Part of Orders of the Day — Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill – in the House of Commons at 2:10 pm on 29 April 2004.
With this it will be convenient to discuss Government amendment (a) in lieu thereof, in page 2, line 7, at end insert—
'(2A) The Secretary of State must not give a direction under subsection (1) in relation to a body unless not less than 60% of the persons who are members of the body fall within subsection (2B).
(2B) A person falls within this subsection if he is a member of any of the following councils or authorities and any part of the area of the council or authority (as the case may be) falls within the region to which the direction (if given) will relate—
(a) a district council;
(b) a county council;
(c) a metropolitan district council;
(d) a National Park authority;
(e) the Broads authority.'.
Lords Reason 3B and the Government motion to insist on disagreement.