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House of Commons

 
 

Thursday 27th January 2005

 

Standing Committee Proceedings

 

Standing Committee F

 

Drugs Bill

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[First and Second Sittings]

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Agreed to

 

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 Thursday 27th January (Standing Order

 

No. 83C)

 

That—

 

(1)  

during proceedings on the Drugs Bill the Standing Committee shall (in

 

addition to its first meeting at 9.10 a.m. on Thursday 27th January) meet—

 

(a)  

at 2.30 p.m. on Thursday 27th January;

 

(b)  

at 9.10 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday 1st February and Thursday 3rd

 

February;

 

(2)  

the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

 

conclusion at 5.55 p.m. on Thursday 3rd February.

 

Caroline Flint has given notice of her intention to move a motion in the terms of the

 

Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee [Standing Order No. 83C].

 

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Mr Mark Oaten

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Negatived on division  9

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  11,  leave out ‘18’ and insert ‘16’.

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  28

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  11,  leave out ‘18’ and insert ‘criminal responsibility’.

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  30

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  11,  at end insert—


 
 

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Drugs Bill, continued

 
 

‘(c)    

the offender intended to supply controlled drugs to a person under the age

 

of 16.’.

 

Mr Mark Oaten

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Withdrawn  12

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  16,  after ‘aggravated’, insert ‘and must state the portion of a

 

sentence being imposed that relates to this aggravation’.

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Negatived on division  1

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  18,  after ‘school’, insert ‘youth club, skate park, arcade or

 

bowling alley’.

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Negatived on division  25

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  18,  leave out ‘at a relevant time’ and insert ‘at any time’.

 

Mr Mark Oaten

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Not called  17

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  18,  after ‘time’, insert ‘or involved the supply of controlled

 

drugs to a person under the age of 16.’.

 

Mr Mark Oaten

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Not called  10

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  21,  leave out ‘18’ and insert ‘16’.

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  26

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  1,  leave out subsection (5).

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Mr Mark Oaten

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Agreed to  2

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  5,  leave out subsection (6).

 

Mr Mark Oaten

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Withdrawn  11

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  9,  leave out ‘requests’ and insert ‘requires or causes’.

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  29

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  9,  leave out ‘requests’ and insert ‘intends to use or uses’.


 
 

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Drugs Bill, continued

 
 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Withdrawn  3

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  12,  after ‘cash’, insert ‘, or items intended to be exchanged

 

for their monetary value,’.

 

Mr Mark Oaten

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Not called  14

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  12,  after ‘cash’, insert ‘or other consideration’.

 

Mr Mark Oaten

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Not called  15

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  13,  after first ‘cash’, insert ‘or other consideration’.

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  4

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  13,  after first ‘cash’, insert ‘, or items intended to be

 

exchanged for their monetary value,’.

 

Mr Mark Oaten

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Not called  16

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  13,  after second ‘cash’, insert ‘or other consideration’.

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  5

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  13,  after second ‘cash’, insert ‘, or items intended to be

 

exchanged for their monetary value,’.

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  6

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  18,  after ‘cash’, insert ‘, or items intended to be exchanged

 

for their monetary value,’.

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  7

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  25,  at end insert—

 

‘(g)    

any goods which are intended to be exchanged in the place of cash.’.


 
 

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Drugs Bill, continued

 
 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Withdrawn  27

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  37,  leave out from ‘above)’ to end of subsection and insert

 

‘will apply upon Royal Assent’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

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Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Withdrawn  31

 

Clause  2,  page  3,  line  3,  leave out subsection (4B).

 

Clause Agreed to on division.

 

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Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Withdrawn  32

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  31,  leave out ‘the appropriate’.

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  33

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  34,  after ‘inform’, insert ‘in writing’.

 

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Withdrawn  34

 

Clause  3,  page  4,  line  12,  leave out from ‘draw’ to end of line and insert ‘any

 

appropriate inferences from the refusal’.

 

[Adjourned till Tuesday next at 9.10 a.m.


 
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