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House of Commons

 
 

Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Thursday 13 March 2014

 

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s):

 

Criminal Justice and Courts Bill Committee 7-16

 

Public Bill Committee


 

Criminal Justice and Courts Bill

 

Sarah Champion

 

6

 

Schedule  1,  page  63,  line  18,  leave out ‘13’ and insert ‘16’.

 

Sarah Champion

 

7

 

Schedule  1,  page  63,  line  19,  leave out ‘13’ and insert ‘16’.

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

8

 

Clause  3,  page  4,  line  26,  at end insert—

 

‘(10)    

Before this section comes into force the Secretary of State shall—

 

(a)    

consult the Parole Board about the resources required for additional

 

hearings resulting from the implementation of this section; and

 

(b)    

lay a report before Parliament containing—

 

(i)    

his assessment of the resources required for additional hearings;

 

and

 

(ii)    

his plans to ensure that the Parole Board has adequate resources

 

to fulfil the requirements of this section effectively.’.

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

9

 

Clause  4,  page  4,  line  39,  at end insert—

 

‘(4)    

Before this section comes into force the Secretary of State shall—

 

(a)    

consult the Parole Board about the resources required for additional

 

hearings resulting from the implementation of this section; and

 

(b)    

lay a report before Parliament containing—


 
 

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(i)    

his assessment of the resources required for additional hearings;

 

and

 

(ii)    

his plans to ensure that the Parole Board has adequate resources

 

to fulfil the requirements of this section effectively.’.

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

10

 

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  12,  at end insert—

 

‘(3)    

Before this section comes into force the Secretary of State shall—

 

(a)    

consult the Parole Board about the resources required for additional

 

hearings resulting from the implementation of this section; and

 

(b)    

lay a report before Parliament containing—

 

(i)    

his assessment of the resources required for additional hearings;

 

and

 

(ii)    

his plans to ensure that the Parole Board has adequate resources

 

to fulfil the requirements of this section effectively.’.

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

11

 

Clause  7,  page  9,  line  26,  at end insert—

 

‘(9)    

Before this section comes into force the Secretary of State shall—

 

(a)    

consult the Parole Board about the resources required for additional

 

hearings resulting from the implementation of this section; and

 

(b)    

lay a report before Parliament containing—

 

(i)    

his assessment of the resources required for additional hearings;

 

and

 

(ii)    

his plans to ensure that the Parole Board has adequate resources

 

to fulfil the requirements of this section effectively.’.

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

12

 

Page  9,  line  27,  leave out Clause 8.

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

13

 

Clause  10,  page  10,  line  29,  after ‘fails’, insert ‘deliberately and’.

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

14

 

Clause  16,  page  16,  line  30,  leave out from ‘explicit’ to end of line 31 and insert

 

‘way, real or simulated depictions of either—’.

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

15

 

Clause  6,  page  5,  leave out from line 36 to line 25 on page 6.


 
 

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Meeting a child following sexual grooming etc.

 

Sarah Champion

 

NC9

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Sexual Offences Act 2003 is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In section 15(1)(a) (meeting a child following sexual grooming etc.) for “two”,

 

substitute “one”.’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

At present, someone is only considered to be committing an offence if they contact the child twice

 

and arrange to meet them or travel to meet them with the intention of committing a sexual offence.

 

This new Clause would mean that the perpetrator would only have to make contact once.

 

Offence of abduction of child by other persons

 

Sarah Champion

 

NC10

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Child Abduction Act 1984 is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In section 2(1) (offence of abduction of child by other persons) for “sixteen”,

 

substitute “eighteen”.’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

At present, there is a disparity between the ages that children must be to be considered to be

 

abducted depending on whether they are in the care system or not. This new Clause would rectify

 

this disparity and set a conistent age of under 18.

 

Mr Shailesh Vara

 

16

 

Clause  17,  page  18,  line  18,  leave out ‘in England,’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment removes the territorial restriction in the new version of section 43 of the Prison

 

Act 1952, inserted by clause 17, to enable the Secretary of State to provide secure colleges in Wales

 

as well as England.

 

Mr Shailesh Vara

 

17

 

Clause  17,  page  18,  leave out line 32.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment and amendment 18 provide that Schedule A1 to the Prison Act 1952 (HM Chief

 

Inspector of Prisons), which is introduced by section 5A to that Act, applies to secure training

 

centres and secure colleges and, as applied, may not be modified by rules made by the Secretary

 

of State.

 

Mr Shailesh Vara

 

18

 

Clause  17,  page  19,  line  12,  at end insert ‘and Schedule A1’.

 

Mr Shailesh Vara

 

19

 

Schedule  3,  page  71,  line  30,  at end insert—


 
 

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‘16A      

In section 28(1) (arrangements to safeguard and promote welfare: Wales), after

 

paragraph (h) insert—

 

“(ha)    

the principal of a secure college in Wales;”.

 

16B      

In section 31(3) (establishment of Local Safeguarding Children Boards in

 

Wales), after paragraph (f) insert—

 

“(fa)    

the principal of a secure college in the area of the authority;”.

 

16C      

In section 33(3)(c) (funding of Local Safeguarding Children Boards in Wales),

 

after “or prison” insert “or the principal of a secure college”.’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment and amendments 20, 21, 24, 25, 26 and 27 are consequential on amendment 16..

 

Mr Shailesh Vara

 

20

 

Schedule  3,  page  73,  line  2,  after ‘England’ insert ‘or Wales’.

 

Mr Shailesh Vara

 

21

 

Schedule  3,  page  73,  line  4,  after ‘England’ insert ‘or Wales’.

