Amendments proposed to the Police (Northern Ireland) Bill [lords], As Amended - continued House of Commons

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Mr Secretary Murphy

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Page     9,     line     36     [Clause     12],     leave out ', or information contained in a document,'.


   

Mr Quentin Davies
Mr John Taylor
Mr David Wilshire

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*Page     10,     line     10     [Clause     12],     at end insert—

    (c)   information the disclosure of which would, or would be likely to, prejudice on-going police investigations or operations.'.

   

Mr David Trimble
Lady Hermon

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Page     10,     line     12,     leave out Clause 13.

   

Mr David Trimble
Lady Hermon

49

Page     10,     line     17     [Clause     13],     after 'practicable', insert 'and so far as is consistent with sub-paragraph (1B) below'.

   

Mr David Trimble
Lady Hermon

50

Page     10,     line     18     [Clause     13],     at end insert 'in terms of ethnicity, gender, religion and age'.

   

Mr David Trimble
Lady Hermon

51

Page     10,     line     18     [Clause     13],     at end insert—

    '(1B)   In appointing independent members of a DPP the Board shall in so far as practicable appoint persons who are representative of business or trade unions or have expertise in community safety matters.'.

   

Mr Quentin Davies
Mr John Taylor
Mr David Wilshire

77

*Page     10,     line     19,     leave out Clause 14.


   

Mr Quentin Davies
Mr John Taylor
Mr David Wilshire

69

*Page     11,     line     37     [Clause     17],     at end add—

    '(5)   Notwithstanding subsections (2), (3) and (4) the operational independence of the Chief Constable for the direction and control of the police shall remain unaffected.'.


   

Mr David Trimble
Lady Hermon

52

Page     12,     line     1,     leave out Clause 18.

   

Mr Secretary Murphy

9

Page     12,     line     4     [Clause     18],     after 'information', insert 'and documents'.

   

Mr David Trimble
Lady Hermon

56

Page     12,     line     8     [Clause     18],     leave out 'it appears to the Chief Constable that'.

   

Mr Secretary Murphy

10

Page     12,     line     9     [Clause     18],     after 'information', insert 'is—

      (a) information the disclosure of which would be likely to put an individual in danger, or

      (b) information which'.

   

Mr Quentin Davies
Mr John Taylor
Mr David Wilshire

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*Page     12,     line     10     [Clause     18],     at end insert—

    '(2A)   Subsection (1) does not require the Chief Constable to supply any information to the Board if it appears to the Chief Constable that the information ought not to be disclosed on the grounds that it would, or would be likely to, prejudice on-going police investigations and operations.'.

   

Mr Secretary Murphy

11

Page     12,     line     11     [Clause     18],     leave out subsections (3) and (4).

   

Mr David Trimble
Lady Hermon

53

Page     12,     line     14     [Clause     18],     at end insert 'or is information that would or be likely to, prejudice the prevention or detection of crime or the apprehension or prosecution of offenders'.

   

Mr Quentin Davies
Mr John Taylor
Mr David Wilshire

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*Page     12,     line     14     [Clause     18],     at end insert 'or would, or would be likely to, prejudice on-going police investigations or operations'.

   

Mr Secretary Murphy

12

Page     12,     line     18     [Clause     18],     leave out 'or the committee'.

   

Mr David Trimble
Lady Hermon

57

Page     12,     line     19     [Clause     18],     leave out 'in his opinion'.

   

Mr David Trimble
Lady Hermon

58

Page     12,     line     20     [Clause     18],     after 'would', insert 'in his opinion'.

   

Mr David Trimble
Lady Hermon

54

Page     12,     line     21     [Clause     18],     leave out 'or'.

   

Mr David Trimble
Lady Hermon

55

Page     12,     line     23     [Clause     18],     at end insert 'or

      (c) information that would, or would be likely to, prejudice the prevention or detection of crime or the apprehension or prosecution of offenders.'.

   

Mr Secretary Murphy

13

Page     12,     line     26     [Clause     18],     leave out 'or the committee'.

