Amendments proposed to the Civil Contingencies Bill - continued House of Commons

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Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael

81

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     44,     after 'Part', insert 'or a provision of the Health and Safety at Work Etc. Act 1974'.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael

82

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     44,     after 'Part', insert 'or a provision of the Human Rights Act 1998'.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans

83

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     46,     leave out from 'function' to end of line 49 and insert 'subject to proper remuneration or compensation being payable'.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans

60

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     48,     leave out 'or compensation'.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans

61

Clause     21,     page     14,     line     49,     at end insert 'provided that such function is reasonable and proportional to the risk or risks in respect of which regulations are being made'.

   

Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael

101

Clause     21,     page     15,     line     1,     leave out paragraph (l).

   

Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael

102

Clause     21,     page     15,     line     6,     after 'tribunal' insert 'of qualified persons'.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans

62

Clause     21,     page     15,     line     15,     leave out subsection (4).


   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer

108

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     19,     leave out 'thinks' and insert 'believes on reasonable grounds'.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer

110

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     20,     after 'is', insert 'reasonable'.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans

63

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     31,     at end insert 'with the exception of industrial action that would lead to the endangerment of human life or property, or cause illness or injury'.

   

Mr Richard Allan

104

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     31,     at end insert '; or—

    ( )   require a person, or enable a person to be required, to undergo any medical test, examination, treatment or vaccination if that person objects on the basis of his or her religious beliefs, but a person who objects to such a requirement on religious grounds may be placed in isolation or quarantine.'.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer

109

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     31,     at end insert—

      '(c) require a person to act in breach of human rights provided for by the Human Rights Act 1998.'.

   

Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael

103

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     38,     leave out 'three' and insert 'one'.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer

87

Clause     22,     page     15,     line     40,     at end add—

    '(5)   Emergency regulations may not amend any provision of the Human Rights Act 1988 or any past legislation which makes up the statutory framework of the British Constitution.'.


   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer

105

Clause     25,     page     17,     line     15,     at end add—

    '(3)   Where emergency regulations are made and thereafter new regulations are made, the series of regulations shall lapse after 90 days and new regulations shall not be made thereafter under this Part in respect of the emergency.'.


   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer

113

Clause     26,     page     17,     line     18,     leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

      '(a) these regulations shall be put to a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament consisting of members of the Privy Council chosen to reflect the political balance of the House of Commons (to be known as the Emergency Powers Committee), before their acceptance, to provide an initial parliamentary check.

      (aa) a senior Minister of the Crown shall then, as soon as is reasonably practicable, lay the regulations before Parliament, provided that he believes on reasonable grounds that he has used his best endeavours to consult the Emergency Powers Committee.

      (ab) a senior Minister of the Crown may dispense with the requirements of paragraph (a) above if he thinks it is necessary to do so by reason of urgency.'

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans

64

Clause     26,     page     17,     line     18,     leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

    '(a)   these regulations shall be put to a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament consisting of members of the Privy Council chosen to reflect the political balance of the House of Commons, (to be known as the Emergency Powers Committee), before their acceptance, to provide an initial parliamentary check.'.

   

Mr Richard Shepherd

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans

33

Clause     26,     page     17,     line     39,     at end insert—

    '(3A)   Paragraph (1) of House of Commons Standing Order No. 16 (Proceedings under an Act or on European Union Documents) shall not apply to proceedings in the House of Commons under this section.'.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer

106

Clause     26,     page     17,     line     40,     at beginning insert 'Subject to section 25(3) of this Act'.


   

Mr Douglas Alexander

114

*Clause     29,     page     18,     line     36,     at end insert—

    '(2)   Emergency regulations shall be treated for the purposes of the Human Rights Act 1998 (c.42) as subordinate legislation and not primary legislation (whether or not they amend primary legislation).'.


   

Mr Douglas Alexander

65

Schedule     3,     page     27,     second column, leave out lines 34 to 37 and insert—

'The whole Act.'.


NEW CLAUSES

Performance of functions and jurisdiction of the courts

   

Mr William Cash
Patrick Mercer
Mr Oliver Heald

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

       'Where Her Majesty, a Minister of the Crown or other person or any of them performs functions under Part 2 of this Act they shall carry out those functions only in circumstances in which they have reasonable cause to believe that the exercise of those functions are essential in the national interest and nothing in this Act shall be construed as ousting the jurisdiction of any court in determining that or any other matter arising under this Act.'.


Confidentiality

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Patrick Mercer
Mr Nigel Evans

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

       'Regulations under section 2(5)(iii), section 4(4)(b) (to the extent that they make provisions of a kind permitted under section 2(5)(i)) and section 6(1) or (2) shall make suitable provision to protect the confidentiality of information provided or disclosed under those regulations, including an appropriate enforcement mechanism.'.


ORDER OF THE HOUSE [19TH JANUARY 2004]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Civil Contingencies Bill:

Committal

    1.   The Bill shall be committed to a Standing Committee.

Proceedings in Standing Committee

    2.   Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on 10th February 2004.

    3.   The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

    4.   Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.

    5.   Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

Programming Committee

    6.   Sessional Order B (programming committees) made on 28th June 2001 shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.

Programming of proceedings

    7.   All other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the Lords) may be programmed.


ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE [27th JANUARY 2004]

That—     (1)   during proceedings on the Civil Contingencies Bill the Standing Committee shall meet when the House is sitting on Tuesdays at 9.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. and on Thursdays at 2.30 p.m;

    (2)   8 sittings shall be allotted to the consideration of the Bill by the Committee;

    (3)   the proceedings shall be taken in the order shown in the Table below and shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the second column of the Table.

TABLE

ProceedingsTime for conclusion of proceedings
Clauses 1 to 17; Schedule 1;5.30 p.m. on Thursday 29th January.
Clauses 18 to 31; Schedules 2 and 3; Clauses 32 to 35; remaining proceedings on the Bill.5.30 p.m. on Tuesday 10th February.


 
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