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Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Thursday, 2 February 2006, in the House of Lords.

London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Bill

London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Bill. Lords Committee stage second day. Grand Committee off the floor of the House (Moses Room). Clauses 5 to 33 agreed to. Schedules 2 and 3 agreed to. New clause under consideration.

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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
678 c177-236GC 
Session
2005-06
Department
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Committee of the Whole House (HL)
Legislative stage
Committee stage
Procedure
New clauses
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Higgins | 678 c184-5GC (Link to this contribution) The Minister has not dealt with my point—that at the moment the clause deals entirely with the polic...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 678 c191GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my noble friend and to the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, for their support on this eso...
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Lord Dixon-Smith | 678 c191-2GC (Link to this contribution) The matter can be taken care of with the addition of two words to subsection (1). I was hoping that ...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 678 c197GC (Link to this contribution) Will it be a positive or a negative order?
Lord Glentoran | 678 c197GC (Link to this contribution) Before the noble Lord sits down, I have a technical question for him. Will an Act of Parliament be n...
Lord Berkeley | 678 c210GC (Link to this contribution) While my noble friend the Minister considers his reply to that question, which I shall also be inter...
Lord Higgins | 678 c212GC (Link to this contribution) One should not believe everything, or perhaps anything at all, that one sees in various press report...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c216-7GC (Link to this contribution) My noble friend is bound to accept that we seek to create some temporary improvement in transport re...
Lord Clement-Jones | 678 c220-2GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 60:"Page 14, line 46, at end insert—" ““(   )   shall provide for exceptions f...
Lord Pendry | 678 c236GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for that reply. I was not suggesting banning, rather working within th...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 678 c229-30GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may intervene briefly before my noble friend Lord Glentoran and the noble Lord, Lord Cleme...
Lord Glentoran | 678 c232-4GC (Link to this contribution) I have tabled my Amendments Nos. 67 and 68—which are virtually one and the same—as serious probing a...
Baroness Hamwee | 678 c181GC (Link to this contribution) So that I am sure that I understand, are we being told that the Secretary of State could issue guida...
Lord Higgins | 678 c183GC (Link to this contribution) I am sorry that I was unable to attend the Committee last Tuesday. I was heavily involved in the Spe...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c185GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord will recognise that in this area we do not specify every detail of the security force...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 678 c185GC (Link to this contribution) Could the Minister say something further to assure my noble friend? Surely the Commissioner of the M...
Baroness Hamwee | 678 c185-6GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to noble Lords and to the Minister for their comments. Having spent some time on Tuesd...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 678 c187GC (Link to this contribution) My Amendment No. 38 is grouped with those of the noble Baroness because it deals with the same claus...
Baroness Hamwee | 678 c186-7GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 35:"Page 5, line 21, after second ““a”” insert ““reasonably””" The noble Barone...
Lord Glentoran | 678 c190-1GC (Link to this contribution) The amendment is, unquestionably, a little too vague. It will enhance the Bill, not damage it, if it...
Baroness Hamwee | 678 c192-3GC (Link to this contribution) Returning to the first amendment in the group, the Minister described a position that we would all l...
Baroness Hamwee | 678 c193-4GC (Link to this contribution) Amendments Nos. 40 and 41, tabled in my name, are part of this group. Amendment No. 41 might appear ...
Lord Glentoran | 678 c195GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the noble Lord’s response and for the contributions from other noble Lords. I beg ...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c197GC (Link to this contribution) I will have to write to the noble Lord about that. I am not in the habit of writing extensive letter...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c197GC (Link to this contribution) It will be done in secondary legislation.
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c196-7GC (Link to this contribution) I greatly respect those representations and the way in which they have been put forward, although, o...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c199GC (Link to this contribution) The status of LOGOC in regard to freedom of information will be kept under review and considered aga...
Lord Glentoran | 678 c199-200GC (Link to this contribution) I want to reinforce a couple of points. I agree with the line that I believe the Minister is taking....
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c200GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord who, from his vast experience, has expressed his position very clear...
Baroness Hamwee | 678 c200-1GC (Link to this contribution) I think I might. Hansard will not record the expression on my face during some of that exchange. Thi...
Lord Berkeley | 678 c201-2GC (Link to this contribution) We are in grave danger of discussing this clause several times, because I shall oppose the Question ...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c205GC (Link to this contribution) I apologise, because I did miss that point. There was a fairly extensive range of amendments, and I ...
Lord Higgins | 678 c206GC (Link to this contribution) I am somewhat puzzled by what is happening here, because the proposed grouping on the list says that...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c210-1GC (Link to this contribution) The Olympic transport plan will be paid for by the ODA, which has resources for that purpose. But no...
