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SUPPLEMENT TO THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

 
 

Monday 4 March 2012

 

Report Stage Proceedings

 

Justice and Security Bill [Lords], As Amended


 

[First Day]


 

Amendments to Clause 6, other than amendments to leave out Clause 6

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Angus Robertson

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Negatived on division  26

 

Page  4,  line  39  [Clause  6],  leave out ‘two’ and insert ‘three’.

 

Mr Kenneth Clarke

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Angus Robertson

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Agreed to  27

 

Page  4,  line  41  [Clause  6],  leave out from ‘condition’ to ‘is’ in line 42.

 


 

Mr Kenneth Clarke

 

Agreed to  42

 

Page  5,  line  1  [Clause  6],  leave out ‘(whether or not the Secretary of State)’.

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Angus Robertson

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Not called  28

 

Page  5,  line  4  [Clause  6],  after ‘proceedings)’, insert ‘and such disclosure would be

 

damaging to the interests of national security’.

 

Mr Kenneth Clarke

 

Agreed to  43

 

Page  5,  line  5  [Clause  6],  leave out ‘(whether or not the Secretary of State)’.


 
 

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Mr Kenneth Clarke

 

Agreed to  44

 

Page  5,  line  11  [Clause  6],  leave out ‘person concerned’ and insert ‘party’.

 

Mr Kenneth Clarke

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Angus Robertson

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Agreed to  29

 

Page  5,  line  18  [Clause  6],  leave out subsection (5).

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Angus Robertson

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Negatived on division  30

 

Page  5,  line  36  [Clause  6],  leave out from ‘that’ to end of line 37 and insert ‘the

 

degree of harm to the interests of national security if the material is disclosed would be

 

likely to outweigh the public interest in the fair and open administration of justice.’.

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Angus Robertson

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Not called  31

 

Page  5,  line  37  [Clause  6],  at end insert—

 

‘(6A)    

The third condition is that a fair determination of the proceedings is not possible

 

by any other means.’.

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Angus Robertson

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Not called  32

 

Page  5,  line  38  [Clause  6],  leave out ‘two’ and insert ‘three’.

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Angus Robertson

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Not called  33

 

Page  5,  line  40  [Clause  6],  leave out from ‘proceedings’ to end of line 41.

 

Mr Kenneth Clarke

 

Agreed to  46

 

Page  5,  line  41  [Clause  6],  after ‘conditions’, insert ‘or on material that the

 

applicant would be required to disclose’.

 

Mr Kenneth Clarke

 

Agreed to  47

 

Page  5,  line  41  [Clause  6],  at end insert—

 

‘(7A)    

The court must not consider an application by the Secretary of State under

 

subsection (2)(a) unless it is satisfied that the Secretary of State has, before


 
 

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making the application, considered whether to make, or advise another person to

 

make, a claim for public interest immunity in relation to the material on which the

 

application is based.’.

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Angus Robertson

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Not called  34

 

Page  5,  line  41  [Clause  6],  at end insert—

 

‘(7A)    

Before making a declaration under subsection (2), the court must consider

 

whether a claim for public interest immunity could have been made in relation to

 

the material.’.

 


 

Paul Goggins

 

Dr Julian Lewis

 

Hazel Blears

 

Mr George Howarth

 

Mark Field

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Not called  70

 

Page  6,  line  22  [Clause  6],  at end insert ‘or proceedings at an inquest conducted by

 

the Chief Coroner or a High Court judge.’.

 


 

New Clauses relating to Cases to which proceedings under Clause 6 are

 

not applicable

 

Proceedings in which section 6 proceedings are not applicable

 

Caroline Lucas

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

John McDonnell

 

Not called  NC2

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Section 6 proceedings will not be applicable in proceedings where the outcome

 

could result in, contribute to, or impede efforts to challenge the—

 

(a)    

imprisonment; or

 

(b)    

continued detention

 

    

of a party, whether in the UK or overseas.

 

(2)    

Section 6 proceedings will not be applicable in proceedings—

 

(a)    

relating to conduct which may amount to commission of the following

 

domestic and international wrongs—

 

(i)    

genocide;

 

(ii)    

murder;

 

(iii)    

torture;


 
 

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(iv)    

slavery;

 

(v)    

cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment;

 

(vi)    

child abuse; or

 

(vii)    

other matters that the court regards as breaches of the Geneva

 

Conventions.

 

(b)    

where there is a real risk that non-disclosure of that material or

 

information may result in the wrongful imprisonment of an individual in

 

the UK or overseas or the death of an individual overseas.’.

 


 

Amendments to leave out any of Clauses 6 to 14

 

Caroline Lucas

 

John McDonnell

 

Not called  1

 

Page  4,  line  29,  leave out Clause 6.

 


 

Caroline Lucas

 

John McDonnell

 

Not called  2

 

Page  6,  line  25,  leave out Clause 7.

 


 

Caroline Lucas

 

John McDonnell

 

Not called  3

 

Page  7,  line  4,  leave out Clause 8.

 


 

Caroline Lucas

 

John McDonnell

 

Not called  4

 

Page  8,  line  1,  leave out Clause 9.

