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House of Commons

Thursday 3 March 2011

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill [Lords]

[third and fourth Sittings]

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

Withdrawn  17

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

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

Not called  18

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

Clause Agreed to.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

Negatived on division  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

Withdrawn  20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

Withdrawn  21

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

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Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

Not called  22

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

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

Not called  23

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

Commons Treasury Select Committee.’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

Withdrawn  24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

Negatived on division  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

Negatived on division  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

Withdrawn  27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

Withdrawn  28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

Not called  29

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

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

other departments.’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

Withdrawn  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.’.

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

Withdrawn  31

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

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

Not called  32

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

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

Not called  33

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

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

Not called  34

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

Kerry McCarthy

Chris Leslie

Withdrawn  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.’.

Schedule Agreed to.

Clauses 10 to 20 Agreed to.

Schedule 2 Agreed to.

Clauses 21 and 22 Agreed to.

Schedule 3 Agreed to.

Clauses 23 to 26 Agreed to.

Schedules 4 and 5 Agreed to.

Clause 27 Agreed to.

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Schedule 6 Agreed to.

Clauses 28 to 30 Agreed to.

Justine Greening

Agreed to  1

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

Clause Agreed to.

Justine Greening

Agreed to

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

the Committee.

Bill, as amended, to be reported.



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