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Greater London Authority Bill

Debate on bills and Committee proceeding on Wednesday, 9 May 2007, in the House of Lords.
Greater London Authority Bill. Lords Committee stage fourth day. Clauses 31 to 37 agreed to. New clause under consideration. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
691 c177-230GC 
Session
2006-07
Department
Department for Communities and Local Government
Legislative stage
Committee stage
Procedure
New clauses
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Related items
Greater London Authority Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory Notes HL Bill 46-EN also published.
Wednesday, 28 February 2007
Bills
House of Lords
Deposited Paper HDEP 2007/433
Monday, 21 May 2007
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Andrews | 691 c195GC (Link to this contribution) I will reply quickly to two points. On the other constraints around the Mayor and the requirement up...
Baroness Hamwee | 691 c196GC (Link to this contribution) I was drawing a comparison with a local planning authority—a normal one, not the Mayor—being seen an...

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Baroness Andrews | 691 c190-2GC (Link to this contribution) This has been an important debate on an important set of issues. I entirely share the intention behi...
Lord Harris of Haringey | 691 c219GC (Link to this contribution) I respond to that with pleasure. My right honourable friend Nick Raynsford is an admirable man. He i...
Baroness Andrews | 691 c197-9GC (Link to this contribution) As the noble Baroness has said, Amendments Nos. 100 and 101 principally relate to the requirement, f...
Baroness Hanham | 691 c207-8GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 103A: 103A: Before Clause 36, insert the following new Clause— ““The London Wa...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 691 c178GC (Link to this contribution) I fear that I kicked something and caused that noise.
Baroness Andrews | 691 c182GC (Link to this contribution) I will certainly do that. I refer again to the planning conditions set out in the circular, which la...
Baroness Hamwee | 691 c193GC (Link to this contribution) On the issue of decisions being made in public, perhaps I may put something into the Minister’s mind...
Baroness Hanham | 691 c196GC (Link to this contribution) I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendments Nos. 94A to 96 ...
Baroness Hamwee | 691 c189GC (Link to this contribution) While supporting the general principle of Amendment No. 94, perhaps for any future amendments I may ...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 691 c230GC (Link to this contribution) This may be a convenient moment for the Committee to adjourn.
Lord Rooker | 691 c223-7GC (Link to this contribution) While I do not want to introduce a note of party politics to this, it is the first time in my six ye...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 691 c199GC (Link to this contribution) I suggest that the Committee adjourns while my noble friend Lord Rooker repeats the Statement on Nor...
Baroness Hanham | 691 c199GC (Link to this contribution) I am not at all surprised by the Minister’s response. It demonstrates the gulf between us over what ...
Lord Tope | 691 c205-6GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his reply. With reference to Amendment No. 119, the requirement to appear b...
Lord Tordoff | 691 c199GC (Link to this contribution) Thank you. The Committee stands adjourned until we are recalled by the Annunciator, whoever he or sh...
Lord Whitty | 691 c202GC (Link to this contribution) I support Amendment No. 103 but not Amendment No. 119. I declare an interest as a member of the boar...
Lord Tope | 691 c201-2GC (Link to this contribution) I support Amendment No. 103 and speak to Amendments Nos. 119 and 120 in the name of my noble friends...
Baroness Hanham | 691 c210GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his reply, which is typical of him; when he sees a problem he sets about do...
Lord Rooker | 691 c209-10GC (Link to this contribution) I always try to get the good news in first; I am happy to take this amendment away and consider it b...
Baroness Hanham | 691 c206GC (Link to this contribution) I, too, thank the Minister for his reply, which was not totally unexpected. However, in terms of the...
Baroness Hamwee | 691 c214-6GC (Link to this contribution) I wanted to hear what the noble Lord had to say. We have just agreed Clause 36 without any debate. C...
Baroness Hanham | 691 c213-4GC (Link to this contribution) As I said on Second Reading, we do not support the amendment. The noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, will ...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 691 c178GC (Link to this contribution) There is a good deal of anxiety on the part of the City planning authority about the potential misus...
Baroness Hanham | 691 c182GC (Link to this contribution) I would be grateful if the Minister could write to me, because this is one of the reasons why these ...
Baroness Andrews | 691 c182GC (Link to this contribution) As I understand it, there is a lot of scope for negotiation between the Mayor and the boroughs on th...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 691 c179GC (Link to this contribution) I intervene briefly to oppose the view that is being taken on the other side of the Committee. My vi...
Lord Graham of Edmonton | 691 c184GC (Link to this contribution) I would not disagree, but we are not just talking about ephemeral timescales. The point made by the ...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 691 c183GC (Link to this contribution) Picking up a point that the noble Baroness made earlier, when the Mayor does take a different view f...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 691 c192-3GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may take the Minister back to Amendment No. 94. She said ““we””. I presume that ““we”” mea...
Baroness Hanham | 691 c185-6GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 94: 94: Clause 31, page 36, line 11, at end insert— ““(7A) The following perso...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 691 c187-8GC (Link to this contribution) I will continue: "““I could not see how Westminster would be able to achieve it. I knew the district...
