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London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill

Debate on bills on Thursday, 8 September 2011, in the House of Commons.
London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill. Report stage debate. New clause 1 debated and added to the Bill. New clauses 2 and 3 debated and withdrawn. Third reading debate. Agreed to on question. Bill read the third time and passed.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

532 c601-40 

Session

2010-12

Department

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Legislative stage

Third reading and Report stage

Procedure

New clauses

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Related items

London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill. As amended in Public Bill Committee.
Thursday, 19 May 2011
Bills
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Speaker | 532 c638 (Link to this contribution) Order. I understand that the Minister wants to get his points on the record, but we have to be caref...
Lyn Brown | 532 c607 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to see the Minister shaking his head. However, the fact that I think, and my residents ...

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Hugh Robertson | 532 c607 (Link to this contribution) But get the new football stadium.
Baroness Jowell | 532 c607 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend, whose constituents have perhaps had to bear more of the dust and upheaval of...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c605 (Link to this contribution) I think I can be very brief, Madam Deputy Speaker. I give the right hon. Gentleman that assurance. O...
Lord Foster of Bath | 532 c604-5 (Link to this contribution) May I begin by saying that I was mildly disappointed with the business managers—this is absolutely n...
Lyn Brown | 532 c607 (Link to this contribution) One of the issues that has been raised with me by residents is how long this Olympic lane is going t...
Baroness Jowell | 532 c606-7 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. I want to begin by expressing our support for...
Baroness Jowell | 532 c607-9 (Link to this contribution) Yes, and we say hooray for the new multi-purpose football stadium in the Olympic park. Hopefully at ...
Lord Foster of Bath | 532 c609 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Lady is absolutely right that getting taxi drivers in London on our side is crucial i...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c602-3 (Link to this contribution) Hon. Members may recall that back in May, when the Bill was being scrutinised in Committee, Transpor...
Speaker | 532 c602 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Government amendments 3 and 4
Hugh Robertson | 532 c602 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
Speaker | 532 c601 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his co-operation, but as he has said, although this is a ver...
Christopher Chope | 532 c601 (Link to this contribution) Further to that statement, human error has obviously intervened in the matter, and it is the first t...
Speaker | 532 c601 (Link to this contribution) Before I call the Minister, I wish to inform the House of an issue that will need to be dealt with. ...
Baroness Jowell | 532 c604 (Link to this contribution) We are pleased to support new clause 1 and the consequential amendments 3 and 4, because, as the Min...
Edward Timpson | 532 c603-4 (Link to this contribution) In new clause 1, proposed new section 16E(1)(a) refers to the ““connection”” that a variation of an ...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c604 (Link to this contribution) I take my hon. Friend's point, but to a certain extent I should hope that any connection will be rea...
Bob Blackman | 532 c627 (Link to this contribution) One of the concerns expressed to me by individuals in the Metropolitan police is that since the Lond...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c627 (Link to this contribution) I say to my hon. Friend that we should be careful, because I would be very nervous about saying anyt...
Stephen Pound | 532 c626-7 (Link to this contribution) This will be the last time that I seek to intervene on the Minister. I entirely take his point. Howe...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c627 (Link to this contribution) At the risk of splitting hairs, I am not sure that there is a contradiction here. Whatever the DAC m...
Lyn Brown | 532 c626 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his good words, which go some way towards helping us to feel more secure. H...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c626 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly go back and ask the question. I am not sure that this will necessarily reassure the...
Baroness Jowell | 532 c629 (Link to this contribution) With those very helpful assurances, and on the basis that the House will want to keep these matters ...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c629 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move amendment 1, page 1, line 2, in clause 1, at end insert—
Bob Blackman | 532 c627 (Link to this contribution) I think we can be confident about the security level of the games. Having inspected the park and the...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c628-9 (Link to this contribution) The short answer to my hon. Friend is that it has absolutely been taken into account. As I said, I w...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c622-3 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. It is a point well made. As he knows, it is intern...
