House of Commons Amendments

Session 2010 - 12
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House of Commons

Tuesday 12 July 2011

Public Bill Committee

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of

Offenders Bill

Note

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Resolution of the

Programming Sub-Committee.

Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee

The Programming Sub-Committee appointed by the Speaker in respect of the Bill

agreed the following Resolution at its meeting on Thursday 7 July (Standing Order

No.  83C):

That—

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

12 July) meet—

(a)
at 4.00 pm on Tuesday 12 July;

(b)
at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 14 July;

(c)
at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 19 July;

(d)
at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 6 September;

(e)
at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 8 September;

(f)
at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 13 September;

(g)
at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 15 September;

(h)
at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 11 October;

(i)
at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 13 October;

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

Table:

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      TABLE

Date
Time
Witness

Tuesday 12 July
Until no later
Criminal Justice Alliance; Prison

than 11.30 am
Reform Trust; Howard League for

Penal Reform

Tuesday 12 July
Until no later
NAPO; Prison Officers’ Association

than 12 noon

Tuesday 12 July
Until no later
Commissioner for Victims and

than 12.30 pm
Witnesses; Victim Support

Tuesday 12 July
Until no later
Magistrates’ Association; Council of

than 1.00 pm
Her Majesty’s Circuit Judges

Tuesday 12 July
Until no later
Law Society; Bar Council; Family

than 5.00 pm
Mediation Council; Leigh Day & Co

Solicitors

Tuesday 12 July
Until no later
Director of Public Prosecutions

than 5.20 pm

Tuesday 12 July
Until no later
Legal Services Commission

than 5.40 pm

Thursday 14 July
Until no later
Rights of Women; National

than 9.40 am
Federation of Women’s Institutes

Thursday 14 July
Until no later
G4S; Serco; Sodexo

than 10.25 am

Thursday 14 July
Until no later
Shelter; Citizens Advice Bureau;

than 2.15 pm
Law Centres Federation; Advice

Services Alliance; R3

Thursday 14 July
Until no later
Liberty; Justice; Legal Action Group

than 3.00 pm

Thursday 14 July
Until no later
NSPCC; Local Government

than 3.45 pm
Association; Standing Committee on

Youth Justice; Children’s

Commissioner

Thursday 14 July
Until no later
Association of British Insurers;

than 4.30 pm
Association of Personal Injury

Lawyers; Action Against Medical

Accidents

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

following order: Clauses 1 to 8, Schedule 1, Clauses 9 to 23, Schedule 2,

Clauses 24 to 30, Schedule 3, Clauses 31 to 36, Schedule 4, Clause 37,

Schedule 5, Clauses 38 to 40, new Clauses and new Schedules relating to

Part 1, Clauses 41 to 52, Schedule 6 and 7, new Clauses and new Schedules

relating to Part 2, Clauses 53 to 57, Schedule 8, Clauses 58 to 72, Schedule 9,

Clause 73, Schedule 10, Clauses 74 to 88, Schedule 11, Clauses 89 to 93,

Schedule 12, Clauses 94 to 101, Schedule 13, Clauses 102 to 106,

Schedule  14, Clauses 107 to 109, Schedule 15, Clauses 110 to 113,

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Schedule  16, remaining new Clauses, remaining new Schedules, Clauses 114

to 119, remaining proceedings on the Bill;

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

conclusion at 5.00 pm on Thursday 13 October.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly has given notice of his intention to move a motion in the terms

of the Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee [Standing Order No. 83C].

As an amendment to the Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee, in the Table

in paragraph (2)—

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

‘(a)
in the fourth entry for Tuesday 12 July, in the third column, leave out

‘Council of Her Majesty’s Circuit Judges’;

(b)
in the fifth entry for Thursday 14 July, in the third column, after

‘Children’s Commissioner’ insert ‘for England’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

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

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

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.

Order of the House [29 JUNE 2011]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment

of Offenders Bill—

Committal

1.
The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

2.
Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 13 October 2011.

3.
The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

4.
Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

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5.
Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

6.
Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

7.
Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the

Lords) may be programmed.



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