HC Deb 25 July 1963 vol 681 cc1877-8

Lords Amendment: After Amendment last inserted, insert new Clause "B": B.—(1) As respects participation in town development within the meaning of the Town Development Act 1952, and as respects the power to contribute towards expenses of such development conferred by sections 4 and 10(3) of that Act on the council of a county borough, the Greater London Council shall be in the same position under that Act as the council of a county borough, and accordingly references in that Act to the council of a county borough as an authority participating or eligible to participate and the references to the council of a county borough in sections 4, 10(3) and 12(1) of that Act shall include references to the Greater London Council; and, for the purposes of any such development in respect of which the Greater London Council have power under the said section 4 to make a contribution to the council of any receiving district within the meaning of that Act, they shall also have power to make available to that council the services of any of their officers or servants. (2) In section 2(l)(b) of the said Act of 1952, for sub-paragraphs (ii) and (iii) there shall be substituted the fallowing— '(ii) Greater London; or (iii) a county district in an area of continuous urban development adjacent to any big centre of population other than Greater London; or'. (3) It shall be the duty of the Greater London Council—

  1. (a) to implement, or complete the implementation of, any undertaking given before 1st April 1965 with the approval of the Minister—
    1. (i) under section 4, 10(3) or 19(3) of the said Act of 1952 (including the said section 4 as extended by section 34(2) of the Housing Act 1961) by any council to whom section 3(l)(b) of this Act applies; or
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    2. (ii) under the said section 4 (as extended as aforesaid) by the Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent or Surrey county council in a case where the undertaking was in respect of development relieving congestion in any area falling within Greater London;
  2. (b) to take or complete any action which was agreed to be taken by any council to whom section 3(1)(b) of this Act applies in pursuance of an agreement made before 1st April 1965, being an agreement made with the authority of the Minister under section 8(1) of the said Act of 1952 or an agreement such as is referred to in section 8(2) of that Act;
and the Greater London Council shall have the like rights, under any agreement to which paragraph (b) of this subsection applies as the council whose liabilities there under they assume by virtue of that paragraph. (4) References in subsection (3) of this section to an undertaking given or action agreed to be taken by any council shall be construed as including references to any under taking or action which, having regard to the established practice of that council, should properly be deemed to have been so given or to have been so agreed to be taken; and any dispute as to the existence or extent of any duty, right or liability of the Greater London Council by virtue of the said subsection (3) or as to whether or not any particular under taking or action should properly be deemed as aforesaid shall be referred to and deter mined by the Minister. (5) Any action authorised by an order under section 9 of the said Act of 1952 to be taken by any council to whom section 3(1)(b) of this Act applies may be taken by the Greater London Council; and that Council shall have the like liabilities and rights in connection with any obligation with respect to that action imposed by the order as the council originally authorised by the order to take that action.

Mr. Corfield

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment.

This is a new Clause inserted to fulfil an undertaking which I gave in Committee to the hon. Lady the Member for Peckham (Mrs. Corbet) about the Town Development Act and the rights, duties, etc., of the L.C.C. and their transfer.

Question put and agreed to.