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SUPPLEMENT TO THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

 
 

Monday 19 March 2012

 

Proceedings

 

on Consideration of Lords Amendments

 

Protection of Freedoms Bill


 

On Consideration of Lords Amendments to the Protection of Freedoms Bill


 

Lords Amendment No. 16

 

Secretary Theresa May                                                                                      

Agreed to

 

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

 

Lords Amendment No. 16 accordingly disagreed to.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 17

 

Secretary Theresa May                                                                                      

Agreed to

 

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

 

Lords Amendment No. 17 accordingly disagreed to.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 18

 

Secretary Theresa May                                                                                      

Agreed to

 

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


 
 

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Lords Amendment No. 18 accordingly disagreed to.

 


 


 

Lords Amendment No. 51

 

As Amendments to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Edward Miliband

 

Yvette Cooper

 

Stella Creasy

 

Diana Johnson

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Not selected  (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

 

Negatived on division  (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

 

Not called  (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.’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  (g)

 

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


 
 

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Edward Miliband

 

Yvette Cooper

 

Stella Creasy

 

Diana Johnson

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Not called  (d)

 

Line  40,  [Inserted section 4A, title] at end insert ‘or causing fear, alarm, distress

 

or anxiety’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  (h)

 

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

 

(i)    

’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  (i)

 

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

 

Not called  (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

 

Agreed to  (j)

 

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

 

Not called  (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

 

Agreed to  (k)

 

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

 

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

 

distress.’.


 
 

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Lords Amendment No. 51, as amended, agreed to.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 52

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Edward Miliband

 

Yvette Cooper

 

Stella Creasy

 

Diana Johnson

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Not called  (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 Amendments No. 52, 59 and 68 agreed to.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 133

 

As Amendments to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  (a)

 

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

 

Agreed to  (b)

 

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

 

Agreed to  (c)

 

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’.

 

Lords Amendment No. 133, as amended, agreed to.


 
 

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Lords Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 accordingly agreed to.

 


 


 

Lords Amendment No. 3

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Yvette Cooper

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Gloria De Piero

 

Stella Creasy

 

Diana Johnson

 

Not called  (a)

 

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

 

‘(2C)    

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

 

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

 

Lords Amendments Nos. 3 to 8 agreed to.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 9

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Yvette Cooper

 

Diana Johnson

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Stella Creasy

 

Not called  (a)

 

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

 

Lords Amendments Nos. 9 to 15 agreed to.

 

Lords Amendments Nos. 19 to 26 agreed to.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 27

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—


 
 

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Yvette Cooper

 

Diana Johnson

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Stella Creasy

 

Not called  (a)

 

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

 

make a statement to each House of Parliament’.

 

Lords Amendment No. 27 agreed to.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 28

 

Yvette Cooper                                                                                                  

Not called

 

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:—

 

Not selected  (a)

 

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 Amendments Nos. 28 and 29 agreed to.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 30

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Yvette Cooper

 

Diana Johnson

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Stella Creasy

 

Negatived on division  (a)

 

Line  3,  [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


 
 

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individual who is under supervision.’.

 

Lords Amendment No. 30 agreed to.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 31

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Yvette Cooper

 

Diana Johnson

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Stella Creasy

 

Not called  (a)

 

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 Amendments Nos. 31 to 47 agreed to.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 48

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Yvette Cooper

 

Diana Johnson

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Stella Creasy

 

Not called  (a)

 

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. 48 agreed to.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 49

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Fiona Mactaggart

 

Mark Durkan

 

Not called  (a)

 

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


 
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