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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given up to and including

Thursday 23 March 2017

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance

Amendments tabled since the last publication: NC1

Public Bill Committee

Prisons and Courts Bill

Note

This document includes all amendments tabled to date and includes any

withdrawn amendments at the end. The amendments have been arranged in

accordance with the order to be proposed by Sir Oliver Heald.

Sir Oliver Heald

To move, That the Bill be considered in the following order, namely, Clauses 1 to 4;

Schedule l; Clauses 5 to 21; Schedule 2; Clauses 22 to 30; Schedule 3; Clauses 31 and 32;

Schedule 4; Clause 33; Schedule 5; Clause 34; Schedule 6; Clauses 35 and 36; Schedule

7; Clause 37; Schedule 8; Clauses 38 to 44; Schedule 9; Clauses 45 to 49; Schedule 10;

Clause 50; Schedule 11; Clause 51; Schedule 12; Clauses 52 to 54; Schedule 13; Clause

55; Schedule 14; Clause 56; Schedule 15; Clauses 57 to 72; new Clauses; new Schedules;

remaining proceedings on the Bill.

Sir Oliver Heald

That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

Notices of Amendments: 23 March 2017                  

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Prisons and Courts Bill, continued

Sir Oliver Heald

That, at this and any subsequent meeting at which oral evidence is to be heard, the

Committee shall sit in private until the witnesses are admitted.

Ms Harriet Harman

NC1

To move the following Clause—

“Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999: Amendment

(1)    

Section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (restriction on

evidence or questions about complainant’s sexual history) is amended as follows.

(2)    

In subsection (1), leave out “, except with the leave of the court”.

(3)    

Leave out subsections (2) to (8).”

Member’s explanatory statement

This new clause would ensure that no evidence can be adduced and no questions may be asked in

cross-examination by or on behalf of the accused about any sexual behaviour of a complainant.

Order of the House [20 March 2017]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Prisons and Courts Bill:

Committal

1.    

The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

2.    

Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 27 April 2017.

3.    

The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

4.    

Proceedings on Consideration and any proceedings in legislative grand

committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which

proceedings on Consideration are commenced.

5.    

Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

6.    

Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

proceedings on Consideration and up to and including Third Reading.

Other proceedings

7.    

Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the

Lords) may be programmed.