Parliamentary search - Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [HL]

Reference

709 c450-61, 485-518, 529-46

Session

2008-09

Proceeding contributions

Lord Patel of Bradford | 709 c452-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, a number of important issues have been raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee. Before I...

Baroness Warsi | 709 c455 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not sure at what point I should speak on this, but it is important that I should clea...

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Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 709 c455 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is not appropriate for the noble Baroness to respond to the Minister at this point.

Baroness Hayman | 709 c455 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I might assist the House. I think that the noble Baroness may be addressing Amendm...

Baroness Warsi | 709 c456 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, they are grouped together.

Baroness Hayman | 709 c456 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise to the noble Baroness. They are grouped together and she is absolutely in orde...

Baroness Warsi | 709 c456 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for her guidance. As one of the newer Members of your ...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 709 c456 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness is absolutely right that the two amendments are grouped together. Howev...

Lord Patel of Bradford | 709 c456 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness and the noble Lord, Lord Hanningfield, for their support and I ...

Baroness Hamwee | 709 c450-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 97 was alluded to at the end of the previous day’s proceedings, and the procedur...

Baroness Hamwee | 709 c450 (Link to this contribution) Clause 23: Duty of public authorities to secure involvement Amendment 97 not moved. Clause 29: Scr...

Earl Attlee | 709 c499 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am extremely grateful for the Minister’s reply. I do think that we are heading for disas...

Baroness Andrews | 709 c498-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Earl, Lord Attlee, was absolutely right: we had a very good debate last Wednesda...

Baroness Hamwee | 709 c497-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was unable to be in the House on Wednesday when the noble Earl moved his Motion, but I r...

Lord Patel of Bradford | 709 c500-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, unfortunately it is my third sentence that says that the amendment is unnecessary. I will ...

Baroness Hamwee | 709 c499-500 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 156 is an amendment to Clause 65, which concerns local authority economic assess...

Baroness Hamwee | 709 c499 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 156 156: Clause 65, page 48, line 36, at end insert— "( ) Nothing in this section shall a...

Lord Hanningfield | 709 c503 (Link to this contribution) Clause 67: Regional strategy Amendment 157A 157A: Clause 67, page 50, line 7, at end insert "to be...

Baroness Hamwee | 709 c501 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thought that the first part of the Minister’s speech was very much better than mine at m...

Baroness Hamwee | 709 c491-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have Amendments 147, 151, 152, 153, 153, 154 and 155 in this group. They follow those m...

Lord Patel of Bradford | 709 c495 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 146 146: Clause 65, page 48, line 3, leave out subsection (3) Amendment 146 agreed. Ame...

Baroness Warsi | 709 c495 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 148 148: Clause 65, page 48, line 13, leave out paragraph (a)

Lord Patel of Bradford | 709 c496-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Warsi, and the noble Lord, Lord Hanningfield, have tabled Amendme...

Baroness Warsi | 709 c495-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in moving the amendment I shall speak also to Amendments 149 and 157. I return to the simp...

Earl Attlee | 709 c497 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 150 150: Clause 65, page 48, line 14, at end insert— "( ) When conducting an assessment u...

Baroness Warsi | 709 c497 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am delighted to hear what the Minister has said. It has taken me a little by surprise. A...

Lord Tope | 709 c489 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for a very full reply. On the question of the name and the 4...

Lord Patel of Bradford | 709 c486-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I must admit that the noble Lord’s earlier offer nearly made me jump to my feet, and it is...

Lord Tope | 709 c485-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak also to the other 44 amendments in this group that are in my name and the na...

Lord Tope | 709 c485 (Link to this contribution) Clause 51: Boundary Committee for England Amendment 101 101: Clause 51, page 38, line 20, leave ou...

Lord Tope | 709 c460-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for giving me a clear and uninterrupted response. If the dra...

Baroness Warsi | 709 c490-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will also speak to Amendment 146. These amendments, which, I am delighted to see, have b...

Baroness Warsi | 709 c490 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 145 145: Clause 65, page 48, line 1, leave out paragraph (b)

Lord Tope | 709 c489 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Deputy Speaker may so assume. Amendments 102 to 105 not moved. Schedule 1: Boundary ...

Baroness Fookes | 709 c489 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when we come to all the other amendments, to save reading out every single one, may I assu...

Lord Patel of Bradford | 709 c457 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we cannot withdraw the amendment at the moment. We have consulted widely on it and conside...

Baroness Hamwee | 709 c456-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I can take this in reverse order. First, on the points that I raised, I am gratefu...

Baroness Andrews | 709 c457-8 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 99 99: After Clause 29, insert the following new Clause— "Joint overview and scrutiny com...

Baroness Hamwee | 709 c457 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am disappointed by that response; I thought that I was being constructive. I beg leave t...

