Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

moved Amendment No. 247: 247: Clause 239, page 169, line 21, leave out ““or 8”” and insert ““, 9(3A)(b) or 10(2A)(b)”” The noble Baroness said: As with most legislation that passes through this House, a number of consequential technical amendments are required to give effect to the Bill’s provisions which have been considered by this Committee. Amendment No. 247, which amends Clause 239, relates to councils operating a mayor and council manager executive. It requires that an order to change the date by which the authority must resolve to change to a different form of executive should be subject to the affirmative resolution procedure. Amendments Nos. 250 to 252, which amend Clause 244, will provide certainty to the five authorities that do not currently hold mayoral elections in the years provided for in the Bill. It allows provision to be made in advance to enable them to continue to hold mayoral elections in those years and, if appropriate, to make the transition to holding mayoral elections in the years provided for in the Bill. The authorities concerned are Doncaster, north Tyneside, Hartlepool, Stoke-on-Trent and Watford. Amendment No. 254A to Schedule 1 is necessary, as the procedure used under the Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Act is the one currently in Part 2 of the Local Government Act 1992. The Bill amends this procedure for electoral reviews but this amendment ensures that the procedure to be used for reviews under the Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Act is retained. Amendments Nos. 255A to 262A make drafting changes to Schedule 4 and consequential changes to other legislation, in particular to ensure that references in other legislation to the existing forms of executive available to local authorities in England are updated to reflect the changes made by the Bill. Amendments Nos. 263 to 272 make necessary changes to Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 5, which relate to authorities operating a leader and cabinet executive and mayor and council manager before Part 3 is commenced. The amendments are needed to ensure consistency with the amendments I brought before this Committee on the new process outlined in Part 3 of the Bill for changing executive arrangements. Amendments Nos. 281A to 281C to Schedule 18 repeal references in local government legislation to the mayor and council manager executive model, which is no longer to be available to local authorities, once the Bill is enacted. I commend these amendments to the Committee.