Parliamentary search - Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill [HL]

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700 c277-321

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2007-08

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Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

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Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill (HL). As amended in Grand Committee.
Wednesday, 6 February 2008
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House of Lords

Deposited Paper DEP2008-1089
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
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Proceeding contributions

Lord Cope of Berkeley | 700 c277-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 1: 1: Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out ““Local Better”” and insert ““Better...

Baroness Hamwee | 700 c278 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this was indeed an idea that came to me during the debate in Committee. What can I say? I ...

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Baroness Vadera | 700 c279-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Cope, for tabling Amendments Nos. 1 and 2. I take this opport...

Baroness Wilcox | 700 c279 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Cope on both amendments. As he has extensively argued, the ...

Baroness Wilcox | 700 c281 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 3: 3: Clause 1, page 1, line 7, at end insert— ““(4) LBRO shall cease to exist...

Lord Cope of Berkeley | 700 c280-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that was an interesting short debate. I am grateful for the support for my proposal not on...

Baroness Vadera | 700 c281 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Wilcox, for giving way so early in her remarks. I interve...

Baroness Wilcox | 700 c281 (Link to this contribution) Well, my Lords, I have a wonderful speech here. It took my researcher Violet and me ages to write. W...

Baroness Vadera | 700 c282 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the House already knows what the Government intend to do and I do not believe that I shoul...

Baroness Wilcox | 700 c282 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister. I am grateful for what she said and for the gracious way in which th...

Lord Bach | 700 c282-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 4: 4: Schedule 1, page 36, line 32, at beginning insert ““half”” The noble Lo...

Baroness Wilcox | 700 c281 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would prefer to say that that would be a welcome and reassuring measure. I look forward ...

Lord Brabazon of Tara | 700 c281 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the amendment should refer to Section 74(3), not Section 73(3).

Lord Razzall | 700 c281-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I entirely endorse the remarks of the noble Baroness welcoming the noble Baroness, Lady Va...

Lord Borrie | 700 c282 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I just make the point that Clause 17 already provides for the possibility of a government ...

Lord Borrie | 700 c284 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that I have never said, either in Committee or elsewhere, that it is necessary to b...

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 700 c283 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I briefly thank the Minister for his kind comments and, indeed, for his amendment. When we...

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 700 c283-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 6: 6: Schedule 1, page 37, line 6, leave out ““five”” and insert ““three”” Th...

Lord Borrie | 700 c288 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have a lot of sympathy with what has been said by the mover of the amendment, the noble ...

Lord Desai | 700 c288-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I spoke in Grand Committee and I continue to be astonished that, in a Bill designed to red...

Baroness Hamwee | 700 c286 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome these amendments. The letter on Amendment No. 8, sent to noble Lords following C...

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 700 c286-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 9: 9: Clause 5, page 3, line 32, at end insert ““and efficiently”” The noble ...

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 700 c285 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful, as ever, to the Minister for his courteous response to my amendments. I am ...

Lord Bach | 700 c285-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 8: 8: Clause 4, page 3, line 18, leave out subsection (7) and insert— ““(7) Th...

Lord Bach | 700 c296 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 12: 12: Clause 6, page 4, line 11, at end insert— ““(aa) such local authoritie...

Baroness Hamwee | 700 c295-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Government seem to be hung up on the fact that they have used this phrase in previous ...

Lord Bach | 700 c295 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we spent some time in Committee discussing the principles of good regulation, which featur...

Lord Bach | 700 c300-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity that the amendments give to discuss our reason for the i...

Baroness Butler-Sloss | 700 c299 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, bearing in mind what the noble Lord, Lord Borrie, said about not having something that is ...

Baroness Wilcox | 700 c299 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, along with the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, I am in full support of the raft of amendments...

Baroness Hamwee | 700 c298 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wholeheartedly support what the noble Viscount has said, his reasons for saying it and t...

Lord Borrie | 700 c298-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I oppose the amendment proposed by the noble Viscount, Lord Eccles. We know—he showed us—t...

Viscount Eccles | 700 c296-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 13: 13: Clause 7, page 4, line 18, leave out ““LBRO”” and insert ““The Secreta...

Baroness Hamwee | 700 c289 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the point that the noble Lord, Lord Desai, has just made about reducing or adding to the b...

Baroness Hamwee | 700 c293 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have a problem with this amendment too. Local authorities have powers in regard to the t...

Lord Bach | 700 c293-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am also sorry that I am going to disappoint the noble Lord again. As was said in Committ...

Baroness Hamwee | 700 c294-5 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 11: 11: Clause 5, page 3, line 38, leave out ““only”” The noble Baroness said...

Baroness Wilcox | 700 c289 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts in his Amendment No. 9. It seems ...

Lord Bach | 700 c289-90 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, for raising this issue. In our view, the noble Baron...

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 700 c290-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very disappointed with the Minister's response, as he will understand. I am grateful ...

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 700 c292-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 10: 10: Clause 5, page 3, line 34, at end insert””, and (d) in a way which all...