Baroness Jowell | 532 c623 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his constructive response, and I beg to ask leave to withdraw the clause. ...
Baroness Jowell | 532 c623-4 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The security operation for the games will be ...
Stephen Pound | 532 c624-5 (Link to this contribution) I do not want to tempt the Minister too far away from the core subject, the wording, the irrefragabl...
Clive Efford | 532 c622 (Link to this contribution) I have often resisted intervening on issues relating to the London taxi industry, but on this occasi...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c626 (Link to this contribution) I take the hon. Gentleman's point. However, the events of Monday night did not suddenly come out of ...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c625-6 (Link to this contribution) Follow that! I should probably confess that the only time I ever went into the heat of battle on the...
Lord Foster of Bath | 532 c626 (Link to this contribution) I apologise for interrupting the Minister, but I should like to place on the record—perhaps this wil...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c626 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for that.
Stephen Pound | 532 c626 (Link to this contribution) I apologise for intervening again; this is not ping-pong. That is not even an Olympic sport; if it w...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c621-2 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. Indeed, had I read the speech that was prepared for me...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c621 (Link to this contribution) Indeed, my hon. Friend can have that guarantee from me. There can be no better guarantee than the fa...
Bob Blackman | 532 c620 (Link to this contribution) Londoners in general are concerned that we might witness the horrible spectacle of queues of traffic...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c622 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady makes the point well. The best thing I can do is offer her a guarantee that I will bri...
Lyn Brown | 532 c622 (Link to this contribution) I am once again grateful to the Minister for his point about black cabs, but I emphasise the point a...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c620 (Link to this contribution) I expect, without knowing, that the hon. Lady's constituents misread the information, because in som...
Lyn Brown | 532 c620 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Minister's answer very much, but the figure of 100 days is in the ether, so to speak. ...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c619-20 (Link to this contribution) I would have to check the requirements of the Act. The ability to set out an Olympic route network w...
Annette Brooke | 532 c619 (Link to this contribution) Does the Olympic Delivery Authority have the power to instruct the Minister to give the go-ahead to ...
Christopher Chope | 532 c618 (Link to this contribution) Why are the improvements required? How will they make a difference? At the moment, my hon. Friend's ...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c618 (Link to this contribution) I shall certainly check that for my hon. Friend and, if he wishes, write to him, but the information...
Christopher Chope | 532 c618 (Link to this contribution) Of course, my hon. Friend has to answer for the roads Minister, too, because that is the way this de...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c618 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will know, as he was a Transport Minister in the previous Conservative Government, th...
Christopher Chope | 532 c619 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend confirm that he has overruled the roads Minister in insisting that this project ...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c618-9 (Link to this contribution) The short answer is that I simply do not know, because I have not seen this roundabout. I am an amat...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c619 (Link to this contribution) No; absolutely not. I have not overruled the roads Minister in any way. I do not have that power, wh...
Christopher Chope | 532 c618 (Link to this contribution) The roads Minister told me that it was not necessary to go ahead with these works prior to the Olymp...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c617 (Link to this contribution) It is actually the military principle of securing one's rear before one advances. There will be an u...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c616 (Link to this contribution) With respect, Mr Deputy Speaker, and with the permission of the right hon. Member for Dulwich and We...
Mike Freer | 532 c616 (Link to this contribution) I have already said that I am not going to give way further on this, as I am making a general point....
Mike Freer | 532 c616 (Link to this contribution) I stand corrected. My general point is that the new clause, whether or not it is pressed to a vote, ...
Christopher Chope | 532 c616 (Link to this contribution) My point is not about the lack of consultation by the local council; it is about the lack of involve...
Mike Freer | 532 c616 (Link to this contribution) No, I am just making a general point about the quality of consultation on the priority route network...
Lyn Brown | 532 c616 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Mike Freer | 532 c616 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Lady for that intervention. I cannot comment on the ability of her constituents to ...
Lyn Brown | 532 c615-6 (Link to this contribution) I represent the constituency in which the Olympic park is based, and I can tell the hon. Gentleman t...
