National Lottery Bill. Lords Committee stage first day. Clauses 1-13 agreed to. Schedule 1 and 2 agreed to. New clauses considered. (Part 1 of 3)
National Lottery Bill
Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Monday, 13 March 2006,
in the House of Lords.
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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
679 c975-1009 
Session
2005-06
Legislative stage
Committee stage
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
National Lottery Bill. Brought from Commons. Explanatory notes HL Bill 67-EN also published.
Friday, 20 January 2006
Bills
House of Lords
Friday, 20 January 2006
Bills
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Lord Clement-Jones | 679 c989-90 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, on these Benches, we strongly support both Amendment No. 2 and Amendment No. 4. Perhaps it...
Viscount Astor | 679 c988-9 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 2:"Page 5, line 13, leave out ““prescribed””"
The noble Viscount said: The amen...
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Lord Davies of Oldham | 679 c986-7 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful for the breathless way in which the noble Viscount asked his question. The clause is a...
Viscount Astor | 679 c987-8 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the Minister for his reply. It adds clarity to the debate that we had on Second Rea...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 679 c975 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I beg to move that the House do now resolve itself into Committee on this Bill.
Moved acc...
Viscount Astor | 679 c975 (Link to this contribution)
I apologise for being in a slight rush. The preceding business went marginally faster than I had exp...
Viscount Astor | 679 c994-5 (Link to this contribution)
The Minister said he hoped that he had convinced me. He convinced me of one thing: how much I dislik...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 679 c995-6 (Link to this contribution)
I am only too happy to enlighten the movers of amendments in Committee if it is within my power to d...
Lord Clement-Jones | 679 c996 (Link to this contribution)
I hear what the Minister is saying about the themes, and he has explained to a greater extent how th...
Viscount Astor | 679 c990 (Link to this contribution)
Before the Minister replies, I apologise to him. When I was moving Amendment No. 2, I should also ha...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 679 c990-1 (Link to this contribution)
I apologise for intervening as the Minister is about to speak, but it is probably easier if I speak ...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 679 c991-3 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to Members of the Committee for their contribution to this debate. We have at least on...
Lord Clement-Jones | 679 c993-4 (Link to this contribution)
I am sure the noble Viscount, Lord Astor, will have plenty to say in reply, but I have a few questio...
Lord Clement-Jones | 679 c990 (Link to this contribution)
Is the noble Baroness saying that these words which we are seeking to delete are not an extension of...
Baroness Pitkeathley | 679 c990 (Link to this contribution)
They are not an extension of power; they deal with the large areas where the lottery money should go...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 679 c999 (Link to this contribution)
I am not sure what the noble Viscount is describing. Organisations involved in bids will have very c...
Viscount Astor | 679 c999-1000 (Link to this contribution)
My noble friends Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville and Lord Eccles successfully exploded much of the ...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 679 c998-9 (Link to this contribution)
I absolutely bow to the view of the Minister that I was making paving remarks in my earlier interven...
Viscount Eccles | 679 c999 (Link to this contribution)
Perhaps I may add to that. Obviously, it would be tremendously helpful if we were to conclude that t...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 679 c998 (Link to this contribution)
We are not going to prescribe amounts of expenditure. That would be prescription with a vengeance. T...
Lord Clement-Jones | 679 c998 (Link to this contribution)
The Minister has given assurance after assurance, but does he not agree that the root cause of the p...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 679 c997 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Viscount has described what is going on now—and we intend to change that. So I hope that h...
Viscount Astor | 679 c997-8 (Link to this contribution)
If we follow the Minister’s argument and agree to it, the Bill, as he says, will allow the Governmen...
Viscount Astor | 679 c996 (Link to this contribution)
We will give the noble Lord two questions at the same time to see how he deals with that. We have a ...
Lord Clement-Jones | 679 c1000-1 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 3:"Page 5, line 18, at end insert—"
““(2A) After subsection (3) insert—
““(3...
Baroness Pitkeathley | 679 c1001-2 (Link to this contribution)
I must take issue with the noble Viscount about the great majority of the New Opportunities Fund goi...
Viscount Eccles | 679 c1001 (Link to this contribution)
Perhaps I may ask about the definition of third sector. Is it the case that there are three sectors:...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 679 c1002-3 (Link to this contribution)
If, after our last debate, there was just a slight niggle in the noble Viscount’s mind about whether...
Lord Clement-Jones | 679 c1003 (Link to this contribution)
It might be useful if the Minister responded to me on this matter now, rather than at the end. On 14...
Lord Clement-Jones | 679 c1003 (Link to this contribution)
I understand what the Minister is saying, but is he not giving us that assurance?
Lord Davies of Oldham | 679 c1003 (Link to this contribution)
We are underwriting that, but we are not putting it into the Bill—in our view, for very good reasons...
Lord Clement-Jones | 679 c1004 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the Minister, as I did feel that I had to push him uphill on this. He is always opt...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 679 c1003-4 (Link to this contribution)
I thought that I had already done so. If I have not, I am fully prepared to meet that request and co...
Viscount Astor | 679 c1004-5 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 5:"After Clause 7, insert the following new clause—"
““NATIONAL ACQUISITIONS F...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 679 c1005-6 (Link to this contribution)
I support the probing amendment tabled by my noble friend Lord Astor. I shall make one historical ob...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 679 c1006-8 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to both noble Lords who have spoken in the debate. I recognise that this is a probing ...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 679 c1009 (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move that the House do now resume.
Moved accordingly, and, on Question, Motion agreed to.
Viscount Astor | 679 c1008-9 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for giving me a steer on what my amendment should be at Report. He clearly said...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 679 c1008 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the noble Lord for identifying the canniness of the Scots’ art gallery and museum, ...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 679 c1008 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the Minister for his response. In the spirit of that, I acknowledge that any noble ...
Baroness Pitkeathley | 679 c990 (Link to this contribution)
I declare an interest as the former chair of the New Opportunities Fund. I do not see that the amend...
Viscount Eccles | 679 c996-7 (Link to this contribution)
Before the Minister replies, I apologise for not being here at the start of the Committee. As a rela...
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