Amendments proposed to the Anti-terrorism Crime and Security Bill - continued House of Commons

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Mr Secretary Blunkett
Mrs Secretary Liddell

78

Schedule     7,     page     111,     line     14,     at end insert—

    '20A In section 105(2) (extent), after the entry relating to section 21 insert "section 25(1A)".'.   

Mr Secretary Blunkett
Mrs Secretary Liddell

79

Schedule     7,     page     111,     line     24,     leave out from 'premises' to 'by' in line 25.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett
Mrs Secretary Liddell

80

Schedule     7,     page     111,     line     40,     leave out from 'premises' to end of line 42.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett
Mrs Secretary Liddell

81

Schedule     7,     page     112,     line     4,     leave out from 'premises' to ', an' in line 6.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett
Mrs Secretary Liddell

82

Schedule     7,     page     112,     line     17,     leave out from '121' to end of line 19 and insert—

    '(a)   after the definition of "article" insert—

        ""British Transport Police Force" means the constables appointed under section 53 of the British Transport Commission Act 1949 (c. xxix)," and
          (b)   after the definition of "organisation" insert—

        ""policed premises", in relation to England and Wales, has the meaning given by section 53(3) of the British Transport Commission Act 1949 (c. xxix) and, in relation to Scotland, means those places where members of the British Transport Police Force have the powers, protection and privileges of a constable under section 53(4)(a) of that Act (as it relates to Scotland).".'.
   

Mr Secretary Blunkett
Mrs Secretary Liddell

128

*Schedule     7,     page     112,     line     22,     at end insert 'and

    (b)   after the entry relating to the expression "organisation" insert—

"Policed premisesSection 121".'.


   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr James Paice

131

*Clause     101,     page     61,     line     41,     leave out subsection (4) and insert—

    '(4)   Where the Secretary of State issues or revises a code of practice or enters into an agreement under this section, he shall publish the code, the revised code or, as the case may be, the terms of such agreement.'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr James Paice

133

*Clause     101,     page     62,     line     3,     leave out 'national security' and insert 'anti-terrorism'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr James Paice

120

Clause     101,     page     62,     line     3,     leave out '; or' and insert 'or anti-terrorism'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr James Paice

119

Clause     101,     page     62,     line     4,     leave out subsection 5(b).

   

Mr Harry Cohen

129

*Clause     101,     page     62,     line     5,     at end insert—

    '(5A)   A code of practice or agreement under this section shall include clear guidance to communication service providers as to—

    (a)   what classes of data shall be retained;

    (b)   for how long such data shall be retained; and

    (c)   what classes of data may be destroyed.'.

   

Mr Harry Cohen

130

*Clause     101,     page     62,     line     5,     at end insert—

    '(5B)   A code of practice or agreement under this section shall specify those persons or organisations to which such data may be disclosed; provided that no such data shall be disclosed to any private individual or any organisation without responsibilities for national security.'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr James Paice

134

*Clause     101,     page     62,     line     5,     at end insert—

    '5(A)   In section 23 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23) insert the following subsection under subsection (9)—

    "(10)   An authorisation under section 22(3), or notice under section 22(4), may only authorise or require that data held by the postal or telecommunications operator, pursuant to either a code of practice issued under Section 101 of the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 or a direction given under Section 102 of that Act, if obtained on the ground set out in Section 22(2)(a).".'

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr James Paice

132

*Clause     101,     page     62,     line     13,     at end add—

    '(8)   The Secretary of State shall lay before both Houses of Parliament every draft code of practice, or as the case may be, draft revised code prepared and published by him under this section.'.


   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr James Paice

136

*Clause     102,     page     62,     line     22,     after 'to', insert 'public'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr James Paice

137

*Clause     102,     page     62,     line     23,     after 'to', insert 'public'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr James Paice

135

*Page     62,     line     14,     leave out Clause 102.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

41

Clause     111,     page     68,     leave out lines 22 to 24


   

Mr Secretary Blunkett
Mrs Secretary Liddell

67

Clause     124,     page     73,     line     26,     at end insert—

    '(c)   in Part 6 of Schedule 8, the repeals in the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c.33) and in the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c.37).'.


