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  Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [HL]: Third Reading (29 Apr 2009)
  Lord Patel of Bradford: ...these partner authorities. In Committee and on Report, there was considerable debate about whether it was appropriate to list partner authorities in the Bill. On Report, the noble Baroness, Lady Warsi, argued that by listing partners in the Bill there was a danger that local authorities would adopt a tick-box mentality, and not give partners their rightful and full role. She argued that it...
  Written Answers — House of Lords: Polygamy (21 Apr 2009)
  Lord Patel of Bradford: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply. Letter from Karen Dunnell, National Statistician, to Baroness Warsi dated April 2009 As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your question asking what assessment has been made of the number of polygamous households in the United Kingdom (HL2635). The...
  Lord Patel of Bradford: My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Warsi, and the noble Lord, Lord Hanningfield, have tabled Amendment 148, which would remove the requirement for local authorities to consult named partner authorities in preparing their local economic assessment. Amendment 149 is a consequential amendment, while Amendment 157 would remove Clause 66, which lists those partner authorities. We discussed these...
  Lord Patel of Bradford: My Lords, I shall speak to government Amendments 21 to 23. First, I welcome the support of the noble Baroness, Lady Warsi, and the noble Lord, Lord Hanningfield, on this set of amendments, which are intended to improve the arrangements set out in Clause 5. They explain how counties and districts can work together in county areas to provide information to the public on how they can participate...
  Lord Patel of Bradford: ...and I would like to outline the various monitoring efforts that the Government are already making in regard to this issue and, I hope, address some of the issues raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Warsi. For example, as part of the comprehensive assessment, the inspectorates of local services will look at how well local priorities express community needs and aspirations. The inspectorate...