§ 3.9 p.m.
§ The Chairman of Committees (Lord Aberdare)My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. With your Lordships' permission, I shall speak and move all 32 amendments together. They raise no matters of substance and are mostly to meet changes in public legislation. They fall into three groups: those which result from the abolition of rates and rate support grant; those which result from the provisions of the Water Act 1989, and in particular the replacement of the water authorities by their successor companies and the establishment of the National Rivers Authority; and, finally, those which are minor technical or drafting changes following consultation between those responsible in the two Houses, government departments and parliamentary agents.
For example, Amendment No. 31 repeals Standing Order 143. That required committees on works Bills to have special regard to the provision of accommodation for workers. It dates from days when travelling gangs of navvies, some of them thousands strong, were employed on railway works, and was required to make provision for their welfare and control. It now serves no useful purpose.
Perhaps I may add that similar amendments were agreed to by another place last week. I beg to move.
Moved, That the standing orders relating to Private Business be amended as follows:
§ Standing Order 1
- Leave out lines 70 to 73 and insert:
- "the term 'water company' means a company appointed to be a water undertaker or a sewerage undertaker under Chapter 1 of Part II of the Water Act 1989;".
§ Standing Order 4A
- line 7, leave out "a London borough or"
- line 16, after "county," insert "metropolitan district or London borough".
- line 23, after "counties" insert ", metropolitan districts or London boroughs".
- line 35, after "county" insert ", metropolitan district or London borough".
- line 38, after "county" insert ", metropolitan district or London borough".
§ Standing Order 7
- line 2, after "specify" insert "by reference to the deposited plans".
§ Standing Order 10
- line 12, after "county" insert ", metropolitan district or London borough".
- line 20, after "counties" insert ", metropolitan districts or London boroughs".
§ Standing Order 27
- line 63, after "Parliaments" insert ", one copy at the Health and Safety Executive".
§ Standing Order 29
- line 6, leave out from beginning to "shall" in line 8.
§ Standing Order 32
- line 11, leave out from "the" to "and" in line 13 and insert "principal regional office of the National Rivers Authority for the area containing the river or estuary affected".
§ Standing Order 33
- line 3, leave out "which is subject to the jurisdiction of a water authority".
- line 10, leave out "office of the authority" and insert "principal regional office of the National Rivers Authority for the area containing the river affected".
§ Standing Order 36 (as amended in 1986)
- line 10, at end insert "with the proper officer of the district".
§ Standing Order 37
- line 8, at end insert "and at the Department of the Environment".
§ Standing Order 39
- line 18, leave out from beginning to "at" in line 19.
§ Standing Order 42
- line 3, leave out "within the area of any water authority". line 8, leave out "office of the authority" and insert "principal regional office of the National Rivers Authority for the area containing the watercourse affected".
§ Standing Order 43
- line 7, leave out from "the" to "and" in line 8 and insert "principal regional office of the National Rivers Authority for the area containing the river or estuary affected".
§ Standing Order 45
- line 3, leave out from beginning to "in" in line 13.
- line 13, leave out from first "Bill" to end of line 14.
- line 16, at end insert "signed by the person making the same".
- leave out lines 19 to 22.
- line 31, leave out subsection (4).
§ Standing Order 46
- That the standing order be repealed.
- Standing Order 132
- That the standing order be repealed.
- Standing Order 137
- That the standing order be repealed.
§ Standing Order 140
- That the standing order be repealed.
§ Standing Order 141
- That the standing order be repealed.
- Standing Order 143
- That the standing order be repealed.
§ Standing Order 146
- That the standing order be repealed.
§ —(The Chairman of Committees.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.