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 James Gray in the Chair]
Tony Smith, Dame Yve Buckland and Dr Peter Kenway gave evidence.
[Mrs Linda Riordan in the Chair]
Aidan Kerr, Paul Cobbing, Graeme Trudgill and Paul Smee gave evidence.
Trevor Bishop and Pete Fox gave evidence.
Dr Rose O'Neill, Rob Cunningham and Colin Fenn gave evidence.
Dan Rogerson, Dan Osgood and Gabrielle Edwards gave evidence.
[Mr James Gray in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment 130, in clause 1, page 1, line 11, at end insert— ‘(1A) The Authority may vary a licence to enforce the provisions of section...
I beg to move amendment 108, in schedule 2, page 105, line 9, leave out ‘review’ and insert ‘revise’.
Question proposed,That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Amendments made: 118, page 117, line 41 [Schedule 4], leave out ‘review’ and insert ‘revise’. 119, in schedule...
I beg to move amendment 125, in schedule 5, page 131, line 13, at end insert— In section 55 (supplies for non-domestic purposes), in subsection (1A)(b), the words from...
Amendments made: 3, in clause 6, page 6, leave out lines 7 and 8. Amendment 4, in clause 6, page 6, line 43, at beginning insert ‘In this...
Amendments made: 6, in clause 7, page 7, leave out lines 33 and 34. Amendment 7, in clause 7, page 8, line 24, at beginning insert ‘In this...
I beg to move amendment 56, in clause 8, page 9, line 23, at end insert— ‘(3A) Before making an order under subsection (3), the Authority must consult...
Amendments made: 67, in clause 9, page 17, line 31, at end insert— ‘(3A) Before making an order under subsection (3), the Authority must consult the...
Amendments made: 81, in clause 10, page 30, line 8, le ave out ‘review’ and insert ‘revise’. Amendment 82, in...
Amendments made: 87, in clause 11, page 36, line 45, l eave out ‘review’ and insert ‘revise’. Amendment 19, in...
I beg to move amendment 133, in clause 12, page 40, line 11, a fter ‘Ministers’, insert ‘and the Canal and River Trust,’.
[Mrs Linda Riordanin the Chair]
I beg to move amendment 135, in clause 16, page 47, line 36, at end insert— (i) make provision for section [Billing information: affordability].
Amendments made: 96, in clause 17, page 50, line 8, at end insert— () make provision about publication of the charges that may be imposed.’. Amendment...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Amendment made: 36, in clause 19, page 54, line 39, l eave out from ‘after’ to end of line 40 and insert ‘“expenses incurred by it in”...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 143, in clause 21, page 55, leave out line 26. The amendment will remove part of the new section 114A that clause 21 would insert into the Water...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
[Mrs Linda Riordan in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment 140, in clause 23, page 56, line 36, at beginning insert ‘(1)’.
I beg to move amendment 136, in clause 24, page 57, line 6, le ave out ‘may from time to time’ and insert ‘must’.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Amendment made: 101, in clause 27, page 60, line 28, l eave out ‘and’ and insert— ‘(da) the NRBW, and’.—(Mr Rogerson.)
Amendment made: 37, in clause 28, page 61, line 5, le ave out ‘change’ and insert ‘amend’.—(Dan Rogerson.)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Amendment made: 102, in clause 34, page 68, line 26, l eave out paragraphs (b) and (c).—(Dan Rogerson.)
I beg to move amendment 38, in clause 35, page 70, leave out lines 13 to 16 and insert— ‘(1) Except where otherwise provided, the functions of the CMA with respect...
I beg to move amendment 103, in clause 36, page 71, line 33, a t end insert—
Amendments made: 40, in clause 37, page 74, line 46, l eave out from ‘exercised’ to end of line 47 and insert— (i) in relation to a relevant...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 146, in clause 39, page 77, line 15, a t end insert— ‘( ) References in this section to provision made by or under this Part...
Amendments made: 126, in schedule 7, page 142, line 9, at end insert— ‘(1ZA) Before determining the standard conditions, the Secretary of State must consult the...
Amendments made: 42, in clause 41, page 77, line 37, a t end insert— ‘( ) The Water Resources Act 1991 is amended as follows.’. Amendment 43, in...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the schedule be the Eighth schedule to the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
[Mr James Gray in the Chair]
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
[Mr James Gray in the Chair]
Question (this day) again proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 147, in clause 53, page 91, line 5, at end insert— ‘(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if or to the extent that subsection (3) or...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Amendment made: 2, in clause 56, page 91, line 22, a t end insert— ‘(za) section(Disclosure of information: preparatory purposes);’.—(Dan...
‘(1) For the purposes of this Part, the Flood Reinsurance Scheme is a scheme which— (a) is established for the purpose mentioned in subsection (2), and (b) is designated for the...
‘(1) The FR Scheme is to be administered by a body designated by regulations made by the Secretary of State. (2) The Secretary of State may under subsection (1) designate a company...
‘(1) The Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, make regulations requiring relevant insurers to pay to the FR Scheme administrator— (a) a levy, the amount and...
‘(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision in connection with the administration of the FR Scheme. (2) Regulations under subsection (1) may require the FR Scheme...
‘(1) Where regulations under section(The Flood Reinsurance Scheme) replace the FR Scheme by revoking a designation and making a new designation, the regulations may make such provision as...
‘(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about the disclosure of HMRC council tax information in connection with such scheme as may be established and designated in...
‘(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations require a relevant insurer to issue in a prescribed period insurance policies that provide cover against a prescribed description of risk for...
