Parliamentary search - Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [HL]

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707 c133-98GC

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2008-09

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Department for Communities and Local Government

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House of Lords Grand Committee

Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill (HL). Explanatory Notes HL Bill 2-EN also published.
Thursday, 4 December 2008
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Baroness Hamwee | 707 c189GC (Link to this contribution) Clause 49: Boundary Committee for England Amendment 159ZEF 159ZEF: Clause 49, page 33, line 7, lea...

Lord Patel of Bradford | 707 c190-3GC (Link to this contribution) Before turning to the amendments, I hope that the Committee will find it useful if I provide a brief...

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Baroness Andrews | 707 c183-4GC (Link to this contribution) This group of amendments is significant and I was interested to hear what both noble Lords said. The...

Baroness Maddock | 707 c171-2GC (Link to this contribution) I support my noble friend. I know from my own experience that it is important that you have officer ...

Lord Tope | 707 c174GC (Link to this contribution) Clause 28: Functions of joint overview and scrutiny committees Amendment 154A 154A: Clause 28, pag...

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c133GC (Link to this contribution) Amendment 131 131: Clause 19, page 13, line 10, after ““may”” insert ““or may not””

Baroness Warsi | 707 c150-1GC (Link to this contribution) I shall speak also to Amendments 145 to 150 inclusive. They are probing amendments and provide us wi...

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c198GC (Link to this contribution) In view of the time, the most popular thing that I could do—although perhaps not popular with the El...

Lord Patel of Bradford | 707 c195GC (Link to this contribution) Amendments 159X to 159Z 159X: Schedule 1, page 85, line 25, after second ““the”” insert ““ordinary”...

Lord Hanningfield | 707 c196GC (Link to this contribution) I have given notice of my intention to oppose Clause 51. I support the point made by the noble Baron...

Lord Patel of Bradford | 707 c198GC (Link to this contribution) Amendment 160C 160C: Schedule 3, page 97, line 26, at end insert— ““(10) The power of the Boundary ...

Lord Patel of Bradford | 707 c186-8GC (Link to this contribution) As the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, rightly said, this chapter of the Bill enables the recommendatio...

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c188-9GC (Link to this contribution) That was a spirited defence. I am not sure that it will take us a great deal further if I try to ans...

Lord Tope | 707 c179-80GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister very much for the careful and considered response that she has given us. Amendm...

Lord Hanningfield | 707 c182GC (Link to this contribution) I have some sympathy with what the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, has proposed. Certainly, the whole t...

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c180GC (Link to this contribution) Amendment 156 156: After Clause 29, insert the following new Clause— ““Eligibility for membership: ...

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c184-5GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hanningfield. I should have thought about consultancies—a fair...

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c185GC (Link to this contribution) Clause 32: Power to appoint auditor Amendment 158A 158A: Clause 32, page 22, line 18, after ““sect...

Lord Hanningfield | 707 c174GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for her answer. I agree with a point made earlier by the noble Baroness, Lady H...

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c173-4GC (Link to this contribution) Before the noble Lord responds, does the Minister appreciate the irony of wishing to increase the st...

Lord Hanningfield | 707 c170GC (Link to this contribution) This is a probing amendment in regard to scrutiny. It is the first of a series of amendments on the ...

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c170-1GC (Link to this contribution) My opposition to the clause in its entirety is grouped with these two amendments. I am something of ...

Baroness Andrews | 707 c177-8GC (Link to this contribution) This has been a very interesting debate. I am always grateful for the interventions of my noble frie...

Lord Smith of Leigh | 707 c176-7GC (Link to this contribution) Noble Lords opposite have consistently argued that the Bill should not cover unnecessary things. Thi...

Lord Smith of Leigh | 707 c177GC (Link to this contribution) Scrutiny inevitably depends on how well those being scrutinised accept and respond to it. In Greater...

Lord Colwyn | 707 c133GC (Link to this contribution) Good afternoon. I start with the usual reminder that, if there is a Division in the Chamber while we...

Baroness Andrews | 707 c136-7GC (Link to this contribution) The amendment raises an important issue and, again, I want to be as reassuring as possible. Clause 2...

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c137GC (Link to this contribution) I hesitate to commit my noble friend but I am sure that he would stress not just the difference betw...

Baroness Warsi | 707 c140GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for her kind comments about Friday. I did indeed have fun, ...

Lord Low of Dalston | 707 c147-8GC (Link to this contribution) Since I entered the House, we have passed a number of Bills that require decisions to be notified to...

Baroness Warsi | 707 c154GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his response. I am going to have a detailed look at Hansard because I am st...

Lord Patel of Bradford | 707 c157GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Best, supported by the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, have raised a very importan...

Lord Patel of Bradford | 707 c158GC (Link to this contribution) Ideally, as soon as possible. We are hoping that it will be at some time in the spring, on a realist...