Lord Geddes | 691 c184GC (Link to this contribution) Before calling the next amendment, perhaps I may remind your Lordships as gently as I can that while...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 691 c190GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, was kind enough to introduce me back into the debate for the ...
Lord Tope | 691 c221-2GC (Link to this contribution) I cannot resist the temptation to respond. At the beginning of the Committee, I declared that I am a...
Lord Warner | 691 c219-21GC (Link to this contribution) I want to speak briefly in support of this amendment. I say ““briefly”” because, as the Committee wi...
Baroness Hanham | 691 c218GC (Link to this contribution) Could I ask the noble Lord to comment on something said in the other place by Nick Raynsford, the pe...
Baroness Gould of Potternewton | 691 c230GC (Link to this contribution) The Committee stands adjourned until Monday 14 May at 3.30 pm.
Baroness Hanham | 691 c196-7GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 100: 100: After Clause 33, insert the following new Clause— ““Other amendments...
Lord Rooker | 691 c202-5GC (Link to this contribution) I am glad to be able to contribute to this Committee and I apologise for the delay in the proceeding...
Baroness Hanham | 691 c200-1GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 103: 103: Before Clause 36, insert the following new Clause— ““Water and sewer...
Baroness Hamwee | 691 c208-9GC (Link to this contribution) My name is on these two amendments, and I have little to add to what the noble Baroness said. The so...
Baroness Hamwee | 691 c214GC (Link to this contribution) I was wondering whether the noble Lord, Lord Harris, whose name has been added to the amendment, wan...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 691 c179GC (Link to this contribution) I forgive my noble friend. My glasses, which are very sophisticated, occasionally make noises like t...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 691 c179GC (Link to this contribution) I support what my noble friend has just said. According to the briefing that I received from the May...
Baroness Hamwee | 691 c184GC (Link to this contribution) That is right. From the Liberal Democrat standpoint and the clear implications of the examples used ...
Baroness Hanham | 691 c184GC (Link to this contribution) Does the noble Lord agree that decisions made by the Mayor under the Bill will not last merely for a...
Lord Graham of Edmonton | 691 c183-4GC (Link to this contribution) What the noble Baroness says is perfectly acceptable if we are arguing about the office and the auth...
Baroness Hanham | 691 c178GC (Link to this contribution) I have three amendments which follow on from Amendment No. 92 tabled by the noble Baroness. At the o...
Baroness Hanham | 691 c195GC (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister answer the point of the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, about whether the Mayor will ...
Baroness Hanham | 691 c194-5GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to everybody for this debate as we are discussing an extremely important aspect of the...
Baroness Andrews | 691 c193GC (Link to this contribution) In my experience of dealing with legislation in this House, there is nearly always an argument about...
Baroness Andrews | 691 c196GC (Link to this contribution) Is that on the back of reports and recommendations the Mayor has from his officers? I will have to w...
Baroness Andrews | 691 c196GC (Link to this contribution) I am not sure that I have not answered that point. Was it about the Mayor being in a position of con...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 691 c186-7GC (Link to this contribution) One of the problems with housing debates is that they bring out the sharp divisions that exist betwe...
Lord Hanningfield | 691 c188GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may intervene on this one. As the leader of a local authority, this is something for the L...
Baroness Valentine | 691 c188-9GC (Link to this contribution) I have no quarrel with the strategic intent of Clauses 31 to 35, as I think that I suggested yesterd...
Lord Whitty | 691 c227-30GC (Link to this contribution) Since I have now missed my last train, I assume that it is open to me to respond at length to the va...
Lord Harris of Haringey | 691 c216-7GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, was kind enough to refer to the fact that I put my name to this ame...
Lord Harris of Haringey | 691 c217-8GC (Link to this contribution) I agree with the noble Baroness that London is a very different city. It is the greatest city in the...
Lord Whitty | 691 c210-3GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 104A: 104A: After Clause 37, insert the following new Clause— ““Arrangements f...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 691 c182GC (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Minister to ensure that that letter, which I think will be quite important, is circula...
Baroness Hanham | 691 c181GC (Link to this contribution) What happens if the local authority and the Mayor do not agree about the value of or necessity for a...
Baroness Andrews | 691 c179-81GC (Link to this contribution) I thank noble Lords for a useful debate, which enables me to explore a little about why planning obl...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 691 c182GC (Link to this contribution) The Minister is so courteous that I am sure I know what answer she will give. Following what the nob...
Baroness Hamwee | 691 c182-3GC (Link to this contribution) Picking up that last exchange, I share the noble Baroness’s concern. Section 2D says that, "““the fu...
Baroness Hamwee | 691 c183GC (Link to this contribution) That would be good consultation practice. We discussed consultation in a different context at an ear...
Lord Geddes | 691 c177GC (Link to this contribution) I advise the Committee that if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, the Committe...
Baroness Hamwee | 691 c177-8GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 92: 92: Clause 31, page 34, line 43, at end insert ““other than for the purpos...
Subjects
Housing
Greater London
Greater London Authority
Landfill
Local government
Planning
London boroughs
Recycling
Mayor of London
Water
Waste disposal
Waste
Sewers
London Assembly
Legislation
Greater London Authority Bill 2006-07
Contains statistics
Yes
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