HL Deb 09 May 1996 vol 572 cc209-11

Read a third time.

Clause 5 [Transfer of property, etc.]:

The Chairman of Committees (Lord Boston of Faversham) moved Amendment No. 1: Page 5, line 32, after ("include") insert ("such interests as the Schools may have in")

The noble Lord said: My Lords, in moving Amendment No. 1, I shall speak to all the proposed amendments.

All the proposed amendments, which are technical, are to references to properties or to interests in property owned by the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals, later called "the Schools", and specified in the schedules to the Bill.

Clause 5 provides that all the property of the schools will transfer to King's College, London, later called "the College", on the appointed day. Subsection (4) of that clause goes on to provide that the property which would be transferred includes the properties and interests in property specified in Schedule 1.

Clauses 6 and 7 would restrict the use by the college of certain of the transferred properties, including the properties specified in Schedule 2. The proposed amendments to Clause 5(4) and Clause 6(6) cater in general terms for the possibility that before the appointed day there may be alterations to the land holdings of the schools specified in Schedules 1 and 2. They prevent inconsistency arising between the property interests which are actually transferred—that is the property interests owned by the schools at the relevant time—and the property interests referred to in the Bill as listed in the schedules.

The proposed amendment to paragraph 15 of Part IA of Schedule 1 is to take account of a change in an interest held by the schools in a particular property which has taken place since the Bill was deposited. The Bill as deposited has a description of an interest which is no longer correct and the amendment would rectify that.

The proposed identical amendments to page 11, line 18, and to page 19, line 8, rectify an error in the Bill as deposited. The title number of a particular property included in both Schedules 1 and 2 is incorrect and the amendments would substitute the correct title. I beg to move.

On Question, amendment agreed to.

Clause 6 [Constitution of Continuing Trustees of Schools]:

The Chairman of Committees moved Amendments Nos. 2 and 3: Page 6, line 16, after ("means") insert ("such interests in") Page 6, line 17, after ("Act") insert ("as are transferred to the College under section 5 (Transfer of property, etc.) of this Act")

On Question, amendments agreed to.

Schedule 1 [Specified freehold or leasehold properties and other interests in property and trust funds transferred to the college]:

The Chairman of Committees moved Amendments Nos. 4 and 5: Page 11, line 18, leave out ("101653") and insert ("101683") Page 11, leave out lines 43 to 45 and insert— ("(15) An interest in Phase 3 of Guy's Hospital Redevelopment")

On Question, amendments agreed to.

Schedule 2 [Specified properties subject to restrictions]:

The Chairman of Committees moved Amendment No. 6: Page 19, line 8, leave out ("101653") and insert ("101683")

On Question, amendment agreed to.

The Chairman of Committees

My Lords, I beg to move that, the Bill do now pass.

Moved, That the Bill do now pass.—(The Chairman of Committees.)

On Question, Bill passed, and sent to the Commons.