Baroness Andrews | 707 c166GC (Link to this contribution) I can honestly say that I have been looking forward to this amendment more than most. I am particula...

Lord Patel of Bradford | 707 c196-8GC (Link to this contribution) I shall try to be brief. I shall first address the comments of the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, in r...

Lord Patel of Bradford | 707 c195GC (Link to this contribution) Amendments 160A and 160B 160A: Schedule 1, page 92, line 13, leave out ““a member”” and insert ““an...

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c196GC (Link to this contribution) I shall speak also to Amendments 160BB, 160BC and 160BD and to the Questions whether Clause 58 and S...

Lord Patel of Bradford | 707 c198GC (Link to this contribution) I think that this is a convenient moment for the Committee to adjourn.

Baroness Warsi | 707 c190GC (Link to this contribution) I have one amendment in this group which I think is now redundant. I tabled Amendment 160 as a respo...

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c189-90GC (Link to this contribution) This amendment is part of an extremely long group of mostly government amendments. I have tabled als...

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c180-2GC (Link to this contribution) I shall speak also to Amendments 157 and 158. At Second Reading I mentioned that repealing what have...

Baroness Warsi | 707 c186GC (Link to this contribution) I have one amendment in this group on a small but none the less important point. The amendment would...

Baroness Andrews | 707 c172-3GC (Link to this contribution) It is evident that noble Lords understand what we are trying to do, although there is clearly concer...

Lord Graham of Edmonton | 707 c169GC (Link to this contribution) Amendment 152B 152B: After Clause 26, insert the following new Clause— ““Honorary titles (1) Sectio...

Baroness Andrews | 707 c176GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may correct that. I think that it was a mishearing. I am afraid that it is not ring-fenced...

Lord Hanningfield | 707 c176GC (Link to this contribution) I shall speak briefly to Amendment 155. As the noble Lord, Lord Tope, said, it is in our name also. ...

Lord Hanningfield | 707 c177GC (Link to this contribution) We have scrutiny, and we invite other members of local authorities to join us. We are talking about ...

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c133-4GC (Link to this contribution) I move this amendment on behalf of my noble friend Lord Greaves, who, due to unforeseen circumstance...

Lord Hanningfield | 707 c134GC (Link to this contribution) I support the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee. A theme running throughout this part of the legislation i...

Baroness Andrews | 707 c134-5GC (Link to this contribution) I send my good wishes to the noble Lord, Lord Greaves. I hope that he will dig himself out. I notice...

Baroness Warsi | 707 c138GC (Link to this contribution) I tabled Amendment 134 as a response to recommendations in the report produced on the Bill by the De...

Lord Tope | 707 c137GC (Link to this contribution) That is a disgrace.

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c136GC (Link to this contribution) Again, I move this amendment on behalf of my noble friend Lord Greaves. It seeks to remove the appli...

Lord Tope | 707 c140GC (Link to this contribution) Clause 23: Duty of public authorities to secure involvement Amendment 138 138: Clause 23, page 14,...

Lord Tope | 707 c140-1GC (Link to this contribution) I must confess to be musing still about the exchange just now between my noble friend Lady Hamwee an...

Baroness Andrews | 707 c142-6GC (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for enabling me to speak to Amendment 138ZA, ...

Lord Low of Dalston | 707 c150GC (Link to this contribution) The Minister said that he hopes that his response has gone some way to giving me the reassurance for...

Lord Patel of Bradford | 707 c148-50GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord, Lord Low of Dalston, for raising as powerfully as ever this very important i...

Lord Low of Dalston | 707 c147GC (Link to this contribution) Amendment 143A 143A: After Clause 24, insert the following new Clause— ““Statutory notices framewor...

Lord Patel of Bradford | 707 c152-4GC (Link to this contribution) I turn first to the amendments of the noble Baroness, Lady Warsi. She raises some very pertinent que...

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c151GC (Link to this contribution) My Amendment 150A is in this group. It probes some of the points that the noble Baroness has just me...

Baroness Warsi | 707 c150GC (Link to this contribution) Clause 25: Establishment and assistance of bodies representing tenants etc Amendment 144 144: Clau...

Lord Patel of Bradford | 707 c154GC (Link to this contribution) I imagine that most tenants in the first instance would probably go to TAROE to resolve an individua...

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c154GC (Link to this contribution) On that last point, will individuals be able to raise tenancy matters, which is part of their person...

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c156-7GC (Link to this contribution) I added my name and that of my noble friend Lord Tope to almost all the amendments. I am prompted to...

Lord Graham of Edmonton | 707 c158-61GC (Link to this contribution) Amendment 152A 152A: After Clause 26, insert the following new Clause— ““Local freedoms (1) The Loc...

Lord Best | 707 c158GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that. I look forward to that in the spring. Amendment 144A withdrawn. Ame...

