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Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Thursday, 5 July 2007, in the House of Lords.

Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill. Lords Committee stage first day. Part 1 of 2 records. Clause 1 agreed to.

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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
693 c1135-63 
Session
2006-07
Department
Department for Communities and Local Government
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Committee stage
Procedure
New clauses
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House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Baroness Andrews | 693 c1161-2 (Link to this contribution) I hope I can reassure noble Lords that the power to direct is not as sinister as they have made it s...
Viscount Eccles | 693 c1161 (Link to this contribution) The use of the power to direct raises constitutional as well as practical issues. It has always been...
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Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 693 c1160-1 (Link to this contribution) We support the spirit of the amendment. While there is a strong case for unitary councils in many ar...
Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 693 c1163 (Link to this contribution) I was just considering the relationship of these clauses with later clauses, such as Clause 8 which ...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c1162-3 (Link to this contribution) I always enjoy may/shall debates and it has come early in the Bill. Amendments Nos. 10, 11 and 13—I ...
Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 693 c1162 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 10: 10: Clause 2, page 2, line 37, leave out ““may”” and insert ““shall”” The...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c1162 (Link to this contribution) The Minister is saying that if a local authority decides to seek unitary authority for a county or d...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 693 c1163 (Link to this contribution) I suggest that now is a convenient moment to adjourn the Committee stage and begin again at 2.28 pm....
Baroness Andrews | 693 c1158 (Link to this contribution) Clearly, I would not want noble Lords to struggle with confusion on this issue. I shall write to nob...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c1159 (Link to this contribution) No. The invitation process that we set out is very clear. All that we are saying is that in the proc...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c1159 (Link to this contribution) Inserted in the Bill in the other place was the limitation of 25 January 2008 on any invitation or d...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c1159 (Link to this contribution) I am not saying that. I was saying that the timescale imposed was only on directions. These two thin...
Baroness Hamwee | 693 c1159 (Link to this contribution) I shall just add to the mix of questions on the points on which it would be helpful to have further ...
Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 693 c1159 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 8: 8: Clause 2, page 2, line 33, at end insert— ““(c) in relation to any propo...
Lord Hanningfield | 693 c1159 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased that the Minister will clarify this matter, but I am sure that we will come back to it,...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c1160 (Link to this contribution) So we are dealing simply with Amendment No. 8. That is fine. I can give the noble Baroness a fairly ...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c1160 (Link to this contribution) I support Amendment No. 8. I shall speak to the clauses stand part questions in their place and not ...
Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 693 c1160 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for the clarity of her reply. Some people will be reassured by that an...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c1158 (Link to this contribution) At Second Reading, my noble friend Lord Hunt made it clear that we are in no way anticipating a futu...
Lord Hanningfield | 693 c1158 (Link to this contribution) Like the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, I am more confused. I am totally against changing county bounda...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c1157 (Link to this contribution) I can give a swift answer to that, but the intention of the amendment is obviously to limit the kind...
Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 693 c1157-8 (Link to this contribution) I have to confess to being more confused now than I was to start with. I understand why, in its orig...
Lord Hanningfield | 693 c1156 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 3: 3: Clause 2, page 2, line 9, leave out paragraph (c) The noble Lord said: ...
Baroness Hamwee | 693 c1156-7 (Link to this contribution) If we are talking about a limited number of applications or responses to the invitation, which of th...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c1155 (Link to this contribution) It is because we need the power for implementation. The clause enables us to take the process forwar...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c1155-6 (Link to this contribution) We will return to this matter at a latter stage, because I think that I am now more confused than th...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c1153-5 (Link to this contribution) The issues that have been raised in the debate go far beyond the technical amendment. I am happy to ...
Baroness Hamwee | 693 c1155 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister clarify one point? Early on in her response, she said that the invitation was issu...
Baroness Hamwee | 693 c1149 (Link to this contribution) The amendment seeks to insert ““relevant””, but relevant to whom? The answer should be ““relevant to...
Lord Hanningfield | 693 c1149-50 (Link to this contribution) I support my noble friend. I returned this morning from a local government conference in Birmingham,...
Lord Greaves | 693 c1150-2 (Link to this contribution) I tabled objections to Clauses 2 and 3 stand part in the belief that we needed a short debate about ...
Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 693 c1152-3 (Link to this contribution) I rise to make one or two remarks in view of the fact that my noble friend will not be objecting to ...
Lord Graham of Edmonton | 693 c1143-4 (Link to this contribution) The tenor of the debate is interesting. The noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, more than once used ““insult...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c1144-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, for his kind words. I am delighted to be back at the Dispatch ...
Lord Greaves | 693 c1146-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to everyone who has spoken and to the Minister for a great deal of what she has said, ...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c1148-9 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 2: 2: Clause 2, page 2, line 5, leave out ““or direct any”” and insert ““a rel...
Lord Hanningfield | 693 c1142-3 (Link to this contribution) We are having quite a long debate on this first amendment, but perhaps we can get some of the issues...
Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 693 c1138-9 (Link to this contribution) I support my noble friend’s amendment because it goes to the heart of the issue that we on these Ben...
Viscount Eccles | 693 c1139-40 (Link to this contribution) I rise to add to the probing. The Statement and the Green Paper were clear in their analysis and des...
Lord Greaves | 693 c1136-8 (Link to this contribution) No, I am not offering, but if the Government want my advice on anything at any time, it is freely av...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 693 c1140-1 (Link to this contribution) I support the amendment tabled by my noble friend Lord Greaves. I became interested in devolution wh...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 693 c1141-2 (Link to this contribution) I support the amendment of my noble friend Lord Greaves. I cast my mind back to when the Labour Gove...
Baroness Andrews | 693 c1135 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that the House do now resolve itself into Committee on this Bill. Moved acc...
Lord Greaves | 693 c1135-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 1: 1: Before Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— ““Devolution of powers...
Baroness Hanham | 693 c1160 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 9: 9: Clause 2, page 2, line 37, leave out ““or direction”” The noble Barones...
Viscount Eccles | 693 c1153 (Link to this contribution) I want to draw attention to a particular situation. What is proposed is also affecting people who ar...
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Community development Devolution Local government Local government finance Non-departmental public bodies Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government
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Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill 2006-07
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