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given up to and including

Thursday 22nd November 2001


New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE

ANTI-TERRORISM, CRIME AND SECURITY BILL

NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the House of 21st November.


   

Simon Hughes
Mr Oliver Letwin
Norman Baker
Mr Dominic Grieve

91

Page     19,     line     3,     leave out Clause 36.


   

Simon Hughes
Mr Oliver Letwin
Norman Baker
Mr Dominic Grieve

92

Page     19,     line     7,     leave out Clause 37.


   

Simon Hughes
Norman Baker
Mr John Burnett
Bob Russell
Annette Brooke

153

*Clause     38,     page     19,     line     15,     leave out 'RACIAL OR RELIGIOUS HATRED' and insert 'HATRED OFFENCES'

   

Simon Hughes
Norman Baker
Mr John Burnett
Bob Russell
Annette Brooke

154

*Clause     38,     page     19,     line     18,     leave out 'religious'.

   

Simon Hughes
Norman Baker
Mr John Burnett
Bob Russell
Annette Brooke

155

*Clause     38,     page     19,     line     19,     leave out from 'Part' to end of line 20 and insert—

       '"hatred offences" means hatred against a group of persons or individuals defined by reference to their age, disability, gender, race, religion or sexuality.'

   

Mr Christopher Chope
John Cryer

19

Clause     38,     page     19,     line     20,     at end insert 'but shall not include hatred of a belief or lack of belief where such hatred does not extend to the person or persons holding that belief'.

   

Mr Christopher Chope

20

Clause     38,     page     19,     line     20,     at end insert—

       '17B Meaning of religious belief

       In this part, "religious belief" means belief in a supernatural being, thing or principle and the acceptance of canons of conduct in order to give effect to that belief which are lawful'.

   

Sir Brian Mawhinney
Andrew Mackinlay

106

Clause     38,     page     19,     line     20,     at end insert—

    '(3A)   In section 18, after subsection (2) insert—

    "(5A)   No prosecution may be brought under this section solely on the grounds that a person has used words which are expressions of the tenets of any religion or which form part of the rites of any religion.".'.

   

Simon Hughes
Norman Baker
Mr John Burnett
Bob Russell
Annette Brooke

156

*Clause     38,     page     19,     line     21,     leave out 'racial or religious hatred', and insert 'hatred offences'.

   

Simon Hughes
Norman Baker
Mr John Burnett
Bob Russell
Annette Brooke

157

*Clause     38,     page     19,     line     35,     leave out 'religious hatred' and insert 'hatred'.

   

Simon Hughes
Norman Baker
Mr John Burnett
Bob Russell
Annette Brooke

158

*Clause     38,     page     19,     line     38,     leave out 'racial or religious hatred' and insert 'hatred offences'.

   

Mr Tony McWalter
Mr Neil Gerrard
Simon Hughes
Mr Oliver Letwin
Norman Baker
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Gordon Prentice

1

Page     19,     line     12,     leave out Clause 38.


   

Mr Tony McWalter
Mr Chris Mullin
Mr David Cameron
Andrew Bennett
John McDonnell
Jeremy Corbyn
Mr Gordon Prentice

2

Page     20,     line     1,     leave out Clause 39.


   

Mr Tony McWalter
Jeremy Corbyn
Ms Diane Abbott

3

Clause     40,     page     20,     line     40,     leave out 'or religious'.

   

Mr Chris Mullin
Mr David Cameron
Andrew Bennett
Simon Hughes
Mr Oliver Letwin
Norman Baker
Mr Gordon Prentice

56

Page     20,     line     39,     leave out Clause 40.


   

Simon Hughes
Mr Oliver Letwin
Norman Baker
Mr Dominic Grieve

94

Page     21,     line     1,     leave out Clause 41.


   

Simon Hughes
Mr Oliver Letwin
Norman Baker
Mr Dominic Grieve

95

Page     21,     line     5,     leave out Clause 42.


   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

23

Clause     45,     page     22,     line     14,     leave out from 'involved' to end of line 18 and insert '—

    (a)   the development or production outside the United Kingdom of any thing mentioned in section 1(1)(a) or (b) above;

    (b)   the movement of any such thing into or out of any country or territory;

    (c)   any proposal or attempt to do anything falling within paragraph (a) or (b) above'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

24

Clause     45,     page     22,     line     38,     after 'to', insert 'the institution of'.


   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

25

Clause     46,     page     23,     line     4,     leave out from 'involved' to end of line 8 and insert '—

    (a)   the development or production outside the United Kingdom of a chemical weapon;

    (b)   the movement of a chemical weapon into or out of any country or territory;

    (c)   any proposal or attempt to do anything falling within paragraph (a) or (b).'

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

26

Clause     46,     page     23,     line     28,     after 'to', insert 'the institution of'.


   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

27

Clause     47,     page     24,     line     16,     at end insert—

    '( )   Nothing in subsection (7) affects any criminal liability arising otherwise than under that subsection.'


   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

28

Clause     53,     page     27,     line     6,     leave out from 'involved' to end of line 10 and insert '—

    (a)   the development or production outside the United Kingdom of a nuclear weapon;

    (b)   the movement of a nuclear weapon into or out of any country or territory;

    (c)   any proposal or attempt to do anything falling within paragraph (a) or (b).'

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

29

Clause     53,     page     27,     line     28,     after 'to', insert 'the institution of'.


   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

30

Clause     58,     page     28,     line     35,     leave out 'is capable of endangering life or causing' and insert 'could be used in an act of terrorism to endanger life or cause'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

31

Clause     58,     page     29,     line     2,     at end add—

    '(5)   But something otherwise falling within subsection (4) is not to be regarded as a dangerous substance if—

    (a)   it satisfies prescribed conditions; or

    (b)   it is kept or used in prescribed circumstances.'


   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

43

Schedule     5,     page     105,     line     29,     leave out 'Chlamydia' and insert 'Chlamydophila'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

44

Schedule     5,     page     106,     line     11,     at end insert—

    '1AAny reference in this Schedule to a toxin includes—

    (a)   any genetic material containing any nucleic acid sequence for the coding of the toxin; and

    (b)   any genetically modified organism containing any such sequence.'

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

45

Schedule     5,     page     106,     line     12,     leave out paragraph 2 and insert—

    '2Any reference in this Schedule to a toxin includes subunits of the toxin.'


   

Simon Hughes
Norman Baker
Mr John Burnett
Bob Russell
Annette Brooke

139

*Clause     59,     page     29,     line     17,     leave out 'one month' and insert 'fourteen days'.


   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

138

*Clause     60,     page     29,     line     30,     leave out from 'to' to end of line 32 and insert '—

    (a)   any dangerous substance kept or used in the premises; or

    (b)   the measures taken (whether by the occupier or any other person) to ensure the security of any such substance.'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

32

Clause     60,     page     29,     line     41,     at end add 'or in respect of which a notice under section 59 is in force'.


   

Mr Secretary Blunkett
Mrs Secretary Liddell

33

Clause     71,     page     34,     line     42,     leave out subsection (5) and insert—

    '(5)   Subsections (1) to (3) apply to Scotland with the substitution for references to the magistrates' court of references to the sheriff.

    (5A)   The appeal to the sheriff is by way of summary application.

    (5B)   A further appeal shall lie—

    (a)   to the sheriff principal from the decision of the sheriff; and

    (b)   with the leave of the sheriff principal, to the Court of Session from the decision of the sheriff principal.'


   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

34

Clause     73,     page     35,     line     15,     leave out '59 or 61 or Schedule 5' and insert '58, 59 or 61'.



 
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