,  leave out ‘one occasion’ and insert ‘two occasions’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

10


Clause  4,  page  2,  line  30,  at end insert ‘over the next five years.’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

11


Clause  4,  page  2,  line  37,  at end add—

‘(7)
The Office will take an active role in informing public debate on fiscal

sustainability and will convene a fiscal sustainability research committee of

interested authorities in the public and private sectors.’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

15


Clause  5,  page  3,  line  3,  leave out ‘(2) and (3)’ and insert ‘(2) to (4)’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

14


Clause  5,  page  3,  line  8,  at end add—

‘(4)
The Office shall include in each of its publications full details of contact with

Treasury Ministers and Treasury officials since its most recent previous

publication.’.

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Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

16


Clause  6,  page  3,  line  13,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
Such guidance shall not prevent the Office from preparing any forecasts,

assessment or analysis at a time of its choosing.’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

17


Clause  9,  page  3,  line  32,  leave out ‘(at any reasonable time)’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

18


Clause  9,  page  3,  line  33,  leave out ‘reasonably’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

19


Schedule  1,  page  11,  line  13,  at end insert ‘, with the approval of the House of

Commons Treasury Select Committee.’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

20


Schedule  1,  page  11,  line  18,  at end add—

‘(3)
At least one person appointed under sub-paragraphs (1)(b) or (c) shall not be an

economist, but have experience in public finances, accountancy and fiscal

sustainability issues.’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

21


Schedule  1,  page  11,  line  20,  leave out ‘5’ and insert ‘3’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

22


Schedule  1,  page  11,  line  23,  leave out ‘5’ and insert ‘3’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

23


Schedule  1,  page  12,  line  16,  at end insert ‘and approved by the House of

Commons Treasury Select Committee.’.

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Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

24


Schedule  1,  page  12,  line  23,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
The Treasury shall review the remuneration of the members of the Office

annually and publish its reasons for its determination.’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

25


Schedule  1,  page  12,  line  29,  leave out from ‘a’ to end of line 30 and insert

‘compensation payment to the person in accordance with sub-paragraph (3).

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

26


Schedule  1,  page  12,  line  30,  at end insert—

‘(3)
The Office may make a payment to the person of an aggregate amount of

compensation benefits, not to exceed—

(a)
in the case of a compulsory severance, am amount equal to that person’s

pensionable earnings for 12 months; or

(b)
in the case of a voluntary severance, an amount equal to that person’s

pensionable earnings for 15 months.’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

27


Schedule  1,  page  12,  line  33,  at end insert ‘with the consent of the House of

Commons Treasury Select Committee.’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

28


Schedule  1,  page  13,  line  21,  at end insert—

‘Premises

7A
The Office and its employees will not be located in the Treasury.’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

29


Schedule  1,  page  13,  line  28,  at end insert—

‘(3A)
The Staff must be employed solely by the Office, and not be seconded to or from

other departments.’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

30


Schedule  1,  page  14,  line  13,  at end insert—

‘(3)
The Budget Reponsibility Committee and all sub-committees established under

paragraph 10 will publish the minutes of all their meetings.’.

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Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

31


Schedule  1,  page  15,  line  18,  leave out ‘5’ and insert ‘3’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

32


Schedule  1,  page  15,  line  40,  leave out ‘5’ and insert ‘3’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

33


Schedule  1,  page  15,  line  41,  leave out ‘5’ and insert ‘3’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

34


Schedule  1,  page  16,  line  1,  leave out ‘5’ and insert ‘3’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

35


Schedule  1,  page  16,  line  7,  at end insert—

‘(3)
The Treasury’s decisions on payments and the budgets for the operations of the

Office shall be subject to the approval of the House of Commons Treasury Select

Committee.

(4)
The Office’s budget will be published annually.’.

Justine Greening

1


Clause  31,  page  10,  line  13,  leave out subsection (2).

Order of the House [14 February 2011]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Budget Responsibility and National

Audit Bill [Lords]—

Committal

1.
The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

2.
Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 8 March 2011.

3.
The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

which it meets.

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Consideration and Third Reading

4.
Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

5.
Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

6.
Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

7.
Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

consideration of any message from the Lords) may be programmed.



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