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Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill [HL]

Debate on bills and Committee proceeding on Monday, 28 January 2008, in the House of Lords.
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Parliamentary proceeding
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698 c215-74GC 
Session
2007-08
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Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
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Committee stage
Procedure
New clauses
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House of Lords Grand Committee
Related items
Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill (HL). (Explanatory Notes HL Bill 7-EN published).
Thursday, 8 November 2007
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House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Viscount Eccles | 698 c229GC (Link to this contribution) If I may press the point, does that mean another period of consultation of 12 weeks?
Lord Bach | 698 c229GC (Link to this contribution) Yes, it will.

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Lord Bach | 698 c234-7GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my noble friend for raising this point and speaking to her Amendment No. 95. She ha...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 698 c231GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 78: 78: Clause 26, page 12, line 3, leave out paragraph (b) The noble Lord sa...
Lord Jones of Birmingham | 698 c248GC (Link to this contribution) The LBRO’s ability to delegate its arbitration functions under paragraph 9 of Schedule 4 is critical...
Baroness Wilcox | 698 c240-1GC (Link to this contribution) I was not sure what was happening here, but now that the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, has explained ...
Lord Jones of Birmingham | 698 c241-2GC (Link to this contribution) I first assure the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, that the business’s right to appeal to the LBRO was ...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c244GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 88: 88: Schedule 4, page 46, line 28, leave out ““or directions”” The noble B...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c215GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 68: 68: Clause 24, page 10, line 15, leave out paragraph (b) The noble Barone...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c221-2GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 73: 73: Clause 25, page 11, line 8, at end insert— ““( ) providing general adv...
Lord Bach | 698 c264GC (Link to this contribution) The inclusion of a charging clause in the Bill has been welcomed by local authorities. Some stakehol...
Viscount Ullswater | 698 c274GC (Link to this contribution) The Committee stands adjourned until Wednesday.
Lord Lyell of Markyate | 698 c271-2GC (Link to this contribution) I rise briefly to support my noble friend, who has done us a great service by working in such detail...
Lord Bach | 698 c229GC (Link to this contribution) In our briefing this morning, I asked that very question of my officials. Truthfully, no; it is not ...
Lord De Mauley | 698 c227GC (Link to this contribution) We agree that it is insufficiently clear whether enforcement action includes informal advice and gui...
Lord De Mauley | 698 c226GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for his response. Having heard what he said, which does not entirely a...
Lord Colwyn | 698 c239GC (Link to this contribution) I must inform the Committee that if Amendment No. 82 is agreed, I shall not be able to call Amendmen...
Lord Jones of Birmingham | 698 c238-9GC (Link to this contribution) This group of amendments covers two separate issues relating to LBRO arbitration. Perhaps I may leav...
Viscount Eccles | 698 c234GC (Link to this contribution) I have a great deal of sympathy with the amendment tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Turner of Camd...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c231GC (Link to this contribution) I tabled an amendment to ensure that I entirely understood the provision—I said that, had I wanted t...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c229GC (Link to this contribution) I see the problem. I am grateful for that explanation. I thought that either guidance or secondary l...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c229-30GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 77: 77: Clause 26, page 11, line 35, leave out ““with the consent of”” and ins...
Viscount Eccles | 698 c229GC (Link to this contribution) Is there any idea by when it might have been prepared? There has been a lot of consultation and resp...
Lord Jones of Birmingham | 698 c249GC (Link to this contribution) I want to assure the noble Lord, Lord Cope, and Members generally. As I listened to that, I was thin...
Lord Cope of Berkeley | 698 c248-9GC (Link to this contribution) Before the noble Baroness withdraws her amendment, I suggest that the difficulty may be in the use o...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 698 c247-8GC (Link to this contribution) I, too, support the noble Baroness. We have set out a long and elaborate set of regulations, running...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c248GC (Link to this contribution) It seems to me that ““delegation”” is not quite the right term, if that is what we are attempting to...
Lord De Mauley | 698 c242-3GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 84A: 84A: Schedule 4, page 45, line 27, at end insert— ““Reference by regulate...
Lord Jones of Birmingham | 698 c262GC (Link to this contribution) I address my first remarks to the reference that the noble Lord, Lord Cope of Berkeley, made to McDo...
Lord Cope of Berkeley | 698 c262GC (Link to this contribution) I did not wish to cast any aspersions on McDonald’s. On the contrary, I, too, congratulate the compa...
Lord Cope of Berkeley | 698 c260-1GC (Link to this contribution) I was much reassured by what the noble Lord, Lord Jones, said about this clause and the issues behin...
Lord Borrie | 698 c256GC (Link to this contribution) If the amendments proposed by the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley, are accepted, in effect an enforcing a...
Lord Jones of Birmingham | 698 c256-9GC (Link to this contribution) I am sympathetic to the intentions behind Amendments Nos. 97 and 98. The noble Baroness, Lady Wilcox...
