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S.C.F.
9

House of Commons

Tuesday 1st February 2005

Standing Committee Proceedings

Standing Committee F

Drugs Bill
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[Third and Fourth Sittings]
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Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr Crispin Blunt

Withdrawn  35

Clause  3,  page  4,  line  22,  at end insert—

‘(d)
a prison officer’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 4 Agreed to.

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Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr Crispin Blunt

Withdrawn  36

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  22,  leave out from ‘officer’ to ‘has’.

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr Crispin Blunt

Withdrawn  37

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  25,  leave out ‘a Class A’ and insert ‘or can be reasonably

suspected to have swallowed any controlled’.

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr Crispin Blunt

Not called  40

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  25,  at end insert ‘within 3 hours of the authorisation by that

officer’.

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr Crispin Blunt

Negatived on division  38

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  26,  leave out paragraph (b).

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Drugs Bill, continued

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr Crispin Blunt

Not called  39

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  29,  leave out ‘(or both)’.

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr Crispin Blunt

Withdrawn  41

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  42,  at end insert—

‘(d)
a purpose built facility for carrying out searches authorised under this

legislation’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 6 Agreed to.

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John Mann

Withdrawn  18

Clause  7,  page  8,  line  34,  after ‘A’, insert ‘or class B’.

John Mann

Not called  19

Clause  7,  page  9,  line  3,  after ‘A’, insert ‘or class B’.

Mrs Cheryl Gillan

Mr Crispin Blunt

Not selected  8

Clause  7,  page  9,  line  9,  leave out paragraph (a).

Clause Agreed to.

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Mr Mark Oaten

Mr Alistair Carmichael

Withdrawