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Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]: Committee (2nd Day) (24 Jun 2015)

Lord Shipley: My Lords, the noble Lord is referring to Amendment 19 but what does he think about his own party’s Amendment 18, which requires the combined authority to agree the appointment of the deputy?

Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]: Committee (2nd Day) (24 Jun 2015)

Lord Shipley: My Lords, I agree with the concerns expressed by the noble Lord, Lord Beecham. I want to ask the Minister about the nature of a police and crime commissioner appointment. I recall that when we debated the terms of those appointments in your Lordships’ House not that long ago, these were clearly full-time appointments—substantial salaries were to be paid. Does the Minister agree with me...

Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]: Committee (2nd Day) (24 Jun 2015)

Lord Shipley: I am quite happy to have the question answered later. We will be going on to another set of amendments that deal with the nature of the appointment of a police and crime commissioner, and I would be very happy if the Minister wanted to reply at that point.

Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]: Committee (2nd Day) (24 Jun 2015)

Lord Shipley: My Lords, a number of issues arise from this group of amendments. I look forward to the Minister’s response to the point that I raised in the debate on Amendment 24. I am getting very confused about the Government’s proposals for the election or appointment of police and crime commissioners. The noble Lord, Lord Beecham, raised a set of points that need to be very carefully examined and...

Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]: Committee (2nd Day) (24 Jun 2015)

Lord Shipley: My Lords, perhaps I might pursue the Minister’s answer on the right of the general public to know in advance of a ballot for a mayor exactly what it is that they are voting for. I think she said that the public will know in advance of polling day what the duties of a mayor would be. Will she confirm that no responsibilities of a police and crime commissioner will be transferred following an...

Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]: Committee (2nd Day) (24 Jun 2015)

Lord Shipley: My Lords, I support Amendments 36A and 36B, moved by the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, and I do so in particular because of new subsection (1)(b) proposed in Amendment 36B. This concerns the associated borrowing powers of local authorities, about which we had a broader debate a little while ago. It is part of the issue of the powers that combined authorities and local authorities in turn will...

Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]: Committee (2nd Day) (24 Jun 2015)

Lord Shipley: My Lords, I am pleased in principle to support Amendments 36C and 36F. However, in Amendment 36C, on publishing a list of public authority functions, why do we need to wait to within one month of the enacting of the Bill? Surely it is known now what the functions might be. Should the House not be informed what they are before the passing of the Bill? I would be grateful if the Minister could...

Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL] — Committee (2nd Day) (Continued) (24 Jun 2015)

Lord Shipley: My Lords, these are very important issues. I am grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Bradley and Lord Warner, for all the points they have made, which I hope the Minister will take as constructive criticism. I anticipate that we will have a significant debate—or at least I hope we will—when we reach Amendment 44D on Monday. I simply want to say that Amendment 36D and Amendment 36E both have...

Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL] — Committee (2nd Day) (Continued) (24 Jun 2015)

Lord Shipley: My Lords, we have tabled Amendments 41 and 42. I will not add to what the noble Lord, Lord Beecham, has said, but I subscribe to the views he has expressed. Our amendments in this group relate to the membership of the overview and scrutiny committee. We said in the first day of Committee that we did not want to create one-party states, so we have been seeking ways in which we can propose...

Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL] — Committee (2nd Day) (Continued) (24 Jun 2015)

Lord Shipley: You could actually have a minimum threshold of, say, 5% of the vote, which would remove some of the objections that the noble Lord, Lord Beecham, has.

Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL] — Committee (2nd Day) (Continued) (24 Jun 2015)

Lord Shipley: My Lords, in broad terms I very strongly support Amendment 37A. I am very glad that the noble Lord, Lord Beecham, talked in terms of the Public Accounts Committee, which is slightly different from a committee that will simply review and scrutinise the authority’s financial affairs. It is actually about the efficient and effective use of public money, and one of the objectives of devolution...

Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]: Committee (3rd Day) (29 Jun 2015)

Lord Shipley: My Lords, Amendment 42A concerns media and public access to meetings, addressing issues around the right of the press and the public to have access to the meetings of combined authorities. Existing statutory requirements enable the press, the media generally and the general public to attend, view or listen to council meetings, council committee meetings and council sub-committee meetings....

Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]: Committee (3rd Day) (29 Jun 2015)

Lord Shipley: My Lords, can the Minister explain what the Government plan to do if all the members of a combined authority are members of the same political party and hold informal pre-meetings prior to the meeting of the combined authority which is being held in public? Let us say that the meeting of the combined authority ends up being a short meeting and the private meeting beforehand ends up being a...

Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]: Committee (3rd Day) (29 Jun 2015)

Lord Shipley: I thank the Minister for her reply. We may need to revisit this issue on Report but, for the time being, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 42A withdrawn. Clause 8: Funding of combined authorities Amendment 43 Moved by Baroness Janke 43: Clause 8, page 10, line 2, at end insert— “( ) The Secretary of State may by order make provision for conferring on a combined authority,...

Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]: Committee (3rd Day) (29 Jun 2015)

Lord Shipley: My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Beecham, for clarifying the wording of Amendment 44A: that it is about the growth of business-rates revenue. I was slightly disappointed that these two amendments were degrouped from the two amendments moved a moment ago by my noble friend Lady Janke, because they are all in the same area. They all relate to the question of whether we are...

Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]: Committee (3rd Day)(Continued) (29 Jun 2015)

Lord Shipley: My Lords, when I read the announcement about the decision for Greater Manchester and the fact that £6 billion of NHS funding would be devolved to that area, I asked myself two questions: how do they know it is £6 billion and who will make what decision as a consequence of this announcement? After listening to the last 20 minutes or so, I have come to the conclusion that I am none the wiser....

Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]: Committee (3rd Day) (Continued) (29 Jun 2015)

Lord Shipley: My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 44F very briefly. We had a helpful debate last week about the nature of a combined authority which had close to it less populated and rural areas that nevertheless were part of the urban area in terms of service provision. What we have here is a form of words which I hope the Minister may find helpful, in that it enables maximum flexibility but protects the...

Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]: Committee (3rd Day) (Continued) (29 Jun 2015)

Lord Shipley: My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her response to Amendment 44F, and in particular for her reassurance that collaborative working arrangements between a rural area and a combined-authority urban area would not be impossible if an amendment was not approved as part of the Bill. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, for giving a very good example of what I was talking about relating to...

Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]: Committee (3rd Day) (Continued) (29 Jun 2015)

Lord Shipley: My Lords, I can be brief because the noble Lord, Lord Woolmer, has addressed part of the aim behind this amendment. As it stands, the Bill gives the power of consent on governance arrangements to local authorities. Amendment 45 requires that, “the Secretary of State must be satisfied that the local government electors … have been properly consulted”. In one sense and at its simplest,...


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