My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of London from the spiritual security and shelter of these Benches. My real regret is that I cannot actually see our Front Bench, but I am very pleased that my noble friends are there and...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of London from the spiritual security and shelter of these Benches. My real regret is that I cannot actually see our Front Bench, but I am very pleased that my noble friends are there and...

My right honourable friend the Minister for Local Government (John Healey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On 8 May 2008 we introduced through the Standards Committee (England) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1085) the reformed conduct regime for local authority members, in which responsibility for standards of conduct and dealing...

My right honourable friend the Minister for Local Government (John Healey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On 8 May 2008 we introduced through the Standards Committee (England) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1085) the reformed conduct regime for local authority members, in which responsibility for standards of conduct and dealing...

My honourable friend the Minister for Local Government (John Healey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 provides for a reformed conduct regime for local authority members in which responsibility for standards of conduct and dealing with allegations of misconduct...

My honourable friend the Minister for Local Government (John Healey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 provides for a reformed conduct regime for local authority members in which responsibility for standards of conduct and dealing with allegations of misconduct...

My Lords, I am not entirely sure that I can give my noble friend much satisfaction. I feel that I have strayed slightly into a debate on a different area of policy. The basic issues are complex. Both noble Lords who have spoken are expert and are used to debating...

My Lords, I am not entirely sure that I can give my noble friend much satisfaction. I feel that I have strayed slightly into a debate on a different area of policy. The basic issues are complex. Both noble Lords who have spoken are expert and are used to debating...

My Lords, my noble friend is clearly playing devil’s advocate, which is something he can do but is not his usual style. I cannot answer that question, just as I cannot pre-empt what Sir Ronnie Flanagan is going to say. His remit is to review the police service and, in...

My Lords, my noble friend is clearly playing devil’s advocate, which is something he can do but is not his usual style. I cannot answer that question, just as I cannot pre-empt what Sir Ronnie Flanagan is going to say. His remit is to review the police service and, in...

My Lords, we certainly wrestled with this very complicated idea and I did my best to explain the issue. It is complicated but I can now take the House a little further forward and give a bit more background. However, I say to the noble Baroness at the start that...

My Lords, we certainly wrestled with this very complicated idea and I did my best to explain the issue. It is complicated but I can now take the House a little further forward and give a bit more background. However, I say to the noble Baroness at the start that...

moved Amendment No. 59: 59: Clause 221, page 161, line 18, leave out ““a local authority”” and insert— ““(a) a local authority; (b) a National Health Service trust; (c) an NHS foundation trust; (d) a Primary Care Trust; or (e) a Strategic Health Authority.”” The noble Baroness said: My Lords,...

moved Amendment No. 59: 59: Clause 221, page 161, line 18, leave out ““a local authority”” and insert— ““(a) a local authority; (b) a National Health Service trust; (c) an NHS foundation trust; (d) a Primary Care Trust; or (e) a Strategic Health Authority.”” The noble Baroness said: My Lords,...

My Lords, I can confirm both matters raised by the noble Baronesses. I can certainly give an absolute assurance on the question raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Hanham. The guidance will produce clarity.

My Lords, I can confirm both matters raised by the noble Baronesses. I can certainly give an absolute assurance on the question raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Hanham. The guidance will produce clarity.

My Lords, when we debated conflicts of interest at earlier stages of the Bill we talked about the practice that voluntary organisations traditionally have of managing interests. This is not a new situation to them. Dealing with conflicts of interest was one of the criteria for making a robust arrangement...

My Lords, when we debated conflicts of interest at earlier stages of the Bill we talked about the practice that voluntary organisations traditionally have of managing interests. This is not a new situation to them. Dealing with conflicts of interest was one of the criteria for making a robust arrangement...

moved Amendment No. 60: 60: After Clause 221, insert the following new Clause— ““Arrangements: power to make further provision (1) The Secretary of State must make regulations which provide that arrangements made under section 220(1) (““local authority arrangements””) must require prescribed provision to be included in local involvement network arrangements....