Lord Berkeley | 678 c215-6GC (Link to this contribution) I shall be brief. My noble friend has answered one or two of my questions about this clause and the ...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c223-4GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Committee for emphasising that there is considerable anxiety about the provisio...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 678 c222-3GC (Link to this contribution) My observations will be very brief. They will be familiar to a small number of people who attended a...
Baroness Hooper | 678 c236GC (Link to this contribution) The Committee stands adjourned until Wednesday 15 February at 3.45 pm.
Lord Clement-Jones | 678 c225-6GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 61:"Page 15, line 15, at end insert—" ““(   )   shall consult persons appearin...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c228-9GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to noble Lords for their contributions, although I would not mind just a spark of diff...
Lord Clement-Jones | 678 c230GC (Link to this contribution) I welcome the powerful support from the noble Lords, Lord Glentoran and Lord Brooke, and am grateful...
Baroness Hamwee | 678 c181GC (Link to this contribution) I shall not seek to prolong the debate now. I thank the Minister for his supplementary answer and be...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 678 c178-9GC (Link to this contribution) I hope that the Minister will not assure us that the amendment is unnecessary and that he will agree...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c185GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord, but I took that somewhat as a given. We all know the times in which...
Lord Higgins | 678 c185GC (Link to this contribution) I am simply puzzled about why the Minister is so resistant to including the security forces in the B...
Lord Berkeley | 678 c187-8GC (Link to this contribution) I have sympathy with all the amendments in this group. I apologise for not moving Amendment No. 34 b...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c191GC (Link to this contribution) That is a very generous offer. I am always prepared to discuss things further between stages of the ...
Lord Glentoran | 678 c193GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 39:"Page 6, line 32, leave out paragraph (b) and insert ““, and" (iv)   the Ma...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c192GC (Link to this contribution) We certainly want a guarantee. The Committee will recall that on the previous occasion the noble Lor...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c192GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord will forgive me. He can make me unhappy whenever he likes when I am carrying out my r...
Baroness Hamwee | 678 c195GC (Link to this contribution) Both those answers meet my points entirely. I am grateful to the Minister.
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c194-5GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the two Members of the Committee who have spoken although I think there is an eleme...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 678 c195-6GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 42:"Page 7, line 17, after ““London”” insert—" ““(   )   the Olympic Delivery ...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 678 c197GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister. I feel like saying, with a certain amount of glee, ““Gotcha””. With t...
Baroness Hamwee | 678 c197-8GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 43:"After Clause 9, insert the following new clause—" ““THE LONDON ORGANISING ...
Baroness Hamwee | 678 c199GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his reply. It is a serious business. Many other bodies that are not private...
Baroness Hamwee | 678 c200GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 47:"Page 8, line 10, at end insert—" ““(   )   the London Assembly,”” The nob...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c202-5GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to noble Lords who have spoken on this important issue, although I think the amendment...
Baroness Hamwee | 678 c205GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that. I am not sure whether the Minister dealt with public consultation but perhap...
Baroness Hamwee | 678 c205GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that. I shall read his answer about security, but I am not sure that it dea...
Baroness Pitkeathley | 678 c205GC (Link to this contribution) No, I merely called the amendment. I thought that the noble Lord was going to say that it was not mo...
Lord Berkeley | 678 c205GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 51:"Page 8, line 30, at end insert ““, and" (   )   the importance of providin...
Lord Berkeley | 678 c205-6GC (Link to this contribution) I see. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendment No. 52 no...
Lord Berkeley | 678 c209GC (Link to this contribution) I should just like to defend the rail freight industry. Perhaps the noble Lord could tell me when th...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c211-2GC (Link to this contribution) I take that point on board, and due attention will be paid to it, as it is important that accurate i...
Lord Higgins | 678 c211GC (Link to this contribution) I still have not had an answer to the question of which view prevails if there is a dispute between ...
Baroness Hamwee | 678 c212-3GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 54:"Page 8, line 45, at end insert—" ““(   )   Orders made under this section ...
Baroness Hamwee | 678 c217-8GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 59:"After Clause 18, insert the following new clause—" ““OLYMPIC LEGACY PLAN (...
Lord Clement-Jones | 678 c224-5GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that. I very much welcome the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Brooke. Despi...
Lord Borrie | 678 c223GC (Link to this contribution) If my noble friend Lord Gordon of Strathblane were present I think he would wish to express support ...
Baroness Hamwee | 678 c220GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that. I hope I can give a belated, small reassurance to the noble Lord, Lord Glent...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c218-20GC (Link to this contribution) As if I dared to forget that the noble Lord, Lord Brooke, was present. I share the concerns of all n...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 678 c220GC (Link to this contribution) Before, the Minister’s last sentence goes into Hansard, he might wish to have another look at it. He...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c236GC (Link to this contribution) This may be a convenient moment for the Committee to adjourn until Wednesday 15 February at 3.45 pm....
