Lead member
Lord Hain
Labour, Life peer
Lords
Decision
Agreed
This amendment was agreed to. Where a member has given notice of their intention to oppose a Clause/Schedule standing part of a Bill, 'agreed' indicates that the Clause/Schedule was removed from the Bill.
Amendment text
After Clause 2
insert the following new Clause—
“Commissioners with special responsibility
(1)
Paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Crown Estate Act 1961 (constitution etc), is amended as follows.
(2)
Before sub-paragraph (4) insert—
“(3B)
The commissioners appointed under this paragraph must include—
(a)
a commissioner responsible for giving advice about England,
(b)
a commissioner responsible for giving advice about Wales, and
(c)
a commissioner responsible for giving advice about Northern Ireland.
(3C)
References in sub-paragraph (3B) to “giving advice about” a part of the United Kingdom are to the giving of advice to the Commissioners about conditions in that part so far as relating to their functions in relation to land there.
(3D)
A commissioner’s responsibility for giving advice under sub-paragraph (3B) is additional to the other responsibilities of a commissioner.”
(3)
Before sub-paragraph (5) insert—
“(4B)
No recommendation may be made to His Majesty for the appointment of a person as a commissioner under sub-paragraph (3B)(b) or (c) unless—
(a)
the Welsh Ministers have been consulted about the appointment, in the case of an appointment under sub-paragraph (3B)(b), or
(b)
the Executive Office in Northern Ireland has been consulted about the appointment, in the case of an appointment under sub-paragraph (3B)(c).””
Member's explanatory statement
This new Clause would require the persons appointed to be Crown Estate Commissioners to include three commissioners who are able to provide the Commissioners with advice about conditions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland respectively, so far as they relate to the functions of the Commissioners.