‘(1) The Secretary of State may, from time to time, by regulations prescribe a number to be a target number for the purposes of regulations under section (Flood insurance obligations). (2)...
‘(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about— (a) the provision of information, and (b) the production of documents, by insurers for the purposes of regulations...
‘(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for and in connection with enforcing compliance with obligations imposed by regulations under section (Flood insurance...
‘(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for the creation and maintenance of a register of household premises in the United Kingdom that are subject to greater flood risk for...
‘(1) Regulations under section (Register of premises subject to greater flood risk) may provide for a relevant body to carry out functions in connection with— (a) the creation and...
‘(1) Regulations under section (Register of premises subject to greater flood risk) may make provision for a person with the qualifying interest in particular premises— (a) to request...
‘(1) The Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, by regulations provide for a levy to be payable to the Secretary of State by relevant insurers. (2) The regulations...
‘(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about reporting compliance with obligations imposed by regulations under section(Flood insurance obligations). (2) The...
‘(1) The Treasury may by regulations provide for the FCA to take action for monitoring and enforcing compliance with— (a) such of the obligations imposed on relevant insurers by...
‘(1) The Treasury may by regulations provide for the FCA to prepare reports on its discharge of the functions conferred on it under section (Functions of the FCA). (2) The regulations...
‘(1) The Treasury may by regulations confer on a regulator the power to disapply or modify, in relation to a relevant insurer, an obligation imposed by regulations under— (a) section...
‘(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations define for the purposes of this Part— “insurer”; “relevant insurer”. (2) Before making regulations under...
‘(1) Sections (The Flood Reinsurance Scheme) to (Intervention by the FCA or the PRA) are repealed at the end of the period of 25 years beginning with the day on which this Act is passed....
‘(1) A power to make regulations or an order under this Part is exercisable by statutory instrument. (2) A power to make regulations or an order under this Part includes power to make...
‘(1) Section 101A of the Water Industry Act 1991 (further duty to provide sewers) is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (7)— (a) for “Any dispute” there is substituted...
[Mr James Gray in the Chair]
‘(1) Section 2(3)(e) of the Water Industry Act 1991 is omitted. (2) In section 2(2A) of the Water Industry Act 1991, there is inserted— “(e) to contribute to the achievement of...
‘(1) The Water Services Regulation Authority may modify the conditions of— (a) a pre-commencement appointment of a water or sewerage undertaker, or (b) a pre-commencement water supply...
‘A company granted a water supply licence under section 17A of the Water Industry Act 1991, prior to Royal Assent of this Act, must establish separate legal identities for its— (a)...
‘(1) The Secretary of State may by order (the “commencement order”) appoint a day on which section 1 is to come into force. (2) The Secretary of State may only make an order...
‘Any company granted a water supply licence under section 17A of the Water Industry Act 1991, following Royal Assent of this Act, must be— (a) offered comparable terms and conditions...
‘Any company providing water services to a residential household must include on its bills— (a) details of any tariffs provided by that company; (b) a recommendation of the lowest...
‘(1) The Secretary of State must, by order, introduce a National Affordability Scheme for water. (2) The National Affordability Scheme must include an eligibility criteria, determined by...
‘In section 2 of the Water Industry Act 1991 (general duties with respect of the water industry), after subsection (2C) there is inserted— “(2CA) For the purposes of subsection...
‘(1) Section 202 of the Water Industry Act 1991 (duties of undertakers to furnish the Secretary of State with information) is amended as follows. (2) After subsection (1A) there is...
‘(1) Section 29 of the Water Industry Act 1991 (Consumer complaints) is amended as follows. (2) After subsection (11) there is inserted— “(11A) Following the production of a...
‘(1) The Secretary of State shall by order establish a right of appeal for a household which has been removed from the Flood Reinsurance Scheme. (2) The Financial Conduct Authority shall be...
‘(1) The Secretary of State must prepare and publish a report on— (a) how many properties are not eligible for the Flood Reinsurance Scheme; and (b) the cost of including properties...
‘(1) The Secretary of State shall by order enable low income households to qualify for the Flood Reinsurance Scheme, regardless of their Council Tax band. (2) An order under subsection (1)...
‘(1) The Secretary of State may by order (the “commencement order”) appoint a day on which section [The Flood Reinsurance Scheme] is to come into force. (2) An order under...
‘For section 63AC of the Water Industry Act 1991 (interim duty of water undertaker: domestic and non-domestic supply) there is substituted— “63AC Interim duty: domestic...
[Mrs Linda Riordan in the Chair]
‘After section 110I of the Water Industry Act 1991 (as inserted by section 9) there is inserted— 110J Provision by sewerage licensee ‘(1) The owner or occupier of any...
‘The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision to limit the liability in nuisance for a riparian owner when the Environment Agency or relevant authority withdraws from...
‘(1) The Water Industry Act 1991 is amended as follows. (2) After section 207 (Provision of false information) there is inserted—
‘(1) The Secretary of State, or the Authority, may prohibit losses to a water company due to non-payment of bills from being recovered through charges on customers. (2) This section comes...
‘(1) A company appointed to be a water undertaker under section 6 of the Water Industry Act 1991, prior to Royal Assent of this Act, may choose to provide to— (a) the retail market;...
‘The Secretary of State shall, within 12 months of this Act coming into force, publish a review into the costs and benefits of amending section 57 of the Water Industry Act 1991 to require...
1 In relation to the sections and Schedules listed in the first column of this table, the appropriate authority for the purposes of section 56(3) is as listed in the second column (see paragraph...
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