Lord Bach | 700 c321 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that consideration on Report be now adjourned. In moving the Motion, I sugge...

Baroness Hamwee | 700 c305 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have Amendments Nos. 25, 26 and 27 in this group. I pause hopefully, but no one is leapi...

Lord Cope of Berkeley | 700 c305 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in that case, I need not go on for very long. The point is whether the LBRO will consider ...

Lord Bach | 700 c304 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord hopes that we will accept it. We certainly intend to consider it, if that w...

Lord Cope of Berkeley | 700 c304 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 24: 24: Clause 9, page 5, line 10, after ““of”” insert ““existing or proposed”...

Baroness Hamwee | 700 c304 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I happily beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendmen...

Lord Bach | 700 c304 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for her amendment, which we suspect is designed t...

Viscount Eccles | 700 c302 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. I think that in substance we are in very close agreem...

Baroness Hamwee | 700 c304 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 19: 19: Clause 7, page 4, line 31, at end insert— ““( ) such local authorities...

Viscount Eccles | 700 c302 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before I try to reply as best I can, may I refer to the Food Safety Act which the Minister...

Lord Bach | 700 c302 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I accept the enormous amount of work that the noble Viscount has put into researching this...

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 700 c313 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I may ask the Minister to clarify one point in relation to my noble friend’s amend...

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 700 c310 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the Minister’s reassurance that he will ensure that clarity on this issu...

Lord Bach | 700 c309-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we sympathise with the spirit of the amendment, which certainly captures how the Governmen...

Lord Bach | 700 c311-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this gives me an opportunity to clarify that the LBRO will be subject to all the usual rul...

Lord Cope of Berkeley | 700 c310-1 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 30: 30: Clause 14, page 7, line 4, at end insert ““, with the consent of the T...

Lord Bach | 700 c306-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, these amendments in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, and the noble Lord, Lord...

Lord Cope of Berkeley | 700 c307 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am delighted with the response from the Minister on my Amendment No. 24, because he has ...

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 700 c307-9 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 29: 29: After Clause 12, insert the following new Clause— ““Memorandum of unde...

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 700 c305 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have tabled Amendment No. 28 in this group. This is an issue that we covered in Committe...

Lord Lyell of Markyate | 700 c316 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I had not intended to intervene here but, as the Minister will realise when we come to the...

Lord Bach | 700 c315-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment No. 39 gives me an opportunity to discuss how we envisage primary authority part...

Lord De Mauley | 700 c315 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall support—very briefly, your Lordships will be pleased to hear—my noble friend Lord ...

Lord Cope of Berkeley | 700 c314-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful for the noble Lord’s agreement to the amendment by putting it in writin...

Lord Bach | 700 c313 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am advised that the organisation will be treated like any other NDPB in this instance. H...

Lord Cope of Berkeley | 700 c313 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that would be most helpful. I am somewhat reassured by what the Minister said on the finan...

Lord Bach | 700 c314 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 37: 37: Clause 19, page 9, line 38, after ““section”” insert ““4(7),”” On Que...

Lord Bach | 700 c314 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 38: 38: Clause 25, page 11, line 30, after ““agreed”” insert ““in writing”” T...

Lord Bach | 700 c313 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 31 to 33: 31: Clause 15, page 7, line 13, leave out ““general or specific”” ...

Lord Bach | 700 c313-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 34 to 36: 34: Clause 16, page 7, line 30, leave out ““general or specific”” ...

Lord Bach | 700 c321 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 42: 42: Clause 28, page 13, line 31, leave out ““may”” and insert ““shall”” O...

Lord Bach | 700 c321 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 41: 41: Schedule 4, page 48, leave out lines 37 to 39 On Question, amendment ...

Lord Bach | 700 c321 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 44: 44: Clause 28, page 13, line 36, at end insert— ““( ) The Secretary of Sta...

Lord Bach | 700 c316 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, but it is extremely hard to answer his questi...

Lord Cope of Berkeley | 700 c316-7 (Link to this contribution) had given notice of his intention to move Amendment No. 39: 39: Clause 25, page 12, line 13, at en...

Baroness Hamwee | 700 c318-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment No. 43 stands in my name. I pause to see whether the Government will accept it. ...

Baroness Wilcox | 700 c319-20 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I speak against government Amendment No. 41. That amendment removes the ability of the Loc...

Viscount Colville of Culross | 700 c320 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not want to make any criticisms. On Amendment No. 44, I just want to say a word of gr...

Lord Bach | 700 c320-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Viscount, although I am not sure that I am quite so gratef...

Lord Borrie | 700 c278 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Cope of Berkeley, has made a good case for his amendment. It is certa...

Lord Bach | 700 c284 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 makes provision for the tenure of board membership, and paragrap...

Lord Bach | 700 c317-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 40: 40: Clause 27, page 12, line 27, at end insert ““pursuant to the relevant ...

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 700 c294 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the importance of economic activity and success is hard to overestimate. I accept entirely...

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