Lord Glentoran | 678 c226-7GC (Link to this contribution) My name is attached to Amendment No. 61 and Amendment No. 62, which is tabled in my name, does almos...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 678 c227-8GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, with whom I am having an extremely constructive workin...
Baroness Hamwee | 678 c177-8GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 30:"After Clause 4, insert the following new clause—" ““OPENNESS    Part 5A of...
Lord Glentoran | 678 c182-3GC (Link to this contribution) I support the thrust of the noble Baroness’s amendment. It reflects a great deal of the debate we ha...
Baroness Hamwee | 678 c181-2GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 33:"Page 5, line 12, at end insert ““, and" (   )   the authority shall ensure...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c179-80GC (Link to this contribution) I am glad to have heard those two representations. They were not unexpected. I believe there is a mi...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 678 c180GC (Link to this contribution) I think the Minister has misunderstood the argument, which is not about the line of accountability. ...
Baroness Hamwee | 678 c180GC (Link to this contribution) : I agree with the noble Lord—for the reputation of the Government as well for the good governance a...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c181GC (Link to this contribution) I may have expressed myself too negatively. I respect the arguments put but I reacted rather sharply...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c183-4GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to noble Lords for introducing this short debate on security issues, which are of para...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c188-90GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the representations made on these amendments and the way in which the noble Barone...
Lord Glentoran | 678 c188GC (Link to this contribution) In the light of the statement today from the DCMS about how the elite athletes might repay their fun...
Lord Berkeley | 678 c190GC (Link to this contribution) I am not trying to be a killjoy, but it is possible that a year or two before the games the budget w...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c192GC (Link to this contribution) Certainly no one would want the ODA to carry on with irrelevant expenditure and irrelevant demands t...
Lord Glentoran | 678 c192GC (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister sits down, perhaps I may ask a rather naughty question. Does this by any chance ...
Lord Higgins | 678 c192GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord provokes me into commenting about an issue on which I had decided not to intervene. T...
Lord Glentoran | 678 c196GC (Link to this contribution) I should like to add a little to what my noble friend said—again, in relation to my experiences with...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c198-9GC (Link to this contribution) I resist the amendment. I think it barks up the wrong tree entirely. I assure the noble Baroness tha...
Lord Berkeley | 678 c205GC (Link to this contribution) Have we debated it? I was asked to speak to it.
Lord Berkeley | 678 c207-8GC (Link to this contribution) I am getting more and more confused about which amendments and groups have been debated but, in the ...
Lord Glentoran | 678 c208-9GC (Link to this contribution) One issue concerns me since I have started reading about the transport plan. The highest risk to the...
Lord Higgins | 678 c210GC (Link to this contribution) I still cannot find reference to the extensive debate that we are apparently supposed to have had on...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c209-10GC (Link to this contribution) I did not know that such a wide range of issues would suddenly emerge when we got to Clause 10. It w...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 678 c211GC (Link to this contribution) It may be helpful for the Minister to be able to take counsel on that question. As a bystander, I sh...
Baroness Hamwee | 678 c215GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister. It is not just disruption which is on the minds of the boroughs. They...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c213-5GC (Link to this contribution) I shall resist the amendments, but I am nevertheless grateful to the noble Baroness for having table...
Lord Berkeley | 678 c212GC (Link to this contribution) I am pleased by what he said about rail freight, but it is worrying that none of the rail freight op...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 678 c218GC (Link to this contribution) The Minister will recall my moving amendments at our previous Sitting on the subject of biodiversity...
Lord Glentoran | 678 c218GC (Link to this contribution) I support the noble Baroness’s amendment, not necessarily in detail, but certainly in concept. The C...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c220GC (Link to this contribution) Once again, I am indebted to the eagle ear of the noble Lord. The issue that I was seeking to emphas...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 678 c234-6GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to noble Lords for their contributions. My noble friend Lord Pendry has focused on an ...
Lord Pendry | 678 c230-2GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 66:"After Clause 33, insert the following new clause—" ““BETTING (1)   The Gam...
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Codes of practice Betting Broadcasting Advertising Construction Fraud Industrial relations Land Freedom of information Greater London Gambling Infrastructure Inland waterways Freight Facilities Powers Planning Olympic Games Newspaper press Railways Mobile phones Railway network Mayor of London Marketing Lighting Paralympic Games Security Transport Safety Road traffic Roads Sports Technology Transport for London Street cleaning Docklands Light Railway London Development Agency London 2012 Organising Committee Olympic Delivery Authority
Legislation
London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Bill 2005-06
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