   

Mr Secretary Murphy

14

Page     12,     line     27     [Clause     18],     leave out 'recipient of the information' and insert 'Board'.

   

Mr Quentin Davies
Mr John Taylor
Mr David Wilshire

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*Page     12,     line     33     [Clause     19],     after 'person', insert 'who is a member of the Garda Siochana in the Irish Republic'.

   

Mr Quentin Davies
Mr John Taylor
Mr David Wilshire

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*Page     12,     line     36     [Clause     19],     at end insert—

    '(2A)   In making such appointments the Chief Constable shall appoint an even number of persons of whom—

      (a) one half shall be persons who are treated as Roman Catholic;

      (b) one half shall be persons who are not so treated.'.


   

Mr Secretary Murphy

15

Page     13,     line     22     [Clause     20],     leave out 'as a police officer'.

   

Mr Secretary Murphy

16

Page     13,     line     23     [Clause     20],     leave out 'Chief Constable' and insert 'relevant officer'.

   

Mr Secretary Murphy

17

Page     13,     line     25     [Clause     20],     after 'accordingly', insert—

    '(3)   In this Article "the relevant officer"—

      (a) in relation to a police officer, means the Chief Constable;

      (b) in relation to a person holding office under section 9(1)(b) of the Police Act 1997 (police members of the National Criminal Intelligence Service) means the Director General of the National Criminal Intelligence Service; and

      (c) in relation to any other person holding the office of constable, means the person who has the direction and control of the body of constables in question.'.


   

Mr Secretary Murphy

18

Page     14,     line     3     [Clause     21],     after '(2),', insert '(2A),'.

   

Mr Secretary Murphy

19

Page     14,     line     11     [Clause     21],     at end insert—

    '(2A)   The circumstances are that—

      (a) the information is supplied by the Chief Constable under section 33A to the Board;

      (b) the Chief Constable informs the Board that, in his opinion, the information is information of a kind mentioned in section 33A(5)(a) or (b).'.

   

Mr Quentin Davies
Mr John Taylor
Mr David Wilshire

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*Page     14,     line     11     [Clause     21],     at end insert—

      '(d) the Chief Constable informs the person that, in his opinion, the information would, or would be likely, to prejudice on-going police investigations or operations.'.

   

Mr Secretary Murphy

20

Page     14,     line     14     [Clause     21],     leave out '33A or'.

   

Mr Secretary Murphy

21

Page     14,     line     14     [Clause     21],     leave out from second 'or' to end of line 15 and insert 'a special purposes committee;'.

   

Mr Secretary Murphy

22

Page     14,     line     18     [Clause     21],     leave out 'section 33A(5)(a) or (b) or'.

   

Mr Quentin Davies
Mr John Taylor
Mr David Wilshire

81

*Page     14,     line     18     [Clause     21],     at end insert—

      '(c) the Chief Constable informs the Board or the Committee under section 33A(6) or 59 (4H) that, in his opinion, the information is information of a kind that would, or would be likely, to prejudice on-going police investigations or operations.'.

   

Mr Secretary Murphy

23

Page     14,     line     22     [Clause     21],     leave out from 'to' to end of line 23 and insert 'a special purposes committee;'.

   

Mr Secretary Murphy

24

Page     14,     line     33     [Clause     21],     leave out from 'Ombudsman' to end of line 34 and insert ', or an officer of the Ombudsman, in connection with any function of the Ombudsman;'.

   

Mr Secretary Murphy

25

Page     14,     line     35     [Clause     21],     leave out from 'to' to end of line 36 and insert 'a special purposes committee;'.

   

Mr Secretary Murphy

26

Page     14,     line     42     [Clause     21],     at end insert '(2A),'.


   

Mr Secretary Murphy

27

Page     15,     line     1     [Clause     21],     leave out from 'to' to 'to' in line 2 and insert 'a special purposes committee,'.

   

Mr Secretary Murphy

28

Page     15,     line     7     [Clause     21],     leave out from 'Ombudsman' to end of line 8 and insert ', or an officer of the Ombudsman, in connection with any function of the Ombudsman;'.

 
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