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

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708 c257-304GC

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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). As amended in Grand Committee.
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
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Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill (HL). Explanatory Notes HL Bill 2-EN also published.
Thursday, 4 December 2008
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Proceeding contributions

Baroness Hamwee | 708 c266GC (Link to this contribution) I will indulge myself with one general political point, which is that the Minister made an extremely...

Baroness Andrews | 708 c261-5GC (Link to this contribution) I hope noble Lords will not have withdrawal symptoms after today, since I sincerely hope we will fin...

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Lord Graham of Edmonton | 708 c302GC (Link to this contribution) Clause 142: Commencement: general Amendment 218 218: Clause 142, page 80, line 41, at end insert— ...

Lord Tope | 708 c295GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that reply. I do not have to withdraw my amendment, as I have not formally ...

Baroness Andrews | 708 c281-6GC (Link to this contribution) I hope that I can put the noble Lord’s mind at rest in response to his concerns. We have reached Cla...

Lord Tope | 708 c277GC (Link to this contribution) Clause 116: Multi-area agreements Amendment 197B 197B: Clause 116, page 67, line 24, leave out par...

Lord Greaves | 708 c268-9GC (Link to this contribution) Prequential; I am grateful. I also speak to Amendments 194L, 194P, 194AK and 194AP, all of which are...

Baroness Andrews | 708 c273-4GC (Link to this contribution) I am happy to have this opportunity to put the noble Lord’s mind at rest about the issues he raised ...

Lord Greaves | 708 c265GC (Link to this contribution) People used to say, "Never ask questions unless you know the answers", but I do, I am afraid. I did ...

Lord Greaves | 708 c268GC (Link to this contribution) This is an exciting amendment, to leave out the word "and". It is what my noble friend Lady Hamwee h...

Baroness Warsi | 708 c257-8GC (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to start what I hope will be the last day of Committee stage of the Bill. In moving...

Lord Graham of Edmonton | 708 c304GC (Link to this contribution) In the Title: Amendment 219 219: In the Title, line 3, after "tenants;" insert "to make provision ...

Baroness Andrews | 708 c303-4GC (Link to this contribution) Noble Lords have been extremely generous, and I will certainly pass on the thanks of both noble Lord...

Lord Borrie | 708 c299GC (Link to this contribution) Amendment 206A 206A: After Clause 136, insert the following new Clause— "Conditional payment provis...

Lord Brett | 708 c299-300GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord seeks in both his amendments to protect firms from the effects of insolvency elsewher...

Lord Borrie | 708 c300GC (Link to this contribution) I do not find my noble friend’s answers entirely satisfactory because he does not seem to have taken...

Lord Borrie | 708 c301GC (Link to this contribution) I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 206A withdrawn. Clause 137 : Notices relating to ...

Lord Graham of Edmonton | 708 c302GC (Link to this contribution) This was part of a series of amendments arising from a schedule that I was pleased to speak to that ...

Lord Tope | 708 c294GC (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister say anything in response to the amendment to which I spoke?

Lord Brett | 708 c296GC (Link to this contribution) I assure the noble Lord that the letter will be winging its way in the next few days. It should cert...

Lord Brett | 708 c292-3GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, in moving his amendment, referred to the 1996 Act, from which these proposals arise ...

Baroness Andrews | 708 c288GC (Link to this contribution) I shall reply to that point. My excursion into socialism and/or Methodism is prompted by the fact th...

Lord Borrie | 708 c290GC (Link to this contribution) Amendment 203A 203A: Clause 133, page 75, line 21, leave out subsection (2)

Lord Borrie | 708 c290-1GC (Link to this contribution) We come to Part 8. Some of us would have liked to have reached this point a little earlier, but this...

Lord Greaves | 708 c280-1GC (Link to this contribution) Sprinkled throughout this group is a series of clause stand parts, which I tabled with the idea that...

Lord Hanningfield | 708 c286-7GC (Link to this contribution) I have two or three points for the Minister. I am very pleased that she said they are voluntary and ...

Lord Hanningfield | 708 c279-80GC (Link to this contribution) I have three amendments in this group, two of which are probing. They are all along similar lines to...

Lord Greaves | 708 c278GC (Link to this contribution) What is better than excellent, then?

Baroness Andrews | 708 c269GC (Link to this contribution) It is a bit daunting for any Minister to be told that nothing they could say could possibly change a...

Lord Graham of Edmonton | 708 c269GC (Link to this contribution) Have a go.

Lord Hanningfield | 708 c274GC (Link to this contribution) Another point came up during the passage of the transport Bill. I approve of Integrated Transport Au...

Lord Greaves | 708 c271-2GC (Link to this contribution) That is fine. It can be a good thing or a bad thing, but there is no point denying that that is happ...

Baroness Warsi | 708 c266-7GC (Link to this contribution) I have two points. First, the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, on the transfer of powers ...

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 708 c257GC (Link to this contribution) I remind the Committee that if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, the Committe...

Lord Greaves | 708 c259-61GC (Link to this contribution) I have two amendments in the group—Amendments 190B and 192B—and I shall speak to one or two others a...

Lord Borrie | 708 c298GC (Link to this contribution) I do not find the Minister’s answers entirely satisfactory. He used the word "permissive". I felt th...

Lord Borrie | 708 c299GC (Link to this contribution) There are only two amendments in this group. They have insolvency in common, but they are actually q...

Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan | 708 c293-4GC (Link to this contribution) I declare an interest as president of the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group. My noble friend...

Lord Brett | 708 c294-5GC (Link to this contribution) I shall respond to the noble Lord on the question of cost allocation, which he discussed in the latt...

Lord Borrie | 708 c296GC (Link to this contribution) Amendment 205A 205A: Clause 136, page 76, line 16, at end insert ", and (c) any entitlement, the is...

Lord Borrie | 708 c296-7GC (Link to this contribution) I shall also speak to the other amendments in this group, which are all concerned with payment proce...

Lord Tope | 708 c291-2GC (Link to this contribution) I shall speak to Amendment 204B, which stands in the name of my noble friend Lady Hamwee. The amendm...

Lord Tope | 708 c278-9GC (Link to this contribution) We are excellent and improving strongly. There is nothing better than that. That is for the London B...

Lord Tope | 708 c275GC (Link to this contribution) Put it into London.

Baroness Andrews | 708 c274-5GC (Link to this contribution) Again, let me offer some assurances. It is up to local authorities. There is no reason why they shou...

Lord Graham of Edmonton | 708 c271GC (Link to this contribution) I agree with what the noble Lord has said, and with the underlying principle.

Lord Greaves | 708 c271GC (Link to this contribution) We have to accept that there are occasions when we just disagree. We disagree about what the words i...

Baroness Andrews | 708 c269-71GC (Link to this contribution) I will have a go. I am grateful to my noble friend for his encouragement. The noble Lord raises a v...

Lord Hanningfield | 708 c272-3GC (Link to this contribution) I am dealing with Clause 99 with Amendment 197A, which deletes a number of paragraphs from Schedule ...

Baroness Andrews | 708 c265GC (Link to this contribution) I can reassure the noble Lord about that. It definitely could happen because only part of the functi...

Lord Greaves | 708 c265-6GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that; I could have forecast that answer, but I am interested in the fact that thin...

Lord Greaves | 708 c268GC (Link to this contribution) Amendment 194K 194K: Clause 94, page 57, line 32, leave out "and"

Baroness Hamwee | 708 c268GC (Link to this contribution) Prequential.

Baroness Warsi | 708 c257GC (Link to this contribution) Clause 86: Exercise of local authority functions Amendment 189 189: Clause 86, page 54, line 11, l...

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 708 c258GC (Link to this contribution) I should inform the Committee that, if this amendment is agreed to, I cannot call Amendment 189A by ...

Baroness Hamwee | 708 c258-9GC (Link to this contribution) We have that amendment in the group, together with Amendments 190A and 191A. I apologise to the Comm...

Lord Boston of Faversham | 708 c302-3GC (Link to this contribution) I intervene only momentarily and not to reopen the excellent debate that we had on Tuesday 3 Februar...

Lord Brett | 708 c300GC (Link to this contribution) In an effort to be helpful, if the answer I gave was thought to be inadequate or not comprehensive, ...

Lord Brett | 708 c297-8GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord has characterised the payment framework set out in the Bill as being ineffective by n...

Lord Brett | 708 c294GC (Link to this contribution) In my international experience, "consensus" is not well defined. In the United Nations, where I spen...

Lord Borrie | 708 c294GC (Link to this contribution) I am sorry that my noble friend has taken that view particularly strongly in the last few moments. W...

Lord Tope | 708 c288-9GC (Link to this contribution) I join in the general expressions of good will, and start by thanking the Minister for reminding me ...

Lord Greaves | 708 c287-8GC (Link to this contribution) In a minute, I will follow up the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Hanningfield. I was fascinated ...

Lord Tope | 708 c277-8GC (Link to this contribution) In moving Amendment 197B, I shall speak to Amendments 197C, 197D, 198A and 198B to 198K. We have mo...

Lord Hanningfield | 708 c276GC (Link to this contribution) It is not quite in London, but it is more related to London than it is to Norfolk. I am sorry; that ...

Lord Smith of Leigh | 708 c275GC (Link to this contribution) I wonder whether my noble friend agrees with me on two points. We are here debating the difference b...

Lord Hanningfield | 708 c275GC (Link to this contribution) Both the Minister and the noble Lord, Lord Smith of Leigh, made the argument for why Essex should no...

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