Parliamentary search - Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

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693 c1286-307

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2006-07

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Department for Communities and Local Government

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Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory Notes HL Bill 74-EN also published.
Wednesday, 23 May 2007
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Proceeding contributions

Lord Greaves | 693 c1305-6 (Link to this contribution) I endorse the comments made by my noble friend. Electoral law used to be almost set in stone and did...

Baroness Hamwee | 693 c1305 (Link to this contribution) It is a great pity if the Government have not consulted those who actually set up the practical arra...

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Baroness Andrews | 693 c1306-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 109 and 110: 109: Clause 60, page 32, leave out lines 12 and 13 and insert— ...

Lord Greaves | 693 c1306 (Link to this contribution) I see that the Minister is still not tempted. I shall continue trying to tempt her on this matter. M...

Baroness Hamwee | 693 c1306 (Link to this contribution) Before my noble friend does that, I think that the Minister might have something to say.

Baroness Andrews | 693 c1306 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 106: 106: Clause 60, page 31, line 28, leave out ““or bodies”” On Question, a...

Baroness Andrews | 693 c1306 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 104: 104: Clause 60, page 31, leave out lines 23 and 24 and insert— ““(3) An o...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c1298-9 (Link to this contribution) I hope that I can help the Committee by briefly explaining what Clause 59 does. It allows a local au...

Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 693 c1302 (Link to this contribution) Amendment No. 105 seeks to address the same issue, namely the proposed power for the Secretary of St...

Baroness Hanham | 693 c1301-2 (Link to this contribution) I have Amendments Nos. 103 and 108 in this group, which probably pre-date what the Government are go...

Lord Greaves | 693 c1300-1 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 101A: 101A: Clause 60, page 31, line 5, after ““Wales),”” insert— ““(a) in sub...

Baroness Hamwee | 693 c1299-300 (Link to this contribution) The debate provoked more involvement than I expected, but I am glad of that. The noble Lord, Lord Gr...

Baroness Hamwee | 693 c1305 (Link to this contribution) Before my noble friend responds, perhaps I may ask whether the Government have consulted the Associa...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c1303-5 (Link to this contribution) We fully accept the points on the administrative burden of organising elections and the need for pro...

Baroness Hamwee | 693 c1303 (Link to this contribution) We might find that we are talking about three sets of elections: European, local and even more local...

Lord Graham of Edmonton | 693 c1302-3 (Link to this contribution) I have been waiting for someone to refer to the Scottish experience earlier this year, when an attem...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c1305 (Link to this contribution) To date, I cannot say that we have. If I am wrong, I will remit to the noble Baroness.

Baroness Hanham | 693 c1298 (Link to this contribution) This is getting more exciting as each moment passes. Who will be at this meeting? Where will it be h...

Baroness Hanham | 693 c1297-8 (Link to this contribution) Until the amendments were moved, I was happily thinking that the clause would do but, having listene...

Lord Graham of Edmonton | 693 c1298 (Link to this contribution) My experience is such that I cannot believe that a council faced with some evidence to bring about c...

Baroness Hamwee | 693 c1296 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 100: 100: Clause 59, page 30, line 12, at end insert— ““( ) The meeting requir...

Lord Greaves | 693 c1295 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that. The Minister’s reply to me, if not to my noble friend, was almost exactly wh...

Baroness Andrews | 693 c1295-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 98: 98: Clause 57, page 29, line 31, at end insert— ““( ) In section 15 (proce...

Lord Greaves | 693 c1287-8 (Link to this contribution) My Amendments Nos. 89 and 90 are rather more modest in ambition than my noble friend’s, but they cov...

Baroness Hamwee | 693 c1287 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 88: 88: Clause 53, page 26, line 25, leave out subsection (3) The noble Baron...

Baroness Andrews | 693 c1286-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that the House do now again resolve itself into Committee on this Bill. Mov...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c1295 (Link to this contribution) Parliamentary draftsmen obviously felt that it was reasonable to include that, but I will check and ...

Baroness Hamwee | 693 c1295 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that my noble friend was being frivolous either in tabling the amendment or in asking...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c1295 (Link to this contribution) Before the noble Baroness sits down, let me say that I agree with her. That is why I would like to g...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c1292 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 93 and 94: 93: Clause 56, page 29, line 6, leave out from ““that”” to end of...

Lord Greaves | 693 c1291-2 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that short debate, which has been a useful run through the issues. I beg leave to ...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c1293-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord for his amendment and hope that I can give him further information to help hi...

Lord Greaves | 693 c1294-5 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 97: 97: Clause 57, page 29, line 29, after ““may”” insert ““reasonably”” The ...

Lord Greaves | 693 c1294 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Baroness for her reply. I am pleased about one thing in it, which is that my readi...

Lord Greaves | 693 c1295 (Link to this contribution) If the Boundary Committee has a general obligation to be reasonable, why is the word ““reasonable”” ...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c1295 (Link to this contribution) I, too, hope to be reasonably short on this one. We do not believe that this amendment is necessary,...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c1291 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I agree with the noble Baroness.

Lord Graham of Edmonton | 693 c1291 (Link to this contribution) At lunchtime today, the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin, and I attended the annual meeting of London Council...

Baroness Hanham | 693 c1291 (Link to this contribution) The question is perhaps easier than the Minister thinks. If it is recommended after the review that ...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c1289 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Baroness for that intervention. I was trying to think of one of the most extreme e...

Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 693 c1289 (Link to this contribution) Why do the Government think that a parish council is potentially too politically charged to choose i...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c1288 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, on speaking through quite a challenging moment. I am...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c1291 (Link to this contribution) I need to make clear that the principal concern here is determining whether a review of the electora...

Baroness Hanham | 693 c1291 (Link to this contribution) My understanding is that an election would take place under the normal system—two or three-member wa...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c1290-1 (Link to this contribution) I will seek to convince the Committee that these amendments are not needed and that the clause shoul...

Lord Greaves | 693 c1289-90 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 91: 91: Clause 55, page 28, line 4, at end insert— ““( ) A county council in a...

Lord Greaves | 693 c1296-7 (Link to this contribution) My Amendment No. 101 pursues some of the issues mentioned by my noble friend. Ward and division name...

Lord Greaves | 693 c1292 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 95: 95: Clause 56, page 29, line 20, leave out ““divisible by”” and insert ““1...

Baroness Hamwee | 693 c1289 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Baroness. The answer to my amendment seems to be that that is what we do now. I do...

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