Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - Report (5th Day) – in the House of Lords at 4:20 pm on 4 September 2023.
Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con):
Moved by Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con)
165: Clause 79, page 88, line 25, leave out “the Secretary of State” and insert “an appropriate authority”Member's explanatory statementThis Amendment provides that the power to make planning data regulations may be exercised by “an appropriate authority”.
166: Clause 79, page 88, line 37, leave out “the Secretary of State” and insert “an appropriate authority”Member's explanatory statementThis amendment provides that the power to publish approved data standards may be exercised by “an appropriate authority”.
167: Clause 79, page 88, line 37, at end insert—“(4) A devolved authority may only publish approved data standards in relation to planning data about which the devolved authority acting alone could make planning data regulations.”Member's explanatory statementThis amendment limits the power of devolved authorities to publish approved data standards to standards that relate to planning data about which the devolved authority could make planning data regulations.
Amendments 165 to 167 agreed.
Clause 82: Power to require use of approved planning data software in England
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
