– in the House of Lords at 4:22 pm on 26 April 2004.
4 Clause 2, page 2, line 3, leave out from beginning to "region" in line 4 and insert "The elected assembly shall be the regional planning body for the" The Commons disagree to this amendment for the following reason—
4A Because it is not appropriate to restrict the application of a regional spatial strategy only to regions which have elected assemblies.
5 Page 2, line 6, leave out subsections (2) to (6) The Commons disagree to this amendment for the following reason—
5A Because it is not appropriate to restrict the application of a regional spatial strategy only to regions which have elected assemblies.
My Lords, I beg to move that the House do not insist on its Amendments Nos. 4 and 5 to which the Commons have disagreed for their reasons numbered 4A and 5A. I spoke to these amendments when we dealt with the first group, headed by Amendment No. 1.
Moved, That the House do not insist on its Amendments Nos. 4 and 5 to which the Commons have disagreed for their reasons numbered 4A and 5A.—(Lord Rooker.)
rose to move, as an amendment to the Motion that the House do not insist on its Amendments Nos. 4 and 5 to which the Commons have disagreed for their reasons numbered 4A and 5A, leave out "not".
My Lords, I spoke to these amendments in the first group. They are perhaps not technically consequential, although I think that they may be. However, they are certainly very closely tied to the first amendment, which, indeed, would not make sense without them. I beg to move.
Moved, as an amendment to the Motion that the House do not insist on its Amendments Nos. 4 and 5 to which the Commons have disagreed for their reasons numbered 4A and 5A, leave out "not".—(Baroness Hamwee.)