House of Commons Amendments

Session 2010 - 12
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Public Bill Committee: 19 July 2011
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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,

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.

NOTICES WITHDRAWN

The following Notices have been withdrawn:

Yvonne Fovargue

62

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  6,  at end insert ‘for the purposes of promoting access to

justice and equality of arms.’.

Yvonne Fovargue

63

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  7,  at end add—

‘(6)
In carrying out his functions under this Act the Lord Chancellor shall—

(a)
protect and promote the pubic interest;

(b)
support the constitutional principle of the rule of law;

(c)
seek to improve access to justice;

(d)
seek to increase social mobility, diversity and the flow of new entrants

into the legal profession.

(7)
The Lord Chancellor must each year lay a report before Parliament explaining

how he has carried out his functions under subsection (6).

(8)
The Lord Chancellor must each year lay a report before Parliament describing in

his opinion the extent to which any changes he has made to the amount of

expenditure on civil legal aid has caused additional costs to other departments of

state.

(9)
Before submitting the report to Parliament under subsection (8) the Lord

Chancellor shall submit the report to the Comptroller and Auditor General for

approval.’.

Yvonne Fovargue

69

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  7,  at end insert—

‘(6)
In carrying out all of his functions under this Part, the Lord Chancellor must have

regard to the need to promote access to justice and equality of arms.’.

Karl Turner [R]

16

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  20,  at end insert—

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‘(3A)
when making regulations under subsection (3) the Lord Chancellor must have

regard to—

(a)
the need to secure the provision of services to which the regulations relate

by a sufficient number of competent persons and bodies;

(b)
the cost to public funds; and

(c)
the need to secure value for money.’.

Mr Andy Slaughter

7

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  3,  leave out subsection (5).

Mr Andy Slaughter

76

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  29,  leave out paragraph (b).



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