London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Bill

I shall be advising the House to accept all the amendments made in the other place. They were all tabled by the Government, following some high-quality debate and strongly made points on both sides of the House. The Bill has benefited from broad cross-party support throughout its passage. We improved the Bill in this House and can improve it further today by accepting the amendments made in the other place. I genuinely thank Opposition parties for their broad support and I thank Members for their positive engagement with the Bill, which has helped to prepare it for Royal Assent just nine months after Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee, opened that envelope—with some difficulty—in Singapore last July and said that wonderful word ““London””. Since then, we have been getting on with the preparatory work. We have started the Olympic park, and key personnel are already in place in both the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and the Olympic Delivery Authority. I am delighted that this important Bill has progressed so swiftly. Amendments Nos. 1 to 10 all relate to the people whom the Secretary of State must consult when making regulations under clause 19, which will control advertising in the vicinity of games venues, and under clause 26, which will control street trading in the vicinity of venues.