Parliamentary search - Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill [HL]

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Parliamentary proceeding

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688 c39-98GC

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2006-07

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Department of Trade and Industry

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House of Lords Grand Committee

Consumers Estate Agents and Redress Bill (HL) . Explanatory Notes (HL Bill 2-EN) also published.
Thursday, 16 November 2006
Bills
House of Lords

Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee. Second report on Consumers Estate Agents and Redress Bill (HL); European Union (Implications of Withdrawal) Bill (HL); European Union (Information etc) Bill (HL); Interception of Communications (Admissibility of Evidence) Bill (HL); Mental Health Bill (HL); Public Demonstrations (Repeals) Bill (HL); Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Bill (HL).
Wednesday, 29 November 2006
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Wilcox | 688 c68GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 104: 104: Clause 36, page 21, line 18, at end insert ““including companies and...

Lord Truscott | 688 c85-7GC (Link to this contribution) I recognise the strength of feeling on this issue and I thank the noble Earl, Lord Caithness, for hi...

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Earl of Caithness | 688 c88GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 123A: 123A: Before Clause 52, insert the following new Clause— (1) Section 1 o...

Lord Borrie | 688 c84-5GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Earl, Lord Caithness, has spoken to his amendment reasonably, modestly and with humour, bu...

Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan | 688 c64-5GC (Link to this contribution) I support the Bill on this issue. I am always very dubious about people—it is usually Ministers—trai...

Baroness O'Cathain | 688 c42-3GC (Link to this contribution) I would love to ask a question. The noble Lord’s arguments are well thought out and he knows the sub...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 688 c45-6GC (Link to this contribution) Here we move to Postwatch. Many of the arguments are similar to those regarding Energywatch, so I wi...

Lord Dubs | 688 c91-3GC (Link to this contribution) I declare a couple of interests. The first is that I introduced a Bill on estate agents in the last ...

Lord Truscott | 688 c77-80GC (Link to this contribution) This seems to be a good moment for me to come in. I shall deal with AmendmentsNos. 111 and 112 to Cl...

Lord Whitty | 688 c75-6GC (Link to this contribution) I have considerable sympathy with the points that have just been made and I would like to hear the G...

Lord Truscott | 688 c68-9GC (Link to this contribution) Clause 36 requires the Secretary of State to consult on any proposal to extend the functions of the ...

Baroness Wilcox | 688 c89-91GC (Link to this contribution) The amendments in my name in this group fall into two categories. I shall address Amendment No. 128 ...

Earl of Caithness | 688 c84GC (Link to this contribution) I do not think that they are even on the list. My experience of them certainly does not warrant them...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 688 c61GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 101: 101: Clause 30, page 17, line 31, at end insert— ““( ) Such consultations...

Lord Borrie | 688 c59GC (Link to this contribution) I have a feeling that we have been around the houses on this one either with regard to energy or to ...

Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan | 688 c51-2GC (Link to this contribution) I would like to speak to this amendment which also stands in my name. I am at a wee bit of a loss to...

Lord De Mauley | 688 c54-5GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his response to a debate which has from time to time seemed rather unusual....

Baroness Wilcox | 688 c55-6GC (Link to this contribution) In rising to oppose the Question that Clause 23 shall stand part of the Bill I shall speak also to C...

Lord Truscott | 688 c43-5GC (Link to this contribution) It is not normally the practice for us to have votes in Grand Committee, but I am new so I do not wa...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 688 c45GC (Link to this contribution) I realise we are not debating an amendment, so I am not making a reply. I simply wanted to make a po...

Lord Elton | 688 c43GC (Link to this contribution) I remind your Lordships that this is not an amendment. The Question is that Clause 13 stand part of ...

Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan | 688 c47-9GC (Link to this contribution) Following on from my noble friend I should like to make a further point. There is a view that post o...

Baroness Thomas of Winchester | 688 c46-7GC (Link to this contribution) I want to speak to the Question whether Clause 15 shall stand part of the Bill. It deals with invest...

Lord Truscott | 688 c49-50GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Miller, for raising the important issues to which these cl...

Baroness Pitkeathley | 688 c98GC (Link to this contribution) The Committee stands adjourned until Wednesday 10 January at 3.45 pm.

Lord Truscott | 688 c94-6GC (Link to this contribution) I shall speak to AmendmentNo. 123A, tabled by the noble Earl, Lord Caithness, the amendments to Sche...

Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan | 688 c71-3GC (Link to this contribution) I start by considering the modesty of the Government’s ambitions regarding the aim of ““good”” rathe...

Earl of Caithness | 688 c81GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 123: 123: Before Clause 52, insert the following new Clause— ““Standards of co...

Earl of Selborne | 688 c62-4GC (Link to this contribution) I support the noble Baroness, Lady Miller, in her Amendment No. 101. Those who support, as many do, ...

Lord Truscott | 688 c59-60GC (Link to this contribution) On Amendment No. 100, in the name of the noble Baronesses, Lady Wilcox and Lady Byford, and the nobl...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 688 c59GC (Link to this contribution) I shall not repeat the comments I made in speaking to whether the clause stand part but merely say t...

Lord De Mauley | 688 c58GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 100: 100: Clause 29, page 16, line 43, leave out subsection (2) The noble Lor...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 688 c67-8GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Earl, Lord Selborne, for his support. His committee produced a very interesting re...

Lord Truscott | 688 c65-7GC (Link to this contribution) The effect of the amendments would be to remove the Consumer Council for Water from the scope of the...

Lord Borrie | 688 c52GC (Link to this contribution) I, like my colleague and noble friend Lord O’Neill, find it curious that subsection (2) should be he...

Baroness O'Cathain | 688 c52-3GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may ask the noble Lord, Lord Borrie, a question. Is that permitted in Grand Committee? How...

Lord Truscott | 688 c53-4GC (Link to this contribution) These amendments relate to the council’s functions outlined in Clauses 17 and 19 and to the actions ...

Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan | 688 c43GC (Link to this contribution) I thought that I had qualified my criticisms of the National Consumer Council by saying that until f...

Lord Whitty | 688 c47GC (Link to this contribution) I declare an interest as chair of the current National Consumer Council. I wish to address the remar...

Lord Elton | 688 c39GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may remind noble Lords that if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, th...

Lord Truscott | 688 c98GC (Link to this contribution) This may be a convenient moment for the Grand Committee to adjourn until tomorrow at 3.45 pm. I am s...

Earl of Caithness | 688 c96-8GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for his reply, not only to my amendment, but to all the other strange ...

Lord Sheikh | 688 c93-4GC (Link to this contribution) I rise to speak in support of my noble friend Baroness Wilcox, and in particular her Amendments Nos....

Lord Newton of Braintree | 688 c80GC (Link to this contribution) Before my noble friend gives a final proper response—at least, I assume it will be—may I say briefly...

Lord Borrie | 688 c76GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may comment on the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Newton of Braintree, to whom I am m...

Lord Newton of Braintree | 688 c73-5GC (Link to this contribution) If anyone is wondering why I have been sitting quietly here at the back it is because I thought this...

Baroness Wilcox | 688 c69GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 111: 111: Clause 42, page 24, line 34, leave out ““may”” and insert ““shall”” ...

Baroness Wilcox | 688 c69GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his reply. Obviously, it is not exactly what I wanted, but at this stage I ...

Baroness Wilcox | 688 c85GC (Link to this contribution) I thank my noble friend Lord Caithness for his amendment and for the contribution to the debate of h...

Earl of Caithness | 688 c87-8GC (Link to this contribution) I fully expected the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Borrie. He and I have discussed this matter at v...

Baroness Wilcox | 688 c80-1GC (Link to this contribution) This is a large group of amendments. Amendments are put into large groups, which sometimes makes it ...

Lord De Mauley | 688 c61GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his helpful response, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Borrie, and the nobl...

Lord Borrie | 688 c53GC (Link to this contribution) We are envisaging a situation where the National Consumer Council, having been asked by the Governme...

Baroness O'Cathain | 688 c53GC (Link to this contribution) I must pursue this for a further moment. There have been examples, not in relation to the National C...

Lord De Mauley | 688 c50GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 70: 70: Clause 17, page 10, line 15, leave out ““may”” and insert ““must”” Th...

Lord Truscott | 688 c56-7GC (Link to this contribution) Clause 23 gives the council the power to request information from the Office of Fair Trading, a desi...

Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan | 688 c40-2GC (Link to this contribution) This is a rather pointless amendment but, none the less, it should be addressed. As far as I can see...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 688 c39-40GC (Link to this contribution) After what I hope was a pleasant Christmas break for everyone and with wishes for a happy new year, ...

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