S.C.B.

Amendment Paper as at
Thursday 23rd January 2003

STANDING COMMITTEE B

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New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL

NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [17th December].

RESOLUTION OF THE PROGRAMMING SUB-COMMITTEE

The Programming Sub-Committee appointed by the Speaker in respect of the Bill agreed the following Resolution at its meeting on Tuesday 21st January (Sessional Order C relating to Programming):

That the Order of the Committee [17th December] be further amended, by leaving out paragraph (5) and inserting—

    '(5)   the proceedings on Clause 62, Schedule 4, Clauses 93 to 97 and Schedule 5 (so far as not previously concluded) shall be brought to a conclusion at 5.50 p.m. on Thursday 23rd January 2003;

    (5A)   the proceedings on Clauses 98 to 119, Schedule 6 and Clauses 120 to 125 (so far as not previously concluded) shall be brought to a conclusion at 6.50 p.m. on Tuesday 28th January 2003;'.

Hilary Benn has given notice of his intention to move a motion in the terms of the resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee [Sessional Order C(9) relating to Programming].

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Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

467

Clause     81,     page     50,     line     10,     after 'which', insert 'clearly'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

468

Clause     81,     page     50,     line     10,     after 'which', insert 'conclusively'.

   

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)'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

469

Clause     81,     page     50,     line     11,     leave out 'committed an offence' and insert 'been convicted of a previous offence of similar facts as the one with which he is charged'.

   

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
Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

395

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

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

434

Clause     81,     page     50,     line     13,     at end insert ', and includes a question put in proceedings which makes reference to, or is asked with a veiw to eliciting, such evidence'.

   

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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Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

470

Page     50,     line     8,     leave out Clause 82.

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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.'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

435

Clause     83,     page     50,     line     34,     at end insert 'in relation to the credibility of any evidence which that person has provided and which relates to such a matter, or'.

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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'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

471

Clause     84,     page     51,     line     29,     after 'character', insert 'which is of direct relevance to issues in a particular case'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

436

Clause     84,     page     51,     line     30,     after 'admissible', insert 'without leave of the court'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

472

Clause     84,     page     51,     line     30,     leave out 'admissible if, but only if' and insert 'not admissible, unless'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

437

Clause     84,     page     51,     line     31,     at end insert ', or

    (aa)   it is relevant to a matter in issue between the defendant and a co-defendant'.

   

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.'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

438

Clause     84,     page     51,     line     34,     at end insert—

    '(1A)   In criminal proceedings evidence of the defendant's bad character is admissible with leave of the court if it is relevant to a matter in issue in the proceedings and—'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

473

Clause     84,     page     51,     line     35,     leave out paragraph (c).

   

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
Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

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
Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

388

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

   

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

327

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

   

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

474

Clause     84,     page     51,     line     38,     after 'charged', insert 'and the court is satisfied that excluding the evidence of bad character will be contrary to the interests of justice'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

475

Clause     84,     page     51,     line     39,     leave out paragraph (e).

   

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

439

Clause     84,     page     51,     line     41,     leave out paragraph (f).

   

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
Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

394

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

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

440

Clause     84,     page     51,     line     45,     leave out 'subsection (1)' and insert 'subsections (1) and (1A)'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

441

Clause     84,     page     52,     line     1,     leave out '(d), (e) or (h)' and insert '(b) or (aa) or (1A)'.

   

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'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

442

Clause     84,     page     52,     line     1,     at end insert 'application for leave to admit it, or an'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

443

Clause     84,     page     52,     line     5,     after 'to', insert 'admit evidence under subsection (1A) or'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Mark Francois

444

Clause     84,     page     52,     line     6,     leave out 'in particular' and insert 'among other things'.

   

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
Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

398

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

Prepared 23 Jan 2003