511

SUPPLEMENT TO THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

Friday 5 February 2016

Report Stage Proceedings

Riot Compensation Bill

Mike Wood

Agreed to  1

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  16,  at end insert—

“( )    

Regulations under subsection (3)(b) or (3)(d) must provide that—

(a)    

the time period within which a claim may be made ends no earlier than

42 days from the date of the riot;

(b)    

the time period within which details and evidence must be submitted ends

no earlier than 90 days from the date the claimant first made the claim.”

Mr David Lammy

Withdrawn  4

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  19,  leave out from “compensation” to “that”

Mr David Lammy

Not called  6

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  19,  leave out from “maximum” to “per”

Mr David Lammy

Not called  5

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  19,  leave out “1” and insert “10”

Mr David Lammy

Not called  7

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  20,  at end insert—

“(1A)    

The compensation cap (the “cap”) under subsection (1) must be determined, and

revised  every three years, by regulations made by the Secretary of State, with the

following  elements:

(a)    

the cap may apply differently, or be set at a different level, in different

areas; and

Report Stage Proceedings: 5 February 2016                

512

Riot Compensation Bill, continued

(b)    

the Secretary of State must publish:

(i)    

the methodology used; and

(ii)    

the first draft determination of the cap for public consultation     

within a month of the day after the day on which this Act is

passed.

(1B)    

The Secretary of State must lay before the House of Commons a draft of the

regulations making the final determination or revision in a statutory instrument

alongside a statement of whether and how the responses to the public consultation

were taken into account.

(1C)    

A statutory instrument under subsection (1B) must be laid in draft before the

House of Commons and may not be made until approved by resolution of that

House.

(1D)    

Notwithstanding section 12, section 8 shall come into force on the day after the

day on which this Act is passed for the purposes of subsection (1A).

(1E)    

Until a determination has been approved by the House of Commons, no cap shall

apply.

Mike Wood

Agreed to  2

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  23,  at end insert “, except in the circumstances described in

subsection (2A).

(2A)    

Where a claimant’s home is rendered uninhabitable, the amount of compensation

may reflect costs that the claimant incurs as a result of needing alternative

accommodation.”

Mike Wood

Agreed to  3

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  26,  at end insert—

“( )    

considerations that decision-makers must take into account in deciding the

amount of compensation payable as a result of a claimant needing alternative

accommodation (and the regulations may include provision limiting the amount

of time for which the costs of alternative accommodation may be claimed),”

Mr David Lammy

Not called  8

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  29,  at end insert—

“(3A)    

Money received by the claimant from emergency or recovery funds, whether    

funded publicly or privately, in the aftermath of a riot must not be taken into       

account by the decision maker when deciding the amount of compensation to be      

paid.

Mr David Lammy

Not called  9

Clause  8,  page  6,  leave out lines 16 and 17

Report Stage Proceedings: 5 February 2016                

513

Riot Compensation Bill, continued

Mr David Lammy

Withdrawn  10

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  17,  at end insert—

“The Secretary of State shall make arrangements for the production of, and lay

before each House, a report of an assessment of the effectiveness of the

provisions of this Act, from time to time, but also—

(a)    

after any riot in relation to which compensation was paid under this Act;

and

(b)    

after each period of five years beginning on the date that section 8 came

into force.”

Bill read the third time, and passed.