Draft Contracting Out (Highway Functions) Order 2009. Draft Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) Order 2009. Lords motion to approve. Agreed to on question (formal).

Draft Contracting Out (Highway Functions) Order 2009. Draft Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) Order 2009. Lords motion to approve. Agreed to on question (formal).

That the draft orders laid before the House on 21 and 26 January be approved. Relevant Documents: 4th and 5th Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments, Considered in Grand Committee on 25 February. Motions agreed.

That the draft orders laid before the House on 21 and 26 January be approved. Relevant Documents: 4th and 5th Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments, Considered in Grand Committee on 25 February. Motions agreed.

Will the Minister give an assurance that local authorities are in possession of all the powers relating to traffic signs, conduct of traffic and requiring utility companies to work for the length of time necessary to get the work carried out in the most expeditious way? Will he tell us...

Will the Minister give an assurance that local authorities are in possession of all the powers relating to traffic signs, conduct of traffic and requiring utility companies to work for the length of time necessary to get the work carried out in the most expeditious way? Will he tell us...

Successful contracting out depends on monitoring. What confidence can we have that local authorities have the correct mechanisms to monitor these contracts?

Successful contracting out depends on monitoring. What confidence can we have that local authorities have the correct mechanisms to monitor these contracts?

We have no difficulty with this order.

We have no difficulty with this order.

The Government consider that service delivery should achieve best value for taxpayers. In some cases, that means the service being provided by a third party. The three existing contracting-out orders covering highways functions allow authorities to delegate the listed statutory functions to a third-party operator. We now propose to build...

The Government consider that service delivery should achieve best value for taxpayers. In some cases, that means the service being provided by a third party. The three existing contracting-out orders covering highways functions allow authorities to delegate the listed statutory functions to a third-party operator. We now propose to build...

I will use a little of the Committee’s time to explore this further. The utility companies have been vociferous in their lobbying of the House of Lords and the Government to achieve advantage for themselves over other users of the highway. I am concerned to know that the arrangements here...

I will use a little of the Committee’s time to explore this further. The utility companies have been vociferous in their lobbying of the House of Lords and the Government to achieve advantage for themselves over other users of the highway. I am concerned to know that the arrangements here...

That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Contracting Out (Highway Functions) Order 2009. Relevant Document: 4th Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Contracting Out (Highway Functions) Order 2009. Relevant Document: 4th Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

Amazingly enough, I can give very few answers to the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, but his concerns are much repeated, and we have consistently agreed with the importance of managing the roads effectively. This is a modest consolidating order. It takes vast chunks of activity that are already contracted out...

Amazingly enough, I can give very few answers to the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, but his concerns are much repeated, and we have consistently agreed with the importance of managing the roads effectively. This is a modest consolidating order. It takes vast chunks of activity that are already contracted out...

I do not mean this in an impolite way, but the language of the assurance which the noble Lord asks me to give would be such an all-embracing piece of government policy, benign as it may be, that I shall demur from agreeing with him without reservation. What the noble...

I do not mean this in an impolite way, but the language of the assurance which the noble Lord asks me to give would be such an all-embracing piece of government policy, benign as it may be, that I shall demur from agreeing with him without reservation. What the noble...

Draft Contracting Out (Highway Functions) Order 2009. Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.

Draft Contracting Out (Highway Functions) Order 2009. Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.

Draft Unit Trusts (Electronic Communications) Order 2009. Draft Open-Ended Investment Companies (Amendment) Regulations 2009. Draft Mutual Societies (Transfers) Order 2009. Draft Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Non-profit-making Companies) Order 2009. Draft Child Trust Funds (Amendment) Regulations 2009. Draft Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009. Draft Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating) Order 2009. Draft Contracting Out (Highway Functions) Order 2009. Draft Road Safety (Financial Penalty Deposit) (Appropriate Amount) Order 2009. Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Registration of Regulated Activities) Regulations 2009. Lords motion that the draft orders and regulations be referred to a Grand Committee. Agreed to on question (formal).

Draft Unit Trusts (Electronic Communications) Order 2009. Draft Open-Ended Investment Companies (Amendment) Regulations 2009. Draft Mutual Societies (Transfers) Order 2009. Draft Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of Non-profit-making Companies) Order 2009. Draft Child Trust Funds (Amendment) Regulations 2009. Draft Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009. Draft...

To move that the draft orders and regulations be referred to a Grand Committee. Motion agreed.

To move that the draft orders and regulations be referred to a Grand Committee. Motion agreed.

Draft Contracting Out (Highway Functions) Order 2009. Motion to approve. Agreed to on question.

Draft Contracting Out (Highway Functions) Order 2009. Motion to approve. Agreed to on question.

Draft Contracting Out (Highway Functions) Order 2009. Considered by Delegated Legislation Committee.

Draft Contracting Out (Highway Functions) Order 2009. Considered by Delegated Legislation Committee.

Draft Contracting Out (Highway Functions) Order 2009. (Affirmative instrument). Together with an explanatory memorandum from the Department for Transport. Laid before Parliament for approval by resolution of each House. Coming into force the 10th day after the order is made. Replaces version laid 11 December 2008 (UP 62 2008-09).

Draft Contracting Out (Highway Functions) Order 2009. (Affirmative instrument). Together with an explanatory memorandum from the Department for Transport. Laid before Parliament for approval by resolution of each House. Coming into force the 10th day after the order is made. Replaces version laid 11 December 2008 (UP 62 2008-09).