Amendments proposed to the Criminal Justice Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

321

Clause     73,     page     45,     line     30,     leave out paragraph (b).

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

385

Clause     73,     page     45,     line     36,     leave out paragraph (b).

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

322

Clause     73,     page     45,     line     44,     leave out 'if reasonably practicable'.

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Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

323

Clause     74,     page     46,     line     15,     leave out 'superintendent or above' and insert 'chief constable'.

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Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

386

Clause     77,     page     49,     line     2,     at end add—

'(b)	in the event of the acquittal of the defendant on any retrial, he should be entitled to compensation for any period he has spent in custody prior to and during any proceedings under this Part of the Act.'.

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Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

324

Clause     78,     page     49,     line     8,     leave out subsections (2) and (3).

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Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

340

Clause     80,     page     49,     leave out line 27.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

347

Clause     80,     page     49,     leave out line 35.

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Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois
Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

361

Clause     81,     page     50,     line     10,     leave out 'or tends to show'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois
Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

362

Clause     81,     page     50,     line     11,     leave out '(a)'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois
Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

363

Clause     81,     page     50,     line     11,     leave out from 'offence' to end of line 13.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

395

*Clause     81,     page     50,     line     12,     leave out 'or is disposed to behave'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

396

*Clause     81,     page     50,     line     19,     at end insert 'or

(c)	relates to spent convictions.'.

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Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

387

Clause     83,     page     50,     line     33,     at end insert 'or—

(ba)	it is important to establishing whether or not a witness is to be believed.'.

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Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

325

Clause     84,     page     51,     line     29,     leave out 'bad character' and insert 'previous convictions'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

326

Clause     84,     page     51,     line     32,     after 'himself', insert 'or by an advocate appointed by the Court.'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

366

Clause     84,     page     51,     line     36,     leave out paragraph (d).

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

397

*Clause     84,     page     51,     line     36,     leave out from 'for' to end of line 38 and insert 'a previous offence under the same statutory provision'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

388

Clause     84,     page     51,     line     36,     leave out 'same description' and insert 'similar facts'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

327

Clause     84,     page     51,     line     37,     leave out 'or of the same category'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

328

Clause     84,     page     51,     line     44,     after 'defendant', insert 'or an advocate appointed by the Court.'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

394

*Clause     84,     page     51,     line     44,     leave out 'another person's' and insert 'a witness's'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

367

Clause     84,     page     52,     line     1,     after '(e)', insert ', (f), (g)'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

368

Clause     84,     page     52,     line     1,     leave out 'on an application by the defendant to exclude it'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

369

Clause     84,     page     52,     line     8,     at end insert—

    '(4A)   Except where subsection (1)(a) applies, evidence of the bad character of the defendant must not be given without the leave of the court.'.

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Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

398

*Clause     85,     page     52,     line     14,     leave out 'or difficult'.

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Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

389

Clause     86,     page     52,     line     21,     at end insert 'and the facts of the offence have a similarity with the facts of the offence under consideration.'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

329

Clause     86,     page     52,     line     22,     leave out paragraph (b).

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

364

Clause     86,     page     52,     line     25,     leave out subsection (2).

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Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

390

Clause     87,     page     52,     line     32,     leave out 'kind' and insert 'type and in the manner of that.'.

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Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

391

Clause     89,     page     53,     line     16,     leave out '(whether or not in evidence given by him)'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

392

Clause     89,     page     53,     line     21,     leave out sub-paragraph (ii).

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

365

Clause     89,     page     53,     line     29,     at end insert 'or

(f)	the assertion is made by an advocate appointed by the Court.'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

393

Clause     89,     page     53,     line     33,     leave out subsections (4) and (5).

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Mr Graham Allen

105

Clause     92,     page     55,     line     18,     at end insert 'in the following circumstances, namely—

(a)	the prosecution can show continuous or persistent commission of similar offences by the defendant since the time that he first committed them, or

(b)	the defence has introduced evidence of the defendent's experiences before the age of 14.'.

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Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

403

*Clause     98,     page     57,     line     20,     leave out 'admissible' and insert 'is not to be admitted'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

404

*Clause     98,     page     57,     line     20,     leave out 'if, but only if' and insert 'unless'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

405

*Clause     98,     page     57,     line     22,     at end insert 'and the court is satisfied that, despite the difficulties there may be in challenging the statement, it would not be contrary to the interests of justice for it to be admitted'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

406

*Clause     98,     page     57,     line     22,     at end insert 'or'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

407

*Clause     98,     page     57,     line     24,     leave out 'or'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

370

Clause     98,     page     57,     line     25,     leave out paragraph (d).

   

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

371

Clause     98,     page     57,     line     27,     at end insert—

    '(1A)   A statement under subsection (1) may be admitted only if the court is satisfied that, having regard to subsection (2), it would be in the interests of justice for it to be admitted.'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

372

Clause     98,     page     57,     line     29,     leave out 'subsection (1)(d)' and insert 'subsection (1)'.

Prepared 21 Jan 2003