Debate on bill on Wednesday, 30 June 2010, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Hanham. The answering member was Lord McKenzie of Luton.

Local Government Bill [HL]

Local Government Bill (HL). Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 719 c1798-834
Session: 2010-12
Department: Department for Communities and Local Government
Legislative stage: Second reading
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Local Government Bill (HL). Explanatory notes also published (HL Bill 2-EN).
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
Bills
House of Lords; Norwich and Norfolk (Structural Changes) Order 2010
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Statutory instruments
House of Commons
House of Lords; Exeter and Devon (Structural Changes) Order 2010
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Statutory instruments
House of Commons
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Lord Richard | 719 c1801 (Link to this contribution) I wonder whether the noble Baroness can help me, because I am a little confused by one or two remark...; Baroness Hanham | 719 c1798-801 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is our second attempt at a Second Reading debate on this short, single-issue Local Go...; Lord McKenzie of Luton | 719 c1801-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hanham, for explaining this short Bill. Although I believ...; Baroness Hanham | 719 c1801 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the court made a decision only on the first clause—that is, to stop the reorganisation. It...; Baroness Hanham | 719 c1798 (Link to this contribution) Moved By That the Bill be read a second time.; Lord Lloyd of Berwick | 719 c1805-6 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. He has dealt at great length and very helpfully with...; Lord McKenzie of Luton | 719 c1803-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I can cite a number of flourishing unitary authorities, particularly my own, Luton, and th...; Lord Teverson | 719 c1803 (Link to this contribution) I apologise for intervening but the noble Lord’s remarks are very provocative given that all the way...; Lord Rennard | 719 c1806-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in supporting the Bill, many of us feel that it should not have been necessary to introduc...; Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market | 719 c1806 (Link to this contribution) My Lords—; Lord Burnett | 719 c1806 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I remind the noble Lord, Lord McKenzie, that Luton is not Devon—nor is it Exeter. I remind...; Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market | 719 c1808-11 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Rennard, but, looking at the speakers list, I thought ...; Lord Rennard | 719 c1808 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have not argued the case for the Boundary Committee’s proposals and am not doing so toda...; Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 719 c1808 (Link to this contribution) Can the noble Lord tell us of anyone in the county of Norfolk—in the district council, county counci...; Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 719 c1816-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when I retrieved the notes that I had written for the original Second Reading debate in th...; Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 719 c1811-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as former leader of Norwich City Council, and also a former Norfolk ...; Lord Grocott | 719 c1818-21 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, whatever I say about the Bill, it is only fair to say at the outset that I welcome the nob...; Viscount Ullswater | 719 c1818 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, all I would say is that the Examiners have examined it. Their report has been published an...; Lord McKenzie of Luton | 719 c1822 (Link to this contribution) I apologise for interrupting the noble Lord, but he referred to the question that I posed in my pres...; Lord Tope | 719 c1821-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin, as I always do, and as I did when we debated the orders on 22 March, by declaring...; Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 719 c1823 (Link to this contribution) He is bitterly opposed to this.; Lord Tope | 719 c1822-3 (Link to this contribution) It is probably inappropriate for me to comment on the Minister’s answer before she has given it. I m...; Earl Cathcart | 719 c1830 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord seems to be arguing so passionately for their cause that I wonder whether h...; Lord Teverson | 719 c1829 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister—I am sorry, not the Minister; I am out of date. I thank the noble Lord for givi...; Lord Rosser | 719 c1829-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I note that that is the noble Lord’s view, but I doubt that it is universally held. I acce...; Earl Cathcart | 719 c1824-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is the first time that I have spoken on this issue. I must admit that it is difficult...; Lord Rosser | 719 c1826-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have had an interesting and at times passionate debate. Before I go further, I will aga...; Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 719 c1823 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, he is a solicitor in Norwich but is the MP for North Norfolk and has no formal connection ...; Lord Tope | 719 c1823-4 (Link to this contribution) I do not want to detain your Lordships’ House. This has distracted us but I think the main arguments...; Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 719 c1823 (Link to this contribution) I have made my point. Only 40 per cent of the Conservative MP’s constituency is in Norwich. The Norw...; Lord Tope | 719 c1823 (Link to this contribution) As the noble Baroness, Lady Hollis, has intervened, I will comment on her quoting, at some length, N...; Lord Tope | 719 c1823 (Link to this contribution) I thought this would be coming, but our position as a national party was absolutely clear.; Baroness Hanham | 719 c1833 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that was the bit I had forgotten. Clause 2 moves the elections from 2010 to 2011. If it is...; Lord McKenzie of Luton | 719 c1833 (Link to this contribution) I know that we are getting into detail that is probably Committee stuff, but if Clause 2 effectively...; Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 719 c1833-4 (Link to this contribution) It was not a trap. It took place in the full presence of the House at prime time. A trap is somethin...; Baroness Hanham | 719 c1833 (Link to this contribution) The noble and learned Lord has raised a point that I knew I ought to have cleared up before. There i...; Baroness Hanham | 719 c1832-3 (Link to this contribution) I thank my noble friend for his intervention. He is correct. A large number of questions were raised...; Lord Lloyd of Berwick | 719 c1833 (Link to this contribution) Do I understand that the Minister accepts that if the orders are quashed, Clause 1(3), which revokes...; Baroness Hanham | 719 c1832 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure the noble Lord will forgive me for saying that I did not say that the Merits Com...; Baroness Hanham | 719 c1832 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if the noble Baroness had continued to sit for a bit longer, she would have heard me get t...; Lord Rosser | 719 c1832 (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness raised the issue of the Merits Committee report. I stand by what I said in respon...; Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 719 c1831-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before she went on to the issue of the Merits Committee, the noble Baroness was clear that...; Baroness Hanham | 719 c1830-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank all those who have taken part in this debate for their contributions. I have been ...; Lord Rosser | 719 c1830 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my recollection is that the Merits Committee said that it did not come to a definitive vie...; Lord McKenzie of Luton | 719 c1806 (Link to this contribution) Yes, indeed, my Lords. I thought I had recognised at the start of my presentation that that had chan...; Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 719 c1818 (Link to this contribution) On a point of information, it was not contested. We withdrew from that examination and therefore the...; Viscount Ullswater | 719 c1817-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest in this matter as an elected member of the Borough Council of King’s...; Baroness Hanham | 719 c1834 (Link to this contribution) Trap or not, we ended up with an examination to which no further evidence was given. The two memoria...; Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market | 719 c1832 (Link to this contribution) Is it not the case that the Merits Committee raised an enormous number of questions about whether th...
Subjects: Cost effectiveness Devon Finance Exeter Local government Norfolk Norwich Reorganisation Unitary councils Suffolk Hybrid bills Devon County Council Exeter City Council Norfolk County Council Norwich City Council
Legislation: Local Government Bill (HL) 2010-12
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Local Government Bill [HL]

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