Monday, 27 October 2008
The Secretary of State was asked—
What assessment she has made of the steps necessary to be taken prior to ratification and implementation of the Council of Europe convention on action against trafficking in human beings; and...
What recent assessment she has made of measures intended to address antisocial behaviour.
If she will investigate the policing of the Kingsnorth climate camp; and if she will make a statement.
What her latest estimate is of the number of people without criminal convictions whose records are stored on the national DNA database.
What recent assessment she has made of the performance of the UK Border Agency against its objectives.
What recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of morale among police officers in Wales and England.
What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of measures to combat drug-related crime.
What assessment she has made of the effect of local crime mapping on levels of public confidence in policing.
What recent discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues on the co-ordination of migration policy.
If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. May I take you back to the start of the Session, when you correctly reminded Members about their obligations in relation to the new parliamentary boundaries? You...
[Relevant documents: The Ninth Report from the Transport Committee, Session 2006-07, on the draft Local Transport Bill and the Transport Innovation Fund, HC 692, and the Government's response, HC...
'(1) After section 132B of the TA 2000 insert— "132C Power of authorities to provide services in exceptional circumstances (1) This section applies where a person who has agreed to provide...
'(1) An order under section 73 may make, in relation to the ITA,— (a) provision about its constitutional arrangements (within the meaning given by section 78(2)), (b) any provision which...
'(1) An order made by virtue of section 78(2)(a) which includes provision about the number and appointment of members of the ITA must provide— (a) for a majority of the members of the ITA...
'(1) The New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22) is amended as follows. (2) In section 48 (streets, street works and undertakers) after subsection (3) (meaning of "street works")...
'(1) The New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22) is amended as follows. (2) In section 48 (streets, street works and undertakers) after subsection (3) (meaning of "street works")...
'After section 126A insert— "126AA Advice by boards or their Commissioners (1) This section applies at any time after the traffic commissioner who is to chair the QCS board for the proposed...
'After section 126AA insert— "126AB Requests for boards to begin consideration etc of proposed schemes (1) This section applies in any case where— (a) the proposed scheme is for an...
'(1) After section 127 of the TA 2000 insert— "127A Appeals against the making of schemes for areas in England (1) This section applies where an authority or authorities make a quality...
'(1) After section 131A of the TA 2000 insert— "131AA Meaning of "exempt continuation proposal" (1) For the purposes of this Part a proposal that a quality contracts scheme should continue...
'After section 131AA of the TA 2000 insert— "131AB Continuation of schemes for areas in England: procedure (1) This section has effect with respect to the continuation in operation under...
'After section 131AB of the TA 2000 insert— "131B Continuation of schemes for areas in Wales: procedure (1) This section has effect with respect to the continuation in operation under...
'After section 132A of the TA 2000 insert— "132B Exemption from s.132 for specific variations directed by Tribunal (1) This section applies in relation to any of the following...
'In section 90F of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53), in the definition of "conditional offer", after "75(3)(a)" insert "or (3B)(a)".'.— [Paul Clark.] Brought up, and read the...
Amendment made: No. 104, page 2, line 6, after 'any', insert 'provision of this Act or any other'.— [Paul Clark.]
Amendments made: No. 105, page 5, line 31, at end insert ', if the senior traffic commissioner considers it appropriate'. No. 106, page 5, line 32, at end insert ', if the senior traffic...
Amendment made: No. 112, page 9, line 30, after 'any', insert 'provision of this Act or any other'.— [Paul Clark.]
Amendment made: No. 313, page 10, line 31, leave out from 'government' to 'with' in line 34 and insert ', and (b) to have regard to any guidance issued for the purposes of this paragraph by the...
Amendments made: No. 113, in page 11, leave out line 20 and insert 'an authority other than an Integrated Transport Authority must'. No. 114, page 11, leave out lines 30 and 31. No. 115, page...
Amendment made: No. 118, page 13, line 19, leave out subsection (6) and insert— '(6) In section 198(2) of that Act (interpretation of certain references to authority's local transport...
Amendments made: No. 119, page 17, line 49, leave out 'the Secretary of State' and insert 'the appropriate national authority'. No. 120, in page 18, line 1, leave out 'the Secretary of State'...
Amendment proposed: No. 5, page 18, line 15, after 'relates', insert 'which are greater than those that would pertain under existing arrangements,'.— [Stephen Hammond.] Question put, That...
Amendments made: No. 163, page 18, line 27, leave out subsection (3) and insert— '(3) For subsection (2) (need to comply with notice and consultation requirements and obtain approval of...
Amendments made: No. 164, page 19, line 6, leave out 'and'. No. 165, in page 19, line 9, after 'relates', insert ', and (d) if the proposed scheme relates to an area in England, send a copy of...
Amendments made: No. 170, page 20, line 3, at end insert— '(1A) Before subsection (1) insert— "(A1) This section has effect in any case where the scheme or proposed scheme relates to...
Amendments made: No. 178, page 20, leave out lines 22 and 23 and insert— '(1) Where the senior traffic commissioner receives a copy of a notice sent by the authority or authorities...
Amendments made: No. 185, in page 21, line 15, leave out '126A' and insert '126AC'. No. 186, page 21, line 16, leave out 'approvals boards for England' and insert 'boards'. No. 187, page 21,...
