Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Tuesday, 14 December 2010, in the House of Lords.

Public Bodies Bill [HL]

Public Bodies Bill (HL). Lords committee stage fourth day. Schedule 1 : Power to abolish: bodies and offices, under consideration. Amendment 24 not moved. Amendment 25 debated and withdrawn. Amendment 26 debated and agreed to on division (277 votes to 165).

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 723 c524-52
Session: 2010-12
Department: Cabinet Office
Legislative stage: Committee stage
Procedure: Government defeats
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Public Bodies Bill (HL). Explanatory notes also published (HL Bill 25-EN).
Thursday, 28 October 2010
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House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Lord Pannick | 723 c541 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am puzzled by the speech of the noble Viscount, Lord Eccles. As I understand the Act, th...; Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 723 c528-31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment seeks to ensure that the long-awaited chief coroner, as set up in the Coron...; Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 723 c524 (Link to this contribution) 25: Schedule 1, page 16, line 16, leave out ““BRB (Residuary) Limited.”” 25: Schedule 1, page 16, l...; Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 723 c549 (Link to this contribution) I thank my noble and learned friend for that question. It gives me the opportunity to make it clear ...; Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 723 c549 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in support of this amendment. Howeve...; Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 723 c548-9 (Link to this contribution) Before my noble friend sits down, I would like to get this clear. Is it right that the Government’s ...; Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 723 c548 (Link to this contribution) I do not want to go beyond my brief but I know the answer to that question. The Lord Chief Justice i...; Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 723 c544-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken for expressing the Committee’s views so clearly. I...; Lord Bach | 723 c543-4 (Link to this contribution) We should be very grateful indeed to the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, for raising this matter. We on...; Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 723 c547-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank my noble friend for that intervention. Nothing that I have said talks about the undermining ...; Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 723 c547 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister. I am also grateful for the kind remarks that he has made about me per...; Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 723 c548 (Link to this contribution) I cannot reassure the noble Lord on precisely that point because I do not know whether the question ...; Lord Pannick | 723 c548 (Link to this contribution) The Minister mentioned a figure of £10 million that would be required to set up the office of the ch...; Baroness Butler-Sloss | 723 c548 (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister sits down, how does the Ministry of Justice intend to create consistency among t...; Lord Harris of Haringey | 723 c536-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as chair of the advisory panel on deaths in custody. That is relevan...; Bishop of Lincoln | 723 c532-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as you might expect from these Benches, I should like to offer a pastoral word in support ...; Lord Ramsbotham | 723 c532 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I put my name to this amendment for two reasons: disappointment and respect. I am disappoi...; Lord Craig of Radley | 723 c533-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have also put my name to the amendment. If we look back at Second Reading of the relevan...; Lord Christopher | 723 c534-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the amendment from the point of view of a layman who unexpectedly found himself ...; Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 723 c534 (Link to this contribution) I have not been able to take part in this Committee since the first day, when I stood on my head and...; Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 723 c536 (Link to this contribution) I declare an interest as patron of The Compassionate Friends, which is a support group both for pare...; Baroness Butler-Sloss | 723 c535-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as a former assistant deputy coroner—something that I did for as sho...; Baroness Thornton | 723 c531 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendment 26, to which I was very happy to add my name. As the no...; Viscount Eccles | 723 c541 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I fully agree that the separation of the powers of the Executive from those of the legal p...; Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 723 c541 (Link to this contribution) As the noble Viscount was good enough to refer to me, does he accept and agree that under the Europe...; Viscount Eccles | 723 c539-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I offer a somewhat different point of view. What worries me particularly about the speech ...; Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 723 c543 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I ought to point out that I said I would abstain.; Lord Newton of Braintree | 723 c542-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise to speak briefly. Having supported my noble friend Lord McNally as loyally as I cou...; Lord Pannick | 723 c541-2 (Link to this contribution) I remind the noble Viscount that the same is true of judges of the Supreme Court. There is no sugges...; Viscount Eccles | 723 c541 (Link to this contribution) On that point, the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, is correct. But the appointment can be made by the Lord...; Viscount Slim | 723 c539 (Link to this contribution) I spoke in one of the previous debates on this issue. I think most of us had some hope that the prev...; Lord Boswell of Aynho | 723 c538-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, share many of the reservations that have been expressed about what is a pre-emptiv...; Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 723 c525 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I move Amendment 25 because I want to give the Minister an opportunity to describe what th...; Lord Rosser | 723 c525-6 (Link to this contribution) My noble friend Lord Faulkner of Worcester has raised a number of important points about the role an...; Lord Greaves | 723 c526-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Faulkner of Worcester, missed from his list of public sector burdens ...; Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 723 c527-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Faulkner of Worcester, for tabling Amendment 25, because it g...; Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 723 c528 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister very much indeed for that helpful reply. A number of issues that remain unresol...; Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 723 c528 (Link to this contribution) 26: Schedule 1, page 16, line 17, leave out ““Chief Coroner, Deputy Chief Coroners, Medical Advisers...
Subjects: Assets Costs British Rail Coroners Public appointments Property transfer Public bodies Property Railways Railway network Non-departmental public bodies Chief Coroner
Legislation: Public Bodies Bill (HL) 2010-12
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Public Bodies Bill [HL]

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