Clause 58 - Power to make further provision
Local Government Bill
3:15 pm
Mr Christopher Leslie (Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office; Shipley, Labour)
The right hon. Gentleman may well have known what it meant at the time, but he clearly does not know now. ''Supplementary'' refers to matters other than the original ones; ''incidental'', ''consequential'' and ''transitional'' are self-explanatory—all are limited to the purpose of giving effect to business improvement districts and no other purpose. It is a narrow, reserved power designed to ensure that the provisions in this part of the Bill and subordinate legislation work as they are intended to and not for any wider reform of the Human Rights Act. It is not to be read as a self-standing power.
I hope that those assurances help hon. Members. I will research legislation prior to 1997 to find out how many other examples there were before I became an MP.
Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:—
The Committee divided: Ayes 17, Noes 6.