Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill — House of Commons, 2019-06-19
Topic: Government Operations
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (Labour, Centre-left): With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Amendment 1, in clause 2, page 2, line 16, at end insert— "(f) to require the Delivery Authority when allocating contracts for construction and related work to have regard for the company’s policies on corporate social responsibility, including those relating to the blacklisting of employees or potential employees from employment." Amendment 6, page 2, line 21, at end insert— "(h) to undertake, and publish, an annual audit of the companies that have been awarded contracts for the Parliamentary building works, with a view to establishing their size and geographical location." Amendment 7, page 2, line 44, leave out "desirability of ensuring" and insert "need to ensure" This amendment requires the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, in exercising its functions, to have regard to the need to ensure that educational and other facilities are provided for people visiting the Palace of Westminster (rather than requiring it to have regard to the desirability of ensuring that such facilities are provided). Amendment 4, page 2, line 46, at end insert— "(h) the need to ensure that economic benefits of the Parliamentary building works are delivered across the nations and regions of the United Kingdom, in terms of contracts for works and in any other way the Sponsor Board considers appropriate." Amendment 5, page 2, line 46, at end insert— "(h) the need to conserve and sustain the outstanding architectural, archaeological and historical significance of the Palace of Westminster, including the outstanding universal value of the World Heritage Site." Amendment 8, in schedule 1, page 10, line 20, at end insert— "( ) See also paragraph 7A, which makes provision about the appointment of the first external members." This amendment signposts the new paragraph 7A inserted by amendment 9 (which deals with the appointment of the first external members of the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body). Amendment 9, page 12, line 2, at end insert— "Appointment of initial external members 7A (1) The person who, immediately before the commencement day, was the chair of the shadow Sponsor Body is to be treated as having been appointed on that day as the chair of the Sponsor Body in accordance with paragraph 2 (2) Appointment by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) is to be treated as being for a term of 3 years (3) A person who, immediately before the commencement day— (a) was a member of the shadow Sponsor Body (other than the chair), and (b) was not a member of either House of Parliament, is to be treated as having been appointed on that day as a member of the Sponsor Body in accordance with paragraph 3 (external members) (4) Appointment by virtue of sub-paragraph (3) is to be treated as being for a term ending with the last day of the period of 3 years beginning with the day on which the shadow Sponsor Body was established (5) An appointment by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) or (3) ceases to have effect at the end of the period of 1 month beginning with the commencement day unless, before the end of that period, the appointment is confirmed by a resolution of each House of Parliament (6) Paragraphs 2, 3 and 6 do not apply in relation to a member who is appointed by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) or (3) (7) In this paragraph— "the commencement day" means the day on which section 2(1) comes into force; "the shadow Sponsor Body" means the body, established in July 2018 in connection with the restoration of the Palace of Westminster, which is known as the shadow Sponsor Body." This amendment provides for those who were external members of the shadow Sponsor Body immediately before clause 2 comes into force to be appointed as the first external members of the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body.