REMAINING NEW CLAUSES

Abolition of common law offence of blasphemy
   

Mr Frank Dobson
Lynne Jones
Jeremy Corbyn
Ms Diane Abbott
Alice Mahon
John Cryer
John McDonnellAndrew Bennett

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

    '1.   The following common law offences are hereby abolished:

    (a)   blasphemy and blasphemous libel;

    (b)   any distinct offence of disturbing a religious service or religious devotions;

    (c)   any religious offence of striking a person in a church or churchyard.

    2.   The following provisions are hereby repealed:

    (a)   in section 1 of the Criminal Libel Act 1819, the words "and blasphemous libel, or";

    (b)   in sections 3 and 4 of the Law of Libel Amendment Act 1888 the words "blasphemous or".

    3.   This provision shall not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.'.


Annual review

   

Mr Chris Mullin
Mr David Cameron
Bob Russell
Mr Tony Lloyd

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

    '28A.—(1)   The appropriate Minister shall appoint an independent Commissioner for the purpose of this section.

    (2)   The Commissioner must review the operation of sections 21 to 23 before the end of the period—

    (a)   of 15 months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;

    (b)   specified by an order made under section 28(2)(b) and (c), beginning with the date on which that order first came into force; and

    (c)   specified by an order made under section 28(4), but only if it has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

    (3)   The Commissioner conducting a review under this section must prepare a report on the result of the review and lay a copy of it before each House of Parliament.

    (4)   In this section "the Commissioner" means the Commissioner appointed under subsection (1).'.


Ministry of Defence Police to be subject to Police Complaints Authority

   

Mr Chris Mullin
Mr Jim Cousins

NC3

To move the following Clause:—

    '(98A)   Part IV of the Police Act 1996 (complaints, disciplinary proceedings etc) shall apply in relation to a member of the Ministry of Defence police as it does to any member of a police force, but only in relation to the jurisdiction conferred by section 2(3A) to (3C) of the Ministry of Defence Act 1987 (c.4).'.


Consultation

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins

NC4

To move the following Clause:—

       'Part 5 of this Act shall not have effect until the Secretary of State has conducted a consultation exercise on its proposals with the following bodies, and placed a copy of their responses in the Library of the House of Commons—

    (a)   The Law Society

    (b)   The Bar Association

    (c)   The Justices' Clerks

    (d)   The Districts Judges (Magistrates' Courts)

    (e)   The Lay Magistracy, and

    (f)   The Crown Court Judges.'.


Consent for prosecution under sections 106 or 107

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr James Paice

NC5

To move the following Clause:—

    '.—(1)   No prosecution for an offence under sections 106 or 107 shall be instituted except by or with the consent of the Attorney General.

    (2)   The Secretary of State shall lay before both Houses of Parliament at least once every twelve months a report on any prosecutions arising under section 106 or 107.'.


Independent public inquiry

   

Mrs Ann Winterton
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mrs Angela Browning
Mr Bill Wiggin
Mr Richard Bacon

NC 9

*To move the following Clause:—

       'No provision in this Act shall come into force prior to the publication of the findings of an Independent Public Inquiry.'.


ANTI-TERRORISM, CRIME AND SECURITY BILL (PROGRAMME) (No. 2)

   

Mr Robin Cook
Mr Secretary Blunkett
       That, in accordance with the resolution of the Programming Committee of 20th November and pursuant to the Programme Order of 19th November (Proceedings in Committee of the whole House, on consideration and on Third Reading of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill)—

    (1)   proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall, so far as not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at eleven o'clock on the second allotted day;

    (2)   those proceedings shall be taken on each of the allotted days as shown in the second column of the following Table and shall be taken in the order so shown, and shall be brought to a conclusion (so far as not previously concluded) at the times specified in the third column of the Table.

Table

Allotted dayProceedingsTime for conclusion of proceedings
First dayNew Clauses relating to the duration of the Act and reports to Parliament, Clause 123, Clause 1, Schedule 1, Clauses 2 and 3, Schedule 2, Clauses 4 to 6, Schedule 3, Clauses 7 to 17, Schedule 4, Clauses 18 to 206.00 p.m.
Clauses 21 to 358.30 p.m.
Clauses 106 to 11910.00 p.m.
Second dayClauses 36 to 426.30 p.m.
Clauses 43 to 58, Schedule 5, Clauses 59 to 70, Schedule 6, Clauses 71 to 878.00 p.m.
Clauses 88 to 100, Schedule 7, Clauses 101 to 105, Clauses 120 and 121, Schedule 8, Clause 122, Clauses 124 and 125, Remaining New Clauses, New Schedules11.00 p.m.


 
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