Session 2012 - 13
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| | Crime and Courts Bill [Lords]
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| | [Seventh and Eighth SIttings]
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| | Schedule 13, page 219, line 12, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘8A | In section 27 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (selection for appointment |
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| | | to Supreme Court to be on merit etc) after subsection (5) insert— |
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| | | “(5A) | Where two persons are of equal merit— |
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| | | (a) | section 159 of the Equality Act 2010 (positive action: |
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| | | recruitment etc) does not apply in relation to choosing |
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| | | (b) | Part 5 of that Act (public appointments etc) does not |
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| | | prevent the commission from preferring one of them over |
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| | | the other for the purpose of increasing diversity within the |
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| | | group of persons who are the judges of the Court.”’. |
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| | Schedule 13, page 219, line 31, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘() | Each of the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice of England shall lay |
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| | | before Parliament a report annually, describing— |
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| | | (a) | their performance of the duty in this section; |
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| | | (b) | the contribution made towards a more diverse judiciary in the |
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| | | (c) | the composition of the judiciary, including the number of part-time |
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| | | and full-time judges, gender, educational background and other |
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| | | relevant demographic data.’. |
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| | Schedule 13, page 220, line 22, at end insert— |
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| | | 14A | After section 65 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 insert— |
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| | | The Lord Chancellor, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, |
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| | | the Treasury Solicitor and the Chairman of the Judicial Appointments |
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| | | Commission, shall issue guidance as to the circumstances in which |
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| | | those employed by the Government Legal Service, the Crown |
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| | | Prosecution Service or any other government legal office may apply |
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| | | for any of the judicial office or tribunal posts, which are in the remit |
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| | | of the Judicial Appointments Commission.”.’. |
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| | | Schedule, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | | Clauses 20 to 22 Agreed to. |
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| | | Clause 23 Agreed to on division. |
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| | | Clause 26 disagreed to on division. |
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| | Clause 28, page 30, line 18, leave out from ‘In’ to end of line 20 and insert ‘the case |
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| | of any particular proceedings of a court or tribunal, the court or tribunal may in the |
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| | interests of justice or in order to ensure that a person is not unduly prejudiced—’. |
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| | | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | [Adjourned until Tuesday 5 February at 8.55 am |
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