Lord De Mauley | 698 c255-6GC (Link to this contribution) I rise to speak to Amendments Nos. 97 and 98. The purpose of these probing amendments is to cater fo...
Viscount Colville of Culross | 698 c254GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps the noble Baroness will forgive me if I say one word by way of thanks. I have no particular ...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c255GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 96: 96: Clause 28, page 12, line 34, at end insert ““LBRO or”” The noble Baro...
Viscount Colville of Culross | 698 c250-2GC (Link to this contribution) My Amendment No. 94 has been grouped with this, and I want to come at it from two different backgrou...
Lord Bach | 698 c252-4GC (Link to this contribution) These are important amendments and I am grateful for the opportunity they provide for me to give wha...
Lord Bach | 698 c219GC (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to interrupt the noble Baroness, but I do so only to congratulate her on a point that nei...
Lord De Mauley | 698 c224GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 75: 75: Clause 26, page 11, line 16, leave out from ““is”” to ““it”” in line 1...
Baroness Wilcox | 698 c222GC (Link to this contribution) The amendments, proposed by the Trading Standards Institute, would ensure that the primary authority...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 698 c220-1GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for the consideration that he has given to the amendment. I hope that ...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c219GC (Link to this contribution) You knew you had done it, but you just could not find it; I am often in that situation myself. Two ...
Lord Bach | 698 c266-8GC (Link to this contribution) I am extremely grateful to my noble friend because he is right. Indeed, I am tempted to ask the nobl...
Lord De Mauley | 698 c266GC (Link to this contribution) How does the noble Lord suppose that home and lead authorities have managed to carry out this functi...
Lord De Mauley | 698 c264-5GC (Link to this contribution) Leaving out the clause would avoid the situation where a business that has in good faith paid all it...
Lord Bach | 698 c227-8GC (Link to this contribution) Again, we are grateful for the opportunity that this probing amendment presents to give some assuran...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c226-7GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 76: 76: Clause 26, page 11, line 34, at end insert— ““( ) In this Part ““enfor...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c237-8GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 79: 79: Schedule 4, page 44, line 25, leave out ““with the consent of LBRO”” ...
Lord Cope of Berkeley | 698 c234GC (Link to this contribution) I, too, have some sympathy with the general remarks made by the noble Baroness. I was worried about ...
Lord Jones of Birmingham | 698 c231-2GC (Link to this contribution) First, I assure the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, that in the vast majority of cases—we talked in detail...
Lord Bach | 698 c229GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Viscount. We will need to consult fully on the content of this and the ot...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c247GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 91: 91: Schedule 4, page 47, line 1, leave out paragraph 9 The noble Baroness...
Lord Jones of Birmingham | 698 c248GC (Link to this contribution) Delegating the ability to get on with the job does not mean you delegate responsibility at the same ...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c248GC (Link to this contribution) So far, I am not reassured. I hope I may be at a future stage. Not having the right in-house experie...
Lord Jones of Birmingham | 698 c245-7GC (Link to this contribution) I thank my noble friend Lord Borrie for his confidence in what I have to say. As an aside, I wish to...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c242GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the explanation. I apologise for my suggestion that the provision was not in the d...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c264GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 99: 99: Clause 29, page 13, line 9, after ““may”” insert ““following consultat...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 698 c261-2GC (Link to this contribution) I also have concerns about the way in which Clause 28 has been drafted. The Minister tried to reassu...
Lord De Mauley | 698 c259GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his helpful response, particularly on Amendments Nos. 97 and 98. I said tha...
Lord Bach | 698 c254GC (Link to this contribution) I very much regret that the noble Viscount may not be present on Report but I hope that the words I ...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c254-5GC (Link to this contribution) I, too, am grateful. I am reassured by the noble Lord’s example of an alarm ringing night or day. Th...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c250GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 93: 93: Clause 27, page 12, line 15, after ““which”” insert ““enforcement acti...
Baroness Wilcox | 698 c252GC (Link to this contribution) I support Amendment No. 94, which of course I would, given the examples already set out by the noble...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c249GC (Link to this contribution) The Opposition will never object to a Minister saying, ““We will take that back””. I can think of ma...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 698 c215GC (Link to this contribution) I remind the Committee that if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, the Committe...
Lord Borrie | 698 c216GC (Link to this contribution) Where a business has a presence in more than one local authority, be it a supermarket of the kind wh...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c215-6GC (Link to this contribution) No criticism is intended. Nevertheless, this is not unimportant. The amendment seeks to strike out ...
Viscount Eccles | 698 c216-7GC (Link to this contribution) If a multi-branch business has a primary authority, and one of its branches in another authority, th...
Lord Cope of Berkeley | 698 c216GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness’s Amendment No. 69, on consultation, seems moderate, because it requires consulta...
