Previously called Standing Committees, Public Bill Commitees study proposed legislation (Bills) in detail, debating each clause and reporting any amendments to the Commons for further debate.
There are at least 16 MPs on a Committee, and the proportion of parties reflects the House of Commons, so the government always has a majority.
[Mr Joe Benton in the Chair]
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 62, in clause 2, page 1, line 13, at end add— ‘(c) a personal licence.’.
I beg to move amendment 20, in clause 3, page 2, line 33, leave out ‘subsection (2)—’ and insert ‘this section— () “site manager” means an individual...
Amendment made: 24, in clause 4, page 3, line 27, at beginning insert— ‘If the licensee or any site manager named in the licence is convicted of a...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 25, in clause 7, page 4, line 13, lea ve out paragraph (c) and insert— ‘() any trading name of the licensee,’.
Amendments made: 26, in clause 8, page 4, line 31, lea ve out from ‘business’ to first ‘the’ in line 33 and insert ‘under a trading...
Amendment made: 33, in clause 10, page 5, leave out lines 25 to 31 and insert— ‘( ) any person who, under arrangements made by a person within paragraph (a) or...
I beg to move amendment 11, in clause 11, page 6, line 4, at end add ‘excluding cash payments.’. This is a relatively trivial amendment, but it seeks to...
I beg to move amendment 35, in clause 12, page 7, line 2, lea ve out from ‘allows’ to end of line 3 and insert ‘the information and the scrap metal...
I beg to move amendment 13, in clause 13, page 7, line 33, le ave out subsection (3). This probing amendment would delete subsection (3) from the clause, which...
I beg to move amendment 14, in clause 15, page 9, line 5, at end add ‘and lay it before both Houses of Parliament.’.
[Mr Joe Benton in the Chair]
Amendment proposed (11 September): 14, in clause 15, page 9, line 5, at end add ‘and lay it before both Houses of Parliament.’.—(Mr Hanson.)
I beg to move amendment 38, in clause 16, page 9, line 24, at end insert— ‘(2) In Schedule 3 to the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 (enactments...
I beg to move amendment 39, in clause 18, page 10, line 1, leave out ‘and’ and insert ‘or’.
Amendments made: 46, in clause 19, page 11, line 1, le ave out from ‘person’ to ‘in’ in line 2 and insert ‘who— () carries on...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Amendments made: 50, in schedule 1, page 12, line 21, leave out paragraph 2. Amendment 51, in schedule 1, page 12, line 28, leave out from...
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