This is entry No.43, first published on 20 July 2011, of a
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Amendments are now being tabled to the Public Bodies
Bill (see here), the first set comprising 21 clause
amendments, 2 new clauses and one new schedule, all in the name of
the Minister for Civil Society at the Cabinet Office, Nick Hurd.
These amendments include provision for the abolition of the RDAs,
the omission of the Football Licensing Authority and the inclusion
of the Sports Ground Safety Authority, the Register of Public
Lending Right and the Youth Justice Board in Schedule 1 and the
omission of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council and
the Civil Justice Council from Schedule 2. A second set of
amendments has also now been tabled by Jon Trickett and Roberta
Blackman-Woods