 

Mr Shailesh Vara

 

22

 

Schedule  4,  page  80,  line  15,  leave out ‘51 weeks’ and insert ‘12 months’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

The offence of wrongful disclosure of information under paragraph 25 of Schedule 4 is triable

 

either on indictment or summarily. When section 154 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 comes into

 

force, the maximum term of imprisonment on summary conviction should change from 6 months to

 

12 months (not 51 weeks, which is appropriate for summary-only offences).

 

Mr Shailesh Vara

 

23

 

Schedule  4,  page  81,  line  29,   leave out ‘In section 15(3)(d) (funding of Local

 

Safeguarding Children Boards)’ and insert ‘In section 15(3) (funding of Local

 

Safeguarding Children Boards)—

 

(a)    

in paragraph (c), after “principal of a” insert “directly managed”, and

 

(b)    

in paragraph (d),’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment provides that, where the principal of a secure college is a Board partner of the

 

authority that established a Local Safeguarding Children Board, the Secretary of State is only a

 

person who may make payments towards expenditure incurred by the Board if the college is

 

directly managed, rather than contracted-out.

 

Mr Shailesh Vara

 

24

 

Schedule  4,  page  81,  line  30,  at end insert—

 

‘32A      

In section 33(3) (funding of Local Safeguarding Children Boards in Wales)—

 

(a)    

in paragraph (c), after “principal of a” insert “directly managed”, and

 

(b)    

in paragraph (d), after “or prison” insert “or the principal of a

 

contracted-out secure college”.’.

 

Mr Shailesh Vara

 

25

 

Schedule  4,  page  81,  line  33,  after ‘references’ insert ‘to a directly managed secure

 

college and’.


 
 

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Mr Shailesh Vara

 

26

 

Schedule  4,  page  81,  line  34,  leave out ‘such a’ and insert ‘a contracted-out,’.

 

Mr Shailesh Vara

 

27

 

Schedule  4,  page  81,  line  35,  leave out ‘1’ and insert ‘27’.

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

28

 

Clause  16,  page  16,  line  37,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

sexual activity where one of the participants is portrayed in such a way

 

as to make them appear under 18;

 

(d)    

a person participating in a sexual activity with someone who is depicted

 

as a member of their immediate family; and

 

(e)    

sexual activity incorporating sexual threats, humiliation or abuse which

 

do not form part of a clearly consenting role-playing game.’.

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

29

 

Clause  16,  page  6,  line  31,  leave out from ‘of’ to end of line 37 and insert ‘the

 

portrayal of sexual activity which involves real or apparent lack of consent,’.

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

30

 

Clause  17,  page  18,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

No person who is aged under 15 shall be detained in a secure college established

 

under subsection (1)(c).’.

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

31

 

Clause  17,  page  18,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

A young woman may not be placed in a secure college established under

 

subsection (1)(c).’.

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

32

 

Clause  17,  page  18,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

Secure Children’s Homes’.

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

33

 

Clause  17,  page  19,  line  35,  after ‘contempt’, insert—

 

‘(14)    

The Secretary of State shall make arrangements to ensure that sufficient places

 

are available in secure children’s homes to enable young persons for whom

 

detention in a secure children’s home is deemed more appropriate by the relevant


 
 

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authority than detention in a secure college or young offender institution to be so

 

detained.’.

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

34

 

Schedule  4,  page  75,  line  14,  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

to assess and promote their best interests.’.

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

35

 

Schedule  3,  page  69,  line  30,  after ‘colleges’, insert ‘including, in the case of

 

secure colleges, joint inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons and the Office

 

for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills.’.

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

36

 

Schedule  4,  page  75,  line  26,  leave out from ‘where’ to end of line 27 and insert ‘a

 

young person poses an imminent threat of injury to himself or others, and only when all

 

other means of control have been exhausted.’.

 

Offence of assaulting a worker selling alcohol

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

NC11

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

A person who assaults a worker who is required to enforce the Licensing Act

 

2003—

 

(a)    

in the course of that worker’s employment; or

 

(b)    

by reason of that worker’s employment,

 

    

commits an offence.

 

(2)    

No offence is committed—

 

(a)    

under subsection (1)(a) unless the person who assaults knows, or ought

 

to know, that the worker is acting in the course of the worker’s

 

employment or is enforcing the 2003 Act;

 

(b)    

under subsection (1)(b) unless the assault is motivated, in whole or in

 

part, by malice towards the worker by reason of the worker’s

 

employment and their enforcement of the 2003 Act.

 

(3)    

In this section—

 

“worker selling alcohol” means a person whose employment involves them

 

selling alcohol under the provisions of the Licensing Act 2003.

 

“employment” in this context means any paid or unpaid work whether under

 

contract, apprenticeship, or otherwise.

 

(4)    

Evidence from a single source is sufficient evidence to establish for the purpose

 

of subsection (1) whether a person is a worker.

 

(5)    

A person guilty of an offence under this Act is liable, on summary conviction, to

 

imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding

 

level 5 on the standard scale.’.


 
 

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Dan Jarvis

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

37

 

Clause  6,  page  6,  line  29,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

The Code of Practice must include a requirement that a person carrying out

 

electronic monitoring who is not a public authority as defined by section 3 of the

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 shall provide information in respect of the

 

carrying out of electronic monitoring in the same manner as if they were such a

 

public authority.’.

 

Dan Jarvis

 

Mr Andy Slaughter

 

38

 

Schedule  4,  page  73,  line  25,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

Where the Secretary of State enters into a contract with another person under

 

paragraph 1(1), and that person is not a public authority for the purposes of

 

section 3 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, that person shall be designated

 

by the Secretary of State as a public authority for the purposes of that section in

 

relation to that contract.’.

 


 
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