Lord Bach | 698 c217-8GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for raising this important issue with her amendmen...
Lord De Mauley | 698 c268GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for his response. I would make the point that while some local authori...
Lord Borrie | 698 c266GC (Link to this contribution) I am aware that they have been able to do that, but I do not think that it has been very satisfactor...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 698 c265GC (Link to this contribution) I, too, am concerned about this clause. The noble Lord, Lord Jones, described the emergence of new a...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c264GC (Link to this contribution) I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendment No. 100 had been...
Lord Bach | 698 c274GC (Link to this contribution) If the noble Lord will forgive me, I think that he made a slip of the tongue. I hope that it was not...
Lord Selsdon | 698 c273-4GC (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Bach, for that reply: it is generous and kind and shows t...
Lord Bach | 698 c274GC (Link to this contribution) I suggest that we adjourn the proceedings of this Committee until Wednesday next at 3.45 pm.
Lord Selsdon | 698 c274GC (Link to this contribution) It says ““05”” on my brief; I am so sorry about that. I think that the oldest Act on my list is from...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 698 c271GC (Link to this contribution) Briefly, I support my noble friend who has done us a great service by raising this issue. Before he ...
Lord Bach | 698 c272-3GC (Link to this contribution) We are grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Selsdon, for his initiative in tabling these amendments at a...
Viscount Eccles | 698 c229GC (Link to this contribution) Is there any hope that we will see a draft statutory instrument before Report?
Lord Bach | 698 c225-6GC (Link to this contribution) I shall come to the point raised by the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, a little later. The noble Lord, Lo...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 698 c224-5GC (Link to this contribution) When the Minister replies, could he explain again how this is to operate because it seems to me that...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c239-40GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 82: 82: Schedule 4, page 45, line 3, leave out paragraph 2 The noble Baroness...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c239GC (Link to this contribution) The proper response is to thank the Minister and say that I will read it very carefully. I beg leave...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 698 c237GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that detailed explanation, which I hope will satisfy some of those who have...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 698 c232-3GC (Link to this contribution) I rise to oppose Clause 26 and to speak to my Amendment No. 95 in the same group. I seek to replace ...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 698 c232GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for the fact that the case has been considered. The road to hell is pa...
Lord Jones of Birmingham | 698 c230GC (Link to this contribution) I preface my comments with a recognition of the Government’s gratitude to the Welsh Assembly for its...
Lord Cope of Berkeley | 698 c230GC (Link to this contribution) I think the amendment is wrong. Given devolution, Welsh Ministers ought to be able to contribute to ...
Lord Cope of Berkeley | 698 c247GC (Link to this contribution) I was surprised to see this paragraph in the schedule. I support the noble Baroness in wondering wha...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c247GC (Link to this contribution) In response to the noble Lord, Lord Borrie, I began by saying I wanted to know whether the Governmen...
Lord Borrie | 698 c245GC (Link to this contribution) I am sorry that the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, has pursued this matter, except for one fact: we ha...
Viscount Eccles | 698 c245GC (Link to this contribution) The Committee will not be surprised to hear that I fully support the amendments of the noble Barones...
Lord Bach | 698 c243-4GC (Link to this contribution) These amendments would give businesses operating in, and regulated by, only one local authority acce...
Lord De Mauley | 698 c244GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his answer. His summary of what the amendments do seems right to me. Howeve...
Lord Jones of Birmingham | 698 c262-4GC (Link to this contribution) I shall address the two points raised by the noble Lord, Lord Cope. The first was about the ““patchw...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c259-60GC (Link to this contribution) My Amendment No. 96 was introduced as a probing amendment and I am grateful for the clarification. A...
Lord Bach | 698 c215GC (Link to this contribution) That was at half-past seven on Wednesday.
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c218GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that response. On Amendment No. 70, to which I have not spoken, the noble Lord say...
Baroness Hamwee | 698 c223-4GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that answer. The Minister said that all functions currently carried out by the hom...
Lord Cope of Berkeley | 698 c222GC (Link to this contribution) Is it envisaged that some of the voluntary arrangements will continue indefinitely alongside the new...
Lord Bach | 698 c222-3GC (Link to this contribution) We understand that some concern has been expressed that operating the primary authority scheme—which...
Lord Bach | 698 c220GC (Link to this contribution) It goes without saying that of course we would expect the primary authority to give advice to other ...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 698 c219-20GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 72: 72: Clause 25, page 11, line 6, after ““authorities”” insert ““when reques...
Lord Selsdon | 698 c268-71GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 103A: 103A: After Clause 33, insert the following new Clause— ““PART 2A Powers...
Lord Borrie | 698 c265-6GC (Link to this contribution) The merits of the primary authority scheme are that it will be in the public interest and in the int...
Baroness Wilcox | 698 c272GC (Link to this contribution) We on these Benches support the amendments tabled by my noble friend Lord Selsdon to include in this...
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