 

Caroline Lucas

 

John McDonnell

 

Not called  5

 

Page  8,  line  25,  leave out Clause 10.


 
 

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Caroline Lucas

 

John McDonnell

 

Not called  6

 

Page  8,  line  30,  leave out Clause 11.

 


 

Caroline Lucas

 

John McDonnell

 

Not called  7

 

Page  9,  line  16,  leave out Clause 12.

 


 

John McDonnell

 

Not called  22

 

Page  10,  line  4,  leave out Clause 13.

 


 

John McDonnell

 

Not called  23

 

Page  11,  line  17,  leave out Clause 14.

 


 

Remaining New Clauses and New Schedules Relating to part 2

 

Reports on use of closed material procedure

 

Mr Kenneth Clarke

 

Agreed to  NC5

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Secretary of State must—

 

(a)    

prepare a report on the matters mentioned in subsection (2) for—

 

(i)    

the period of twelve months beginning with the day on which

 

section 6 comes into force, and

 

(ii)    

every subsequent twelve month period, and

 

(b)    

lay a copy of each such report before Parliament.

 

(2)    

The matters are—

 

(a)    

the number of applications made during the reporting period—

 

(i)    

by the Secretary of State under section 6(2)(a)(i) or 7(4)(a)(i),

 

and

 

(ii)    

by persons other than the Secretary of State under section

 

6(2)(a)(ii) or 7(4)(a)(ii),


 
 

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(b)    

the number of declarations made by the court under section 6(1), and the

 

number of revocations made by the court under section 7(2) or (3), during

 

the reporting period—

 

(i)    

in response to applications made by the Secretary of State during

 

the reporting period,

 

(ii)    

in response to applications made by the Secretary of State during

 

previous reporting periods,

 

(iii)    

in response to applications made by persons other than the

 

Secretary of State during the reporting period,

 

(iv)    

in response to applications made by persons other than the

 

Secretary of State during previous reporting periods, and

 

(v)    

of the court’s own motion,

 

(c)    

the number of final judgments given in section 6 proceedings during the

 

reporting period which are closed judgments, and

 

(d)    

the number of such judgments which are not closed judgments.

 

(3)    

The report may also include such other matters as the Secretary of State considers

 

appropriate.

 

(4)    

The duty under subsection (1) in relation to the preparation and laying of a report

 

must be carried out as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the twelve

 

month period to which the report relates.

 

(5)    

In this section—

 

“closed judgment” means a judgment that is not made available, or fully

 

available, to the public,

 

“final judgment”, in relation to section 6 proceedings, means a final

 

judgment to determine the proceedings.’.

 


 

Review of sections 6 to 11

 

Mr Kenneth Clarke

 

Agreed to  NC6

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Secretary of State must appoint a person to review the operation of sections

 

6 to 11 (the “reviewer”).

 

(2)    

The reviewer must carry out a review of the operation of sections 6 to 11 in

 

respect of the period of five years beginning with the day on which section 6

 

comes into force.

 

(3)    

The review must be completed as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of

 

the period to which the review relates.

 

(4)    

As soon as reasonably practicable after completing a review under this section,

 

the reviewer must send to the Secretary of State a report on its outcome.

 

(5)    

On receiving a report under subsection (4), the Secretary of State must lay a copy

 

of it before Parliament.

 

(6)    

Before laying a copy of a report before Parliament under subsection (5), the

 

Secretary of State may, after consulting the reviewer, exclude from the copy any

 

part of the report that would, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, be damaging

 

to the interests of national security if it were included in the copy laid before

 

Parliament.

 

(7)    

The Secretary of State may pay to the reviewer—


 
 

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(a)    

expenses incurred by the reviewer in carrying out functions under this

 

section, and

 

(b)    

such allowances as the Secretary of State determines.’.

 


 

Expiry and renewal

 

Sadiq Khan

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

Angus Robertson

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Negatived on division  NC4

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Sections 6 to 12 of this Act expire at the end of the period of one year beginning

 

with the day on which this Act is passed.

 

(2)    

The Secretary of State may, by order made by statutory instrument, provide that

 

sections 6 to 12 of this Act are not to expire at the time when they would

 

otherwise expire under subsection (1) or in accordance with an order under this

 

subsection but are to continue in force after that time for a period not exceeding

 

one year.

 

(3)    

An order under this section may not be made unless a draft of it has been laid

 

before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House.’.

 


 

Notifying the media of CMP applications and media rights to make submissions

 

John McDonnell

 

Not called  NC7

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Rules of court relating to section 6 proceedings must make provision—

 

(a)    

requiring the court concerned to notify relevant representatives of the

 

media of proceedings in which an application for a declaration under

 

section 6 has been made;

 

(b)    

providing for any person notified under paragraph (a) to intervene in the

 

proceedings;

 

(c)    

providing for a stay or sist of relevant civil proceedings to enable anyone

 

notified under paragraph (a) to consider whether to intervene in the

 

proceedings;

 

(d)    

enabling any party to the proceedings or any intervener to apply to the

 

court concerned for a determination of whether there continues to be

 

justification for not giving full particulars of the reasons for decisions in

 

the proceedings; and


 
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