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Greater London Authority Bill

Debate on bills on Tuesday, 26 June 2007, in the House of Lords.
Greater London Authority Bill. Lords Report stage second day. Amendments 78A and 94 negatived on division. Bill as amended to be printed (HL Bill 84 2006-07).

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Reference

693 c497-574 

Session

2006-07

Department

Department for Communities and Local Government

Legislative stage

Report stage

Procedure

New clauses

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Related items

Greater London Authority Bill. As amended in Grand Committee.
Monday, 14 May 2007
Bills
House of Lords
Greater London Authority Bill. As amended on Report (HL).
Tuesday, 26 June 2007
Bills
House of Lords
Deposited Paper HDEP 2007/550
Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Deposited papers
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Andrews | 693 c559-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I entirely agree with the sentiment expressed by both noble Baronesses. Gardens are extrem...
Baroness Hamwee | 693 c558-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness did not mention it, but I am very proud of my home borough’s introducti...

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Baroness Hanham | 693 c558 (Link to this contribution) My Lords,, I did not mention the borough.
Baroness Hamwee | 693 c558 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness raises an important matter. I was not sure whether she was teasing me o...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c557-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 88: 88: After Clause 32, insert the following new Clause— ““Duty as respects g...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c556-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 87: 87: After Clause 31, insert the following new Clause— ““Representation hea...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c556 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 84 to 86: 84: Clause 31, page 36, line 12, leave out ““or 2B”” and insert ““...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c561-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment would remove the Mayor’s ability to enforce the provisions of obligations a...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c561 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 88A: 88A: After Clause 32, insert the following new Clause— ““Local planning a...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c560-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank both noble Baronesses for their comments. The trouble is that while the policies a...
Baroness Hamwee | 693 c552-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we very much welcome those provisions. Having to undertake the hearings in public and to b...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c552 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for answering my questions before I have raised them. It is very help...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c553 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 82: 82: Clause 31, page 35, line 43, at end insert— ““( ) In subsection (6)— (...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c553 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness asked me to confirm a matter in relation to the process, which I can ce...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c549-52 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 81: 81: Clause 31, page 35, line 17, leave out ““and 2C”” and insert ““to 2C a...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c547 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that very comprehensive reply and I thank all noble Lords who hav...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c555-6 (Link to this contribution) moved, as an amendment to Amendment No. 83, Amendment No. 83A: 83A: Clause 31, line 6, leave out “...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c553-5 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 83: 83: Clause 31, page 36, line 3, at end insert— ““2BA Matters reserved for ...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c556 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment No. 83A, as an amendment to Amendment No...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c556 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that I addressed that point, if not as eloquently as the noble Baroness. I realise ...
Baroness Hamwee | 693 c563-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 89: 89: Clause 33, page 37, line 4, after ““Authority”” insert ““which shall t...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c563 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not at all surprised by the Minister’s response. Planning obligations should without ...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c564-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, these issues are quite technical. I will do my best to clarify them, but I may revert to w...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c564 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the noble Baroness’s amendment, which is very much along the lines of my earlier...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c565 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will certainly have to write to the noble Baroness about those.
Baroness Hamwee | 693 c565 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister. I hope that she will also cover the point about commuter pa...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 693 c566-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 91: 91: Clause 45, page 46, line 38, at end insert— ““(5) Where in consequence...
Baroness Hamwee | 693 c565-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, given that commuter payments are important, I may well retable the amendment so that the l...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 693 c569-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for her reply. I fear that I will disappoint her in the hope that she...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c567-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, for moving his noble friend’s am...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 693 c526 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for her answers, which address all my points. I shall also be moving ...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c526 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was hoping that the Government’s amendments would meet the noble Baroness’s concerns. I ...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 693 c526 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorry. Amendment No. 59 has the Government’s name to it, so I presumed that the Gover...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 693 c524 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 59: 59: Clause 38, page 40, line 12, leave out ““, so far as relating to Great...
Baroness Hamwee | 693 c524-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like my noble friend, I welcome the Government’s move on this. I have a couple of question...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c525-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that I can respond quickly to this positive short debate. I thank noble Lords for r...
Lord Rooker | 693 c522-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I accept what my noble friend says, but I do not accept that it necessarily has to be Lond...
Lord Berkeley | 693 c523 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before my noble friend sits down, he has argued for economies of scale and prays in aid ot...
Lord Rooker | 693 c523 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the argument which has been going on for months is not about that but about a waste dispos...
Lord Rooker | 693 c519-22 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for that debate, which has not exactly repeated what was said in Grand Commi...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 693 c522 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the Minister sits down, will he comment, either now or in writing, on the fact that...
Baroness Hamwee | 693 c518 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, made the point that I have made throughout our discussions ...
Lord Tope | 693 c518-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have declared my interest as an executive member of a London borough council—it is the L...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c517 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hate to be the first to voice caution on the amendment. While it is enormously ingenious...
Lord Berkeley | 693 c517-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is always interesting in debates such as this, where the enormous difference in views g...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 693 c515-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I add my support to this amendment. I welcome government Amendment No. 56 as a step forwar...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 693 c516 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have added my name to the amendment. As I said earlier, I originally supported the idea ...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c513 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment No. 56A, as an amendment to Amendment No...
