Local Audit and Accountability Bill [HL] — Third Reading — 24 Jul 2013 at 16:13

Amendment 1

Moved by Lord Wills

1: After Clause 22, insert the following new Clause-

“Auditor’s right to documents and information of significant private contractors

(1) A local auditor has a right of access at all reasonable times to audit documents from significant private companies that the local authority have contracted services to during the last financial year.

(2) Local auditors only have a right of access to audit documents from private companies, under subsection (1), that relate to the service provided to the local authority by that company.

(3) A local auditor must make available on request any audit documents, obtained under subsection (1), subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

(4) In this section “private company” shall be interpreted to mean any legal entity, including joint ventures, not-for-profit organisations, mutually-held organisations and charities.

(5) Five years after the coming into force of this section, the Secretary of State must commission and publish a review of the effectiveness of subsections (1) to (3) and of the costs to local auditors, private companies and local authorities arising from it.”

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Bishop0 28.3%
Con106 (+1 tell) 049.5%
Crossbench21 2624.5%
DUP0 125.0%
Independent Labour0 1100.0%
Lab0 133 (+2 tell)60.5%
LDem59 (+1 tell) 064.5%
UUP1 1100.0%
Total:187 16447.0%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

Lords for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible lord who could have voted in this division

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NamePartyVote
Lord Aberdare Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Armstrong of IlminsterCrossbenchno
Lord Best Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Bilimoria Crossbenchno
Baroness Butler-Sloss Crossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Campbell of SurbitonCrossbenchno
Lord Cobbold Crossbenchno
Viscount Craigavon Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Crisp Crossbenchno
Lord Dannatt Crossbenchno
Lord Eames Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Harries of PentregarthCrossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Howe of IdlicoteCrossbenchno
Lord Kakkar Crossbenchno
Baroness Masham of IltonCrossbenchno
Baroness O'Loan Crossbench (front bench)no
Baroness O'Neill of BengarveCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Pannick Crossbenchno
Lord Thomas of SwynnertonCrossbenchno
Lord Trees Crossbenchno
Baroness Young of HornseyCrossbench (front bench)no
Viscount Falkland LDemaye

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