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London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Bill

I apologise—I must have an out-of-date copy of the list, or something funny has happened. I am happy to speak to Amendment No. 31 and, to some extent, to Amendment No. 32. Again, the amendment refers to the Mayor. I am afraid that I shudder that in this particular operation the Mayor should have the authority to refuse a planning permission. That is why I tabled an amendment to page 4, line 33, to remove subsection (4)(b), where,"““the Mayor of London may direct the Authority to refuse an application for planning permission in a specified case””." I do not think that the provision makes sense at all in the progress that we are trying to make with the Bill. It could cause all sorts of problems that are currently unforeseeable, and it is an authority that does not need to be there—indeed, it should not be there. Amendment No. 32 states:"““Where the Mayor of London objects to a particular application to the Olympic Delivery Authority he shall consult the relevant bodies””." I can quite see that the Mayor could be involved, as long as he is forced to consult other relevant bodies, which would presumably include the Secretary of State, the ODA and all sorts of other people. Amendment No. 31 would remove the Mayor’s outright authority to direct the ODA to refuse an application for planning. Amendment No. 32 would put some conditions under which we feel that would be acceptable. I beg to move.