Lord Warner | 693 c513-5 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 58: 58: After Clause 37, insert the following new Clause— ““Arrangements for w...
Baroness Valentine | 693 c537-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak about two issues on thresholds, one relating to housing and the other to Wes...
Lord Best | 693 c539-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will speak to Amendment No. 78A and the threshold of 500 homes for the level of the Mayo...
Lord Graham of Edmonton | 693 c540-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, why are we here? What is the raison d’être of this Bill? If everything was hunky-dory, why...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c542-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have had a powerful debate and I am grateful to all noble Lords who have supported the ...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c530 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 70: 70: Clause 41, page 42, line 38, after ““dioxide”” insert ““and other sign...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c530-1 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 74 to 77: 74: Clause 41, page 42, line 44, at end insert— ““( ) In subsectio...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c531-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 78A: 78A: Clause 31, page 34, line 42, at end insert— ““(3A) An application wh...
Baroness Hamwee | 693 c535-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is not possible to speak to the amendments without referring to the draft order, which ...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 693 c529 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that explanation. Obviously the aim is the same, but the terminol...
Baroness Hamwee | 693 c529-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have a question about the term ““significant””, which the Government have chosen. I wond...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 693 c529 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my Amendments Nos. 68, 69 and 71 to 73 are grouped with the Government’s amendments, which...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c529 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have seen that somewhere. It is to do with being consistent with the 1999 Act.
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c530 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the point we are trying to make here is that we see carbon dioxide as the key greenhouse g...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c530 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 67: 67: Clause 41, page 42, line 36, after ““dioxide”” insert ““and other sign...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c526 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 64: 64: Clause 39, page 40, line 39, leave out ““so far as relating to Greater...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c526-9 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 65: 65: Clause 41, page 42, leave out lines 24 to 33 and insert— ““(2) The Lon...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c497 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that the Bill be now further considered on Report. Moved accordingly, and, ...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c497-9 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 50: 50: Clause 28, page 30, line 4, at end insert— ““( ) In preparing or revis...
Lord Rooker | 693 c505-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 56: 56: After Clause 36, insert the following new Clause— ““London Waste and R...
Lord Rooker | 693 c507-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am moving Amendment No. 56 and assuming that the group will stay the same. I am not the ...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c507 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments Nos. 56, 56A and 57A subsequently.
Baroness Hamwee | 693 c509-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the ““general conformity”” point would make a significant change. As years go by, that wil...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c509 (Link to this contribution) moved, as an amendment to Amendment No. 56, Amendment No. 56A: 56A: After Clause 36, line 31, leav...
Lord Tope | 693 c511 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I briefly join in the general welcome for this proposal and I have declared previously tha...
Lord Graham of Edmonton | 693 c510-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the Minister and his colleagues on having listened carefully in Committee a...
Lord Berkeley | 693 c511-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend the Minister on coming forward with this proposal. We have ...
Lord Rooker | 693 c512 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful for the response to the amendment. All credit goes to my ministerial co...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c501 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a very interesting short debate. I almost wish we had time for more. Those f...
Lord Graham of Edmonton | 693 c500-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the amendment. I am intrigued at the lacuna that has been exposed in the strateg...
Baroness Hamwee | 693 c500 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I can just about hang the following question on to the amendment on the scope of the housi...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c499-500 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing her Amendment No. 50 and speaking to my Amendments No...
Lord Rooker | 693 c503-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment No. 54 extends greatly the Mayor’s responsibilities into the area of water regul...
Baroness Hamwee | 693 c502 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we support this amendment, as we did in Grand Committee. We have received a copy of the le...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c501-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 54: 54: Before Clause 36, insert the following new Clause— ““Water and sewerag...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c501 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 52: 52: Clause 28, page 30, line 15, at end insert— ““““registered social land...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c504 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that comprehensive reply. I have some sympathy with the view that...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c504-5 (Link to this contribution) had given notice of her intention to move Amendment No. 55: 55: Before Clause 36, insert the follo...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c572-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is salutary for my noble friend to realise that when he misses a stage in our proceedin...
Baroness Hamwee | 693 c573 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I really tried not to rehearse the arguments that we had last week. My noble friend Lord T...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c571 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, an amendment was passed in this House last week. This amendment would clarify the position...
Lord Harris of Haringey | 693 c571-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when this was discussed in Committee, I thought that the arguments of the noble Baronesses...
Baroness Hamwee | 693 c570-1 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 94: 94: Clause 57, page 52, line 22, at end insert— ““(10) Different days may ...
Lord Graham of Edmonton | 693 c571 (Link to this contribution) We have been here before, my Lords; it is still the same issue. While I appreciate the nuance, the n...
Lord Harris of Haringey | 693 c537 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, welcome the publication and circulation of the draft order, because it enables us ...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 693 c533-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments Nos. 79 and 80. Amendment No. 79 deals with an issue that my n...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c526 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 61: 61: Clause 38, page 40, line 18, leave out ““so far as relating to Greater...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 693 c526 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 62: 62: Clause 39, page 40, line 34, leave out ““so far as relating to Greater...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 693 c512 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we discussed the question of a single waste disposal authority in Grand Committee. The ups...
Lord Warner | 693 c523-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it has been an interesting debate. The Minister will be pleased to note that I do not inte...

Subjects

Housing
Environment protection
Greater London
Greater London Authority
Local government
Planning permission
Recycling
Mayor of London
Water supply
Waste management
Sewers
Carbon emissions
Greenhouse gas emissions

Legislation

Greater London Authority Bill 2006-07

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