Lord Patel of Bradford | 709 c459-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that I can give a response without interruption on this occasion. Amendment 100A is...

Lord Tope | 709 c459 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 100A 100A: After Clause 30, insert the following new Clause— "Local Government Act 2000 (...

Baroness Andrews | 709 c458 (Link to this contribution) Clause 30: Functions of joint overview and scrutiny committees Amendment 100 100: Clause 30, leave...

Lord Tope | 709 c459 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 100A —I think to everybody’s surprise at this point. We debated t...

Lord Hanningfield | 709 c538 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for her comments. We recognise that the Government have gone some way...

Lord Brougham and Vaux | 709 c538 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if Amendment 157G is agreed to, I cannot call Amendments 158 or 159 due to pre-emption.

Baroness Hamwee | 709 c538-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have three amendments in this group, Amendments 164C, 164E and 164H. On Amendment 164G,...

Baroness Andrews | 709 c539-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, these amendments cover a number of detailed aspects of the process for approving revisions...

Lord Hanningfield | 709 c540 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 159A 159A: Clause 67, leave out Clause 67

Lord Hanningfield | 709 c540-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not really expect the Government to accept this amendment, but I want to talk to it. ...

Baroness Hamwee | 709 c541-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am surprised to hear the noble Lord promoting EPBs after the debates that we had in Comm...

Baroness Andrews | 709 c542-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment by the noble Lord, Lord Hanningfield, seeks to remove Clause 67, on regiona...

Lord Hanningfield | 709 c544-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that answer. It was quite long and I could give as long a reply w...

Baroness Andrews | 709 c513-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, what an interesting and lively debate. Many of the amendments relate to the composition of...

Lord Smith of Leigh | 709 c513 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is true. However, although there are two Labour members and one Liberal Democrat memb...

Baroness Andrews | 709 c531-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is an important set of amendments. I am grateful for the opportunity presented by the...

Baroness Hamwee | 709 c529 (Link to this contribution) Clause 67 [Regional strategy]: Amendment 157C 157C: Clause 67, page 50, line 9, leave out "growth"...

Baroness Hamwee | 709 c529-31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in moving the amendment I shall speak also to Amendments 157D, 157F, 164K, 165A and 166A i...

Baroness Andrews | 709 c536-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the amendments that we are considering, in this group and in a later group, relate to the ...

Baroness Hamwee | 709 c535-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am particularly grateful for the final flourish, as the Minister put it, and for the car...

Lord Hanningfield | 709 c505 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for her answer. We are going to discuss this again in the next group ...

Baroness Andrews | 709 c504-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am quite clear about that but it is always nice to hear from my noble friend. I look for...

Lord Tope | 709 c511-2 (Link to this contribution) As the noble Lord, Lord Chorley, has just said, there is little to add to what the noble Lord, Lord ...

Lord Smith of Leigh | 709 c512-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I may speak to the amendments from a north-west perspective. Before I do, I declar...

Lord Tope | 709 c513 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord’s approach is exactly right and admirable. But does he agree that in order ...

Lord Hanningfield | 709 c505-6 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 157B 157B: Clause 67, page 50, line 7, at end insert— "(1A) In undertaking their duties u...

Lord Hanningfield | 709 c506 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this group covers a wide range of amendments. My Amendment 157B is a Local Government Asso...

Lord Judd | 709 c506-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise for having jumped the gun a moment ago, but all these amendments cover much th...

Lord Hanningfield | 709 c503-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the purpose of this group of amendments is to make sure, as the Government have said, that...

Lord Hanningfield | 709 c504 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 160 is part of the next grouping.

Lord Geddes | 709 c504 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the amendment under discussion is Amendment 157A.

Lord Judd | 709 c504 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend. I should remind the House that I am honorary president o...

Earl Attlee | 709 c504 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are speaking to Amendment 157A.

Baroness Andrews | 709 c504 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg the noble Lord’s pardon.

Baroness Andrews | 709 c504 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand why the noble Lord has tabled these amendments again.

Lord Judd | 709 c504 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was going to speak to my amendments.

Baroness Hamwee | 709 c545 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord says that we would not quite go back to where I think we would go back to i...

Lord Hanningfield | 709 c545 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree. Certainly, if the noble Baroness would like, we can table a whole series of amend...

Earl Attlee | 709 c497 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Bates, I beg to move the amendment standing in his name....

Lord Patel of Bradford | 709 c492-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this group of amendments concerns the proposed local authority economic assessment duty. I...

Lord Hanningfield | 709 c516 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for that very comprehensive answer. I do not think that it tota...

Baroness Andrews | 709 c536 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 157G 157G: Clause 67, page 50, line 20, leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert— "(a)...

Lord Chorley | 709 c510-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, since this is the first time I have spoken on this Bill, I should declare an interest as a...