Lord Boston of Faversham | 707 c165GC (Link to this contribution) It is with great pleasure that I rise to support the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Graham of Edm...

Lord Hanningfield | 707 c164GC (Link to this contribution) I was pleased to hear the noble Lord refer to county councils, because they very rarely or never app...

Lord Boston of Faversham | 707 c165-6GC (Link to this contribution) I have no doubt whatever that the noble Lord, Lord Graham, was there. The right to create honorary ...

Lord Patel of Bradford | 707 c194-5GC (Link to this contribution) Amendments 159Q to 159W 159Q: Schedule 1, page 84, line 22, after ““as”” insert ““an ordinary”” 1...

Lord Patel of Bradford | 707 c195GC (Link to this contribution) Amendment 159AA 159AA: Schedule 1, page 87, line 34, at end insert— ““( ) Sub-paragraph (1) does no...

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c195GC (Link to this contribution) Schedule 2: Electoral change in England: considerations on review Amendment 160BA 160BA: Schedule ...

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c193-4GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that detailed response. On appointments, a Speaker’s Committee has a status which ...

Lord Patel of Bradford | 707 c194GC (Link to this contribution) Schedule 1: Boundary Committee for England Amendments 159A and 159B 159A: Schedule 1, page 83, lin...

Lord Patel of Bradford | 707 c194GC (Link to this contribution) Amendments 159C toi 159P 159C: Schedule 1, page 83, line 9, leave out ““a member”” and insert ““an ...

Baroness Andrews | 707 c178-9GC (Link to this contribution) I can see from Amendments 154A and 154B that we share the same underlying aim to see more co-operati...

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c185-6GC (Link to this contribution) This amendment is grouped with Amendments 158B, 159ZA, 159ZB, 159ZC, 159ZD and 159ZE, which are all ...

Lord Hanningfield | 707 c169GC (Link to this contribution) Clause 27: Scrutiny officers Amendment 153 153: Clause 27, page 18, line 29, leave out ““must”” an...

Lord Graham of Edmonton | 707 c168GC (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful for the reception that my amendments have received. I am grateful to the noble Ba...

Lord Tope | 707 c174-5GC (Link to this contribution) I shall also speak to Amendments 154B, 155 and 155A. Amendment 154A speaks for itself. Such is my aw...

Lord Tope | 707 c176GC (Link to this contribution) I am sorry if I misheard. It is perhaps better to mishear than to misspeak. Whether it is ring-fence...

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c136GC (Link to this contribution) Clause 20: Handling of petitions by other bodies Amendment 133 133: Clause 20, page 13, line 23, l...

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c135-6GC (Link to this contribution) I cannot resist commenting that if there were less detail in the Bill it would not be necessary to s...

Baroness Andrews | 707 c138-9GC (Link to this contribution) I appreciate the way the noble Baroness has addressed this issue. She is right to raise the recommen...

Baroness Warsi | 707 c138GC (Link to this contribution) Amendment 134 134: Clause 20, page 13, line 36, at end insert— ““( ) Any order made under subsectio...

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c137GC (Link to this contribution) It is not a disgrace that I live in London; it is a great place. However, one has to remember that t...

Lord Colwyn | 707 c136GC (Link to this contribution) If this amendment is agreed to, I cannot call Amendment 133A, which has already been debated.

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c139GC (Link to this contribution) Before the noble Baroness replies, I would like to comment on one aspect of this. I would also like ...

Baroness Warsi | 707 c142GC (Link to this contribution) My name is added to that of the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, in opposing the Question that Clauses 23 a...

Baroness Hamwee | 707 c142GC (Link to this contribution) I see that Amendment 138ZA, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Best, is included in the group. I im...

Lord Colwyn | 707 c142GC (Link to this contribution) I should have said that if this amendment is agreed to I will not be able to call Amendment 138ZA.

Lord Tope | 707 c146GC (Link to this contribution) I am extremely grateful to the Minister for what she herself said was a very full reply to this set ...

Lord Best | 707 c154-6GC (Link to this contribution) I apologise for not being present when the earlier amendment in my name was called. The Committee we...

Lord Best | 707 c154GC (Link to this contribution) Amendment 144A 144A: Clause 25, page 16, line 31, after ““body”” insert ““or bodies””

Lord Best | 707 c157-8GC (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful for the support from the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, on this and my earlier amen...

Lord Graham of Edmonton | 707 c165GC (Link to this contribution) I was there!

Baroness Maddock | 707 c163-4GC (Link to this contribution) I apologise to the Committee; I have been in another committee and have only just arrived, but am ve...

Lord Graham of Edmonton | 707 c161-3GC (Link to this contribution) I shall also speak to other amendments related to this one. For the benefit of the Committee, and to...

Baroness Andrews | 707 c166-8GC (Link to this contribution) The Committee should not look so surprised; these amendments are worth accepting. Before I confirm t...

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