Greater London Authority Bill

moved Amendment No. 10: 10: Schedule 1, page 59, line 30, at end insert— ““( ) The Assembly may arrange under section 54(1)(a) of this Act for its functions under paragraph 6 above to be discharged on its behalf by a single member of the Assembly.”” The noble Baroness said: My Lords, this amendment enables us to pick up language used a little earlier this afternoon to end today’s proceedings on a note of amity and in partnership, which has characterised much of our debate on the Bill. My amendment was tabled immediately after Report, when the Government indicated that they understood, and were sympathetic to, a rather mundane point: simply, to allow the chair of the Assembly to request a candidate who might be the subject of a confirmation hearing to produce documents. The Government have, in their turn, produced Amendments Nos. 11 and 12, which I welcome. I shall not of course press my amendment to a vote but it now enables the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan, to introduce the government amendments. For that purpose, I beg to move.