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House of Commons

Tuesday 22 March 2011

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Protection of Freedoms Bill

[first and second sittings]

James Brokenshire

That—

(1)
the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 am on Tuesday

22 March) meet—

(a)
at 4.00 pm on Tuesday 22 March;

(b)
at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 24 March;

(c)
at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 29 March;

(d)
at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 5 April;

(e)
at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 26 April;

(f)
at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 28 April;

(g)
at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 3 May;

(h)
at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 10 May;

(i)
at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 12 May;

(j)
at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 17 May;

(2)
the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following

Table:

TABLE

Date
Time
Witness

Tuesday 22 March
Until no later than
The Association of Chief

12.00 pm
Police Officers

Tuesday 22 March
Until no later than
Lord Macdonald of River

12.30 pm
Glaven QC (independent

reviewer of the review of

counter-terrorism and security

powers)

Tuesday 22 March
Until no later than
The Interception of

1.00 pm
Communications

Commissioner

Tuesday 22 March
Until no later than
Liberty, Justice, the Law

5.30 pm
Society and the Criminal Bar

Association

Tuesday 22 March
Until no later than
The Independent

6.30 pm
Safeguarding Authority and

Mrs Sunita Mason

(Independent Advisor for

Criminality Information

Management)

Tuesday 22 March
Until no later than
Genewatch UK and Action on

7.00 pm
Rights of Children

Thursday 24 March
Until not later than
The Information

10.05 am
Commissioner’s Office

Thursday 24 March
Until no later than
The Campaign for Freeedom

10.25 am
of Information

Thursday 24 March
Until no later than
The NSPCC, The Scout

2.00 pm
Association and Stonewall

Thursday 24 March
Until not later than
The Local Government

2.45 pm
Association and the Welsh

Local Government

Association

Thursday 24 March
Until no later than
The AA, the RAC Foundation,

3.45 pm
the British Parking

Association and the Security

Industry Authority

Thursday 24 March
Until no later than
Andrew Rennison (Interim

4.30 pm
CCTV Regulator), the British

Security Industry Association

and Birmingham Against Spy

Cameras;

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 22 March 2011
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Protection of Freedoms Bill, continued

(3)
proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the

following order; Clauses 1 to 19; Schedule 1; Clauses 20 to 39; Schedule 2;

Clauses 40 to 53; Schedule 3; Clauses 54 to 56; Schedule 4; Clauses 57 to 60;

Schedule 5; Clauses 61 and 62; Schedule 6; Clauses 63 to 101; Schedules 7

and 8; Clauses 102 to 107; new Clauses; new Schedules; remaining

proceedings on the Bill;

(4)
the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion at 7.00 pm on Tuesday 17 May.

James Brokenshire

Agreed to

As an Amendment to the Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee—

in the final entry in the Table in paragraph (2) leave out ‘the British Security Industry

Association’.

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Protection of Freedoms Bill, continued

Motion, as amended, agreed to.

James Brokenshire

Agreed to

That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

James Brokenshire

Agreed to

That, at this and any subsequent meeting at which oral evidence is to be heard, the

Committee shall sit in private until the witnesses are admitted.

The following witnesses gave oral evidence:

Chris Sims, Chief Constable for the West Midlands, Association of Chief Police Officers, Gary

Pugh, Chair, Strategic Board, Association of Chief Police Officers, Graeme Gerrard, Deputy

Chief Constable, Cheshire, Association of Chief Police Officers, Simon Pountain, Commander,

Metropolitan Police, Association of Chief Police Officers, Steve Kavanagh, Commander,

Metropolitan Police, Association of Chief Police Officers;

Lord Macdonald of River Glaven QC, Independent reviewer of the review of counter-terrorism and

security powers;

Sir Paul Kennedy, Interception of Communications Commissioner;

Isabella Sankey, Policy Director, Liberty, Dr Eric Metcalfe, Barrister and Director of Human

Rights Policy, Justice, Mark Stobbs, Director of Legal Policy, The Law Society, Tim Moloney QC,

Barrister, Criminal Bar Association;

Sir Roger Singleton, Chair Independent Safeguarding Authority, Anne Hunter, Director of

Operations, Independent Safeguarding Authority, Sunita Mason, Independent Advisor for

Criminality Information Management;

Dr Helen Wallace, Executive Director, Genewatch UK, Terri Dowty, Director, Action on Rights

of Children.

[Adjourned until Thursday at 9.00 am



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