Mike Freer | 532 c615 (Link to this contribution) I rise to make a few brief remarks on new clause 2. I urge the Minister to ignore the siren voices c...
Lord Foster of Bath | 532 c611 (Link to this contribution) For the avoidance of doubt, the hon. Gentleman will well recall that I asked him to give a definitio...
Christopher Chope | 532 c610-1 (Link to this contribution) It gives me great pleasure to support the new clause tabled by the right hon. Member for Dulwich and...
Annette Brooke | 532 c615 (Link to this contribution) I endorse the points that are being made. The Olympic games are a wonderful opportunity for this cou...
Christopher Chope | 532 c611-5 (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. I cannot remember whether you, Mr Deputy Speaker, were in the Chair last time, but in th...
Baroness Jowell | 532 c609 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the Minister heard my hon. Friend's representation. However, the three or four points...
Baroness Jowell | 532 c609-10 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps uncharacteristically in this place, we do not intend to press the new clause to a vote, subj...
Bob Blackman | 532 c609 (Link to this contribution) One of the matters that the right hon. Lady has not mentioned, but which is mentioned in the new cla...
Baroness Jowell | 532 c609 (Link to this contribution) The language is flexible, because how greater flexibility is delivered is an operational matter for ...
Christopher Chope | 532 c615 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for her intervention and her support for our line; we have been oper...
Stephen Pound | 532 c640 (Link to this contribution) May I assure the hon. Gentleman that the 1948 games may have been the austerity games, but people we...
Mark Field | 532 c640 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman was born in the middle of those games, it says something about the gestation p...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c632-4 (Link to this contribution) As always with this process and, indeed, protest in this case, the cross-party support is evident, a...
Baroness Jowell | 532 c634-5 (Link to this contribution) I begin by expressing our strong support for the Bill and, very particularly, our gratitude to the M...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c632 (Link to this contribution) Suffice to say that the point has been well made. I can only say to my hon. Friend that I will give ...
Lyn Brown | 532 c632 (Link to this contribution) Let me assure the Minister that there is cross-party support for the points made by the hon. Members...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c631-2 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. He speaks from a powerful position, not only as a Londo...
Lord Barwell | 532 c632 (Link to this contribution) I want to second the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Orpington (Joseph Johnson). The BOA...
Lord Johnson of Marylebone | 532 c631 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his kind words of thanks to the Bill Committee members. It was the first Bi...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c630-1 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I wish to start—I mean this genuinely—by t...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c629 (Link to this contribution) I think everybody will be relieved to know that these are two minor and very technical amendments—I ...
Speaker | 532 c629 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to discuss Government amendment 2.
Mark Field | 532 c639-40 (Link to this contribution) I accept that, although in many ways the hon. Gentleman makes my point for me. There was a sense in ...
Speaker | 532 c638 (Link to this contribution) Order. I understand that the Minister wants to get his points on the record, but we have to be caref...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c638 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry, Mr Deputy Speaker, if I offended you, and I absolutely take the point you make. I shall ...
Mark Field | 532 c638 (Link to this contribution) I accept that it is a convincing package. The Minister will be aware of what happened in my constitu...
Clive Efford | 532 c639 (Link to this contribution) I was a Greenwich councillor when we first had the idea to redevelop the local peninsula, which even...
Baroness Jowell | 532 c637 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman might like to refer to the Hansard of May 2005, where I made it absolutely clear ...
Mark Field | 532 c636-7 (Link to this contribution) As the right hon. Member for Bath (Mr Foster) pointed out, there is a danger of this debate—and, ind...
Hugh Robertson | 532 c638 (Link to this contribution) May I give my hon. Friend some reassurance on this point, because it is very dangerous if the idea h...
Mark Field | 532 c637-8 (Link to this contribution) As a courtesy to the right hon. Lady, I will obviously look at the Hansard for that time, but there ...
Lord Foster of Bath | 532 c635-6 (Link to this contribution) I am conscious that many Members are anxious to get to Trafalgar square, so I shall be very brief. ...
Lord Foster of Bath | 532 c621 (Link to this contribution) To offer further reassurance, will the Minister tell the House whether I am correct in my belief tha...
Lyn Brown | 532 c609 (Link to this contribution) In respect of local businesses within Newham, I would be remiss if I did not say that if taxi cabs w...

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London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill 2010-12

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