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Debate on bill on Monday, 31 January 2011, in the House of Lords.

Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill [HL]

Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill (HL). Lords report stage (first day). Amendments 1-5, 7, 9, 11-13 and 15 agreed.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
724 c1187-214 
Session
2010-12
Department
Treasury
Legislative stage
Report stage
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Higgins | 724 c1205 (Link to this contribution) 8: Clause 4, page 2, line 29, after ““it,”” insert— ““( ) a comparison of the fiscal and economic fo...
Lord Eatwell | 724 c1205 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate, not least becau...
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Lord Sassoon | 724 c1203-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I may just get my head round the formal non-moving of an amendment that has not be...
Lord Burns | 724 c1202-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will disappoint the noble Lord, Lord Barnett, by agreeing with the amendment, or rather ...
Lord Higgins | 724 c1202 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, given that I was chairman of the Treasury Committee in another place for something like 14...
Lord Eatwell | 724 c1200-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I first moved this amendment in Grand Committee in which, of course, there are no votes, a...
Lord Eatwell | 724 c1199-200 (Link to this contribution) 7: Schedule 1, page 15, line 18, at end insert— ““( ) The budget for the annual operations of the Of...
Lord Eatwell | 724 c1199 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will not speak to this amendment again except to say that I think that it would be very ...
Lord Eatwell | 724 c1199 (Link to this contribution) 6: Schedule 1, line 4, leave out ““5-year”” and insert ““3-year””
Lord Sassoon | 724 c1199 (Link to this contribution) 5: Schedule 1, page 15, line 12, at end insert— ““External review Tabled by
Lord Sassoon | 724 c1198 (Link to this contribution) I believe that it has the review every five years, but I think it would be wrong to have a fixed pro...
Lord Sassoon | 724 c1198 (Link to this contribution) 4: Schedule 1, page 15, line 3, at end insert— ““( ) The report must include, in particular, an asse...
Lord Myners | 724 c1197 (Link to this contribution) The answer is an obvious absence of support for the Minister.
Lord Sassoon | 724 c1197 (Link to this contribution) I heard the noble Lord say that he wanted to add to the congratulations, but there were none before....
Lord Eatwell | 724 c1198 (Link to this contribution) Does that body hold the review every five years or over a lesser period?
Lord Sassoon | 724 c1197-8 (Link to this contribution) I thought that I heard support from across the Chamber on this point. As I say, the issue is one of ...
Lord Barnett | 724 c1197 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as from time to time I disagree with my noble friend Lord Eatwell, I make it clear that on...
Lord Myners | 724 c1197 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister will recognise that, speaking as I do from the Back Benches, I speak independ...
Lord Sassoon | 724 c1197 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start by welcoming the noble Lord, Lord Myners, back to the Chamber. I am not sure that ...
Lord Newby | 724 c1196 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the government amendments to introduce an external review. The debate in Committ...
Lord Myners | 724 c1195-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support Amendment 6 to Amendment 5. I was not in the House for the beginning of Report, ...
Lord Burns | 724 c1195 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Eatwell, describes his proposed change from at least five years to at...
Lord Eatwell | 724 c1194-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think that everyone who took part in Grand Committee will feel that these amendments sho...
Lord Sassoon | 724 c1192-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the general support around the House which this group of amendments seem...
Lord Burns | 724 c1191-2 (Link to this contribution) I also welcome these amendments. We spent a great deal of time in Grand Committee trying to bring gr...
Lord Sassoon | 724 c1193-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, producing high-quality work requires the OBR to have access to all relevant information an...
Lord Sassoon | 724 c1193 (Link to this contribution) 3: Schedule 1, page 14, line 26, at end insert— ““Review by Non-executive Committee 12A The Non-exec...
Lord Sassoon | 724 c1193 (Link to this contribution) 2: Schedule 1, page 14, line 13, leave out ““The Budget Responsibility Committee”” and insert ““A co...
Lord Newby | 724 c1190 (Link to this contribution) These government amendments are welcome because they recognise the discussions held in Committee. Th...
Lord Eatwell | 724 c1188-90 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a rather heterogeneous group of amendments. In fact, the only common theme that I ...
Lord Barnett | 724 c1190-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Sassoon, for his amendments. He referred again to the indepen...
Lord Higgins | 724 c1190 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I intervene briefly to express appreciation to my noble friend for the way in which he has...
Baroness Noakes | 724 c1191 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I add my support for the amendments. It is to the great credit of the Minister that he too...
Lord Sassoon | 724 c1187-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we usefully teased out a number of issues on this Bill in Grand Committee, so I am pleased...
Lord Sassoon | 724 c1187 (Link to this contribution) 1: Schedule 1, page 13, line 38, at end insert— ““( ) The members appointed under paragraph 1(1)(c) ...
Lord Touhig | 724 c1212 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not intend to detain your Lordships for very long because this is exactly the same am...
Lord Sassoon | 724 c1212-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I see the Chamber filling up. This amendment is clearly attracting a lot of interest but, ...
Lord Touhig | 724 c1211 (Link to this contribution) 14: Clause 15, page 5, line 36, leave out ““such person as may be so specified”” and insert ““the Ad...
Lord Touhig | 724 c1214 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister because he is a man of his word: he has sought to clarify the matters ...
Lord Sassoon | 724 c1211 (Link to this contribution) 12: Clause 6, page 3, line 9, leave out from ““section”” to end of line 10 Amendment 12 agreed. Am...
Lord Higgins | 724 c1205-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move Amendment 8 in my name, with which it will be convenient to discuss Amendmen...
Lord Sassoon | 724 c1207-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should perhaps speak briefly to Amendment 9 at this stage. I will respond later if other...
Lord Eatwell | 724 c1208-9 (Link to this contribution) On Amendments 8 and 10, the noble Lord, Lord Higgins, will have to suffer the possibility of inconsi...
Lord Newby | 724 c1209 (Link to this contribution) I would like to echo the noble Lord, Lord Eatwell, in two respects; first, in his comments on Amendm...
Lord Sassoon | 724 c1209-10 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Eatwell, for his support for government Amendment 9, but let m...
Lord Higgins | 724 c1211 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my noble friend for his interesting comments and beg leave to withdraw the amendmen...
Lord Sassoon | 724 c1211 (Link to this contribution) 9: Clause 4, page 2, line 32, at end insert— ““( ) Any report which the Office makes in pursuance of...
Lord Sassoon | 724 c1211 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move. Amendment 10 (to Amendment 9) not moved. Amendment 9 agreed. Clause 5 : How main d...
Lord Sassoon | 724 c1211 (Link to this contribution) 11: Clause 5, page 3, line 2, after ““Office”” insert ““— (a) must have regard to those policies, bu...
Lord Barnett | 724 c1203 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Burns, never disappoints me. I am delighted to see that he agrees with the prin...
Lord Sassoon | 724 c1211 (Link to this contribution) 13: Clause 6, page 3, line 14, at end insert— ““( ) If the Treasury proposes to modify the guidance ...
Lord Sassoon | 724 c1214 (Link to this contribution) 15: Clause 15, page 5, line 36, leave out ““may be so specified”” and insert ““is specified by the C...
Subjects
Committees Finance Forecasts Public appointments National Audit Office Public finance Standards Office for Budget Responsibility
Legislation
Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill (HL) 2010-12
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