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House of Commons

Tuesday 12 July 2011

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of

Offenders Bill

[FIRST AND SECOND Sittings]

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Agreed to on division

Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee

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:

      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

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 12 July 2011
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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill continued

(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,

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)—

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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill continued

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Agreed to

‘(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.

Agreed to

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.

Agreed to

The following witnesses gave oral evidence:

Vicki Helyar-Cardwell, Director, Criminal Justice Alliance; Juliet Lyon, Director, Prison Reform

Trust; Frances Crook, Director and Andrew Neilson, Deputy Director, Head of Public Affairs and

Policy, Howard League for Penal Reform;

Jonathan Ledger, General Secretary, NAPO; Steve Gillan, General Secretary, Prison Officers’

Association;

Louise Casey, Independent Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses, Independent Victims Com

mission; Sally Gimson, Head of Public Policy, Victim Support;

John Thornhill and John Fassenfelt, Magistrates’ Association;

Linda Lee, President, The Law Society; Peter Lodder QC, Chairman, The Bar Council; Deborah

Turner, Convener, Family Mediation Council; Claire Fazan, Partner, Leigh Day & Co Solicitors;

Keir Starmer QC, Director of Public Prosecutions;

Carolyn Downs, Chief Executive, Legal Services Commission.

[Adjourned until Thursday at 9.00 am



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