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Notices of Amendments

 

given up to and including

 

Thursday 15 March 2012

 

New Amendments handed in are marked thus Parliamentary Star

 

Consideration of Lords Amendments


 

Protection of Freedoms Bill


 

On Consideration of Lords Amendments to the Protection of Freedoms Bill

 


 

Note

 

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Protection of

 

Freedoms Bill (Programme) (No. 4) to be proposed by Secretary Theresa May.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 16

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 17

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 



 
 

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Lords Amendment No. 18

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 


 


 

Lords Amendment No. 51

 

As Amendments to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Edward Miliband

 

Yvette Cooper

 

Stella Creasy

 

Diana Johnson

 

Mr David Hanson

 

(a)

 

Line  21,  [Inserted section 2A(3), second line] at end insert ‘inter alia—’.

 

Edward Miliband

 

Yvette Cooper

 

Stella Creasy

 

Diana Johnson

 

Mr David Hanson

 

(b)

 

Line  31,  [Inserted section 2A(3)(g)] at end insert—

 

‘(h)    

or acting in any other way that would cause a reasonable person to suffer

 

fear or alarm.

 

(3A)    

The Secretary of State may by regulation add further forms of conduct to

 

subsection (3).’.

 

Edward Miliband

 

Yvette Cooper

 

Stella Creasy

 

Diana Johnson

 

Mr David Hanson

 

(c)

 

Line  32,  [Inserted section 2A(4), first line] leave out from ‘liable’ to end of line

 

34 and insert—

 

‘(a)    

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51

 

weeks, or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both,

 

(b)    

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding

 

five years, or a fine, or both.’.


 
 

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Edward Miliband

 

Yvette Cooper

 

Stella Creasy

 

Diana Johnson

 

Mr David Hanson

 

(d)

 

Line  40,  [Inserted section 4A, title] after ‘violence’, insert ‘or causing fear, alarm,

 

distress or anxiety’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

(g)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  40,  [Inserted section 4A, title] at end insert ‘or serious alarm or distress’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

(h)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  43,  [Inserted section 4A(1)(b), first line] after ‘(b)’, insert ‘either—

 

(i)    

’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

(i)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  44,  [Inserted section 4A(1)(b), second line] at end insert ‘or

 

(ii)    

causes B serious alarm or distress which has a substantial

 

adverse effect on B’s usual day-to-day activities,’.

 

Edward Miliband

 

Yvette Cooper

 

Stella Creasy

 

Diana Johnson

 

Mr David Hanson

 

(e)

 

Line  44,  [Inserted section 4A(1)(b), second line] at end insert ‘or cause B to suffer

 

fear, alarm, distress or anxiety.’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

(j)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  46,  [Inserted section 4A(1), sixth line] at end insert ‘or (as the case may be)

 

will cause such alarm or distress’.

 

Edward Miliband

 

Yvette Cooper

 

Stella Creasy

 

Diana Johnson

 

Mr David Hanson

 

(f)

 

Line  48,  [Inserted section 4A(2), second line] after second ‘B’, insert ‘or cause B

 

to suffer fear, alarm, distress or anxiety’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

(k)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  51,  [Inserted section 4A(2), fifth line] at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

For the purposes of this section A ought to know that A’s course of conduct will

 

cause B serious alarm or distress which has a substantial adverse effect on B’s

 

usual day-to-day activities if a reasonable person in possession of the same


 
 

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information would think the course of conduct would cause B such alarm or

 

distress.’.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 52

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Edward Miliband

 

Yvette Cooper

 

Stella Creasy

 

Diana Johnson

 

Mr David Hanson

 

(a)

 

Line  28,  [Inserted section 2B(1)(d)(ii), third line] at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

Where a person has been arrested under section 2 or 2A of the Protection from

 

Harassment Act 1997, a constable may enter and search any premises occupied

 

or controlled by the arrested person, if that constable has reasonable grounds for

 

suspecting that there is on the premises evidence, other than items subject to legal

 

privilege, that relates to that offence.’.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 133

 

As Amendments to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

(a)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  22,  [Inserted section 141B(2)(b)(ii)] leave out ‘by stalking or otherwise’ and

 

insert ‘and stalking involving fear of violence or serious alarm or distress’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

(b)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  41,  [Inserted section 141D(b)(ii)] leave out ‘by stalking or otherwise’ and

 

insert ‘and stalking involving fear of violence or serious alarm or distress’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

(c)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  46,  [Inserted section 141E(b)] leave out ‘by stalking or otherwise’ and insert

 

‘and stalking involving fear of violence or serious alarm or distress’.

 


 



 
 

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Lords Amendment No. 3

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Yvette Cooper

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Gloria De Piero

 

Stella Creasy

 

Diana Johnson

 

(a)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  7,  [Inserted subsection (2B), third line] at end insert—

 

‘(2C)    

Sections 63D to 63T do not apply to material from persons arrested for, or

 

charged with, an offence to which the Sexual Offences Act 2003 applies.’.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 9

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Yvette Cooper

 

Diana Johnson

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Stella Creasy

 

(a)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  3,  [Inserted paragraph (a), second line] leave out ‘and’ and insert ‘or’.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 27

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Yvette Cooper

 

Diana Johnson

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Stella Creasy

 

(a)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  4,  [Inserted subsection (6ZA), third line] after ‘Parliament’, insert ‘and

 

make a statement to each House of Parliament’.

 



 
 

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Lords Amendment No. 28

 

Yvette Cooper

 

Diana Johnson

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Stella Creasy

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 


 

Yvette Cooper

 

Diana Johnson

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Stella Creasy

 

To move the following Amendment to the Bill in lieu of the Lords Amendment:—

 

(a)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  44,  line  46,  at end insert—

 

‘(6C)    

Subsections (6A) and (6B) apply to any order made under paragraph 38 of

 

Schedule 8, including orders to revoke provisions under paragraph 38 of

 

Schedule 8.’.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 30

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Yvette Cooper

 

Diana Johnson

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Stella Creasy

 

(a)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  3,  [Inserted subsection (2C), second line] leave out from first ‘to’ to end of

 

line 5 and insert ‘constant monitoring by an individual engaged in a regulated

 

activity who is on the same site and able to maintain close visual and audio

 

contact with the individual who is under supervision.’.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 31

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—


 
 

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Yvette Cooper

 

Diana Johnson

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Stella Creasy

 

(a)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  3,  [Inserted subsection (3BA), second line] leave out from first ‘to’ to end of

 

line 5 and insert ‘constant monitoring by an individual engaged in a regulated

 

activity who is on the same site and able to maintain close visual and audio

 

contact with the individual who is under supervision.’.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 48

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Yvette Cooper

 

Diana Johnson

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Stella Creasy

 

(a)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  9,  [Inserted paragraph (b), second line] at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

inclusion on a barred list under the provisions of section 2 of the

 

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.’.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 49

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Fiona Mactaggart

 

Mark Durkan

 

(a)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  56,  [After inserted section 59A(7)] at end insert—

 

‘(8)    

The Secretary of State shall appoint a rapporteur who shall report to Parliament

 

annually on the extent of human trafficking as defined in this section and the

 

performance of all those who are responsible for the prevention of trafficking and

 

caring for victims.’.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 50

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Fiona Mactaggart

 

Mark Durkan

 

(a)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  51,  [After inserted subsection (4B)] at end insert—


 
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