moved Amendment No. 60: 60: After Clause 221, insert the following new Clause— ““Arrangements: power to make further provision (1) The Secretary of State must make regulations which provide that arrangements made under section 220(1) (““local authority arrangements””) must require prescribed provision to be included in local involvement network arrangements....

moved Amendment No. 61: 61: After Clause 225, insert the following new Clause— ““Transitional arrangements (1) When a local authority becomes subject to the duty in section 220(1), it also becomes subject to the following duty. (2) That duty (““the temporary duty””) is to ensure until the relevant time that...

moved Amendment No. 61: 61: After Clause 225, insert the following new Clause— ““Transitional arrangements (1) When a local authority becomes subject to the duty in section 220(1), it also becomes subject to the following duty. (2) That duty (““the temporary duty””) is to ensure until the relevant time that...

My Lords, I give the noble Earl that assurance. On Question, amendment agreed to.

My Lords, I give the noble Earl that assurance. On Question, amendment agreed to.

moved Amendments Nos. 37 and 38: 37: Clause 94, page 64, line 11, at end insert— ““( ) But subsection (3) does not apply if any part of the parish mentioned in subsection (1) is currently— (a) a parish which has a council, or (b) part of such a parish.””...

moved Amendments Nos. 37 and 38: 37: Clause 94, page 64, line 11, at end insert— ““( ) But subsection (3) does not apply if any part of the parish mentioned in subsection (1) is currently— (a) a parish which has a council, or (b) part of such a parish.””...

My Lords, this is a refreshing return to some of the fundamental principles in the Bill. I could not agree more with the noble Lord in that I do not for a moment believe that Whitehall knows best. The thrust, burden and tone of the Bill and of the debate...

My Lords, this is a refreshing return to some of the fundamental principles in the Bill. I could not agree more with the noble Lord in that I do not for a moment believe that Whitehall knows best. The thrust, burden and tone of the Bill and of the debate...

My Lords, I feel that I have answered most of these amendments previously and I try not to repeat myself. I appreciate the spirit in which the noble Baroness has moved the amendments and the seriousness with which we have debated over the past three stages the relationship between local...

My Lords, I feel that I have answered most of these amendments previously and I try not to repeat myself. I appreciate the spirit in which the noble Baroness has moved the amendments and the seriousness with which we have debated over the past three stages the relationship between local...

moved Amendment No. 49: 49: Clause 121, page 83, line 25, leave out from ““matters”” to end of line 26 and insert ““in relation to which the committee has functions under or by virtue of section 19.”””” The noble Baroness said: My Lords, throughout the passage of the Bill it...

moved Amendment No. 49: 49: Clause 121, page 83, line 25, leave out from ““matters”” to end of line 26 and insert ““in relation to which the committee has functions under or by virtue of section 19.”””” The noble Baroness said: My Lords, throughout the passage of the Bill it...

My Lords, to an extent we are trying to anticipate what the crime and disorder committees will do, and they have not yet been formed. As I understand it, in the example that my noble friend used, the issue could be raised, but it would be for the committee to...

My Lords, to an extent we are trying to anticipate what the crime and disorder committees will do, and they have not yet been formed. As I understand it, in the example that my noble friend used, the issue could be raised, but it would be for the committee to...

My Lords, I shall start with my noble friend, who speaks as usual with great authority. First, on being joined up, we have tabled the amendment precisely as a demonstration that the Government are very much of the opinion that we should bring the two systems, which were separate, into...

My Lords, I shall start with my noble friend, who speaks as usual with great authority. First, on being joined up, we have tabled the amendment precisely as a demonstration that the Government are very much of the opinion that we should bring the two systems, which were separate, into...

My Lords, I believe that that is the case.

My Lords, I believe that that is the case.

moved Amendment No. 53: 53: After Clause 125, insert the following new Clause— ““Reference of local crime and disorder matters to crime and disorder committees etc (1) The Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48) is amended as follows. (2) In section 19 (local authority scrutiny of crime and disorder...

moved Amendment No. 53: 53: After Clause 125, insert the following new Clause— ““Reference of local crime and disorder matters to crime and disorder committees etc (1) The Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48) is amended as follows. (2) In section 19 (local authority scrutiny of crime and disorder...