Amendments made: No. 205, page 25, leave out lines 14 to 35 and insert— '(2) For subsection (1) (making of scheme to be not later than 6 months after approval by appropriate national...
Amendments made: No. 122, page 26, line 30, at end insert— '(c) in paragraph (b), after "under a quality contract" insert "or is an interim service (see section 132C)".'. No. 123, in page...
Amendments made: No. 209, page 27, line 12, leave out first 'the' and insert 'a quality contracts'. No. 210, page 27, line 15, leave out from 'must' to end of line 22 and insert ', unless the...
Amendments made: No. 224, page 30, leave out lines 39 to 43 and insert— '(1) This section applies where an authority or authorities who propose that a quality contracts scheme should...
Amendments made: No. 236, page 31, line 33, leave out from 'where' to end of line 37 and insert 'an authority or authorities— (a) propose that a quality contracts scheme for an area in...
Amendments made: No. 240, page 32, line 15, at end insert— '(2A) In subsection (4) (grounds for revocation) for "or" at the end of paragraph (a) substitute— "(aa) if they consider...
Amendments made: No. 245, page 32, leave out lines 35 to 39 and insert— '(1) This section applies where an authority or authorities who propose to vary a quality contracts scheme under...
Amendments made: No. 255, page 33, line 30, leave out 'after "varying" insert ", continuing"' and insert 'after "making" insert "continuing,"'. No. 256, page 33, line 30, at end insert— '(...
Amendment made: No. 263, page 33, line 44, at end insert— '( ) In subsection (1)(b) (transitional provision in connection with variation of schemes) before "variation" insert "continuation...
Amendments made: No. 124, page 34, line 27, at end insert— '(1A) Subsection (2) also applies to a situation in which— (a) local services which, on the coming into force of a quality...
Amendments made: No. 129, page 40, line 3, after 'service', insert 'which is to have one or more stopping places'. No. 130, page 40, line 10, at end insert— '(2A) After subsection (7)...
Amendments made: No. 139, page 53, line 4, leave out from 'subsection (3)' to end of line 5 and insert 'in the manner mentioned in subsection (1AA)'. No. 140, page 53, line 11, at end...
Amendments made: No. 141, page 58, line 13, after 'any', insert 'provision of this Act or any other'. No. 142, page 59, line 14, leave out 'an' and insert 'this Act or any other'. No. 143, page...
Amendments made: No. 144, page 60, line 9, leave out 'or'. No. 145, page 60, line 11, at end insert— '(c) prescribed tramway passenger services, or tramway passenger services of a...
Amendment made: No. 151, page 64, line 22, leave out subsections (7) to (9).— [Paul Clark.]
Amendment made: No. 152, page 66, line 43, leave out 'direction' and insert 'review'.— [Paul Clark.]
Amendment proposed: No. 26, page 68, line 29, at end insert 'but which arrangements must provide that members of the ITA who are not elected members of the ITA's constituent councils may not...
Amendment made: No. 153, page 68, line 32, leave out subsections (3) and (4).— [Paul Clark.]
Amendment made: No. 154, page 69, line 43, at end insert— '( ) An order under this section which provides for the delegation of any function of a charging authority within the meaning of...
Amendments made: No. 155, page 73, line 41, after 'amending,', insert 'modifying,'. No. 156, page 73, line 42, at end insert— '( ) The provision which may be included by virtue of...
Amendment made: No. 157, page 74, line 6, at end insert— '(3) If, apart from this subsection, an instrument containing an order under this Chapter would be treated for the purposes of the...
Amendment made: No. 158, page 81, line 38, at end insert— '(1A) For subsection (1) substitute— "(1A) Where the charging authority or any of the charging authorities are— (a) a...
Amendment made: No. 314, page 94, line 34, at end insert— '(la) section [Financial penalty deposits: powers of vehicle examiners in Scotland];'.— [Paul Clark.]
Amendments made: No. 264, page 95, line 7, leave out ', rules'. No. 159, page 95, line 9, after '116', insert ', [Street works: reinstatement and remedial works]'.— [Paul Clark.]
Amendment made: No. 160, page 115, line 8, at end insert— '46A In section 198(2) (interpretation of certain references to authority's local transport plan) for "the Passenger Transport...
Amendments made: No. 161, page 126, leave out line 35 and insert— 'In section 198(2), the words from "and the councils" to the end.'. No. 265, page 127, line 7, column (2), at end...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursua nt to Standing Order No. 83 (Programme motions), That the Order of 20th October 2008 (Political Parties and Elections Bill (Programme)) be varied...
Ordered, That, at the sitting on Wednesday 29th October, (a) notwithstanding paragraph (2)(c) of Standing Order No. 14 (Arrangement of public business) opposition business may be proceeded with,...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118(6) (Delegated Legislation Committees),
That the Stamp Duty Land Tax (Variation of Part 4 of the Finance Act 2003) Regulations 2008 (S.I., 2008, No. 2338), dated 2nd September 2008, a copy of which was laid before this House on 2nd...
Ordered, That Mr Nicholas Brown be discharged from the Administration Committee and Mr Thomas McAvoy be added. ——[Rosemary McKenna, on behalf of the Committee of Selection].
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn. —[Chris Mole.]
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