Local Audit and Accountability Bill [HL]

My Lords, Liberal Democrats campaigned hard for freedom of information long before the Act was pa...

My Lords, I will briefly intervene to follow up some of the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Tope...

My Lords, I had intended to add my name to the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Wills. I...

My Lords, first, I declare an interest as the current chairman of a local authority audit committ...

My Lords, I join others in declaring membership of the LGA vice-presidential mafia. I am also a m...

My Lords, I start by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Wills, for our useful discussions about Amendm...

My Lords, this has been a short but useful debate. I am grateful to all who have spoken in it and...

Moved by

Lord Wills

2: After Clause 35, insert the following new Clause—

“Freed...

My Lords, I moved an identical amendment to this at both Committee and Report stages of the Bill....

My Lords, my noble friend is absolutely right to point out that this is simply a question of pres...

My Lords, the Government are keen to promote transparency. As I have previously suggested, they a...

If it is the Government’s intention to see how the system works and then possibly take further st...

My Lords, this Government, unlike their predecessors, are concerned to minimise the number of bur...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend on the Front Bench and to the Minister for his respons...

My Lords, I do not accept the noble Lord’s contention that it is a decrease in transparency. As I...

I am grateful for the Minister’s intervention be he has still not answered the question. It is cl...

There is a difference of philosophical approach between the two parties and the current position ...

I agree that there is a difference between the two sides on this. However, it is not about author...

Moved by

Baroness Hanham

3: Schedule 12, page 88, line 37, at end insert—

“Omit...

My Lords, Amendment 3 is a further minor consequential amendment to the Public Audit (Wales) Act ...

My Lords, I am sure they will be putting up the flags in the valleys and hills of Wales tonight i...

Moved by

Baroness Hanham

My Lords, I beg to move that the Bill do now pass. It is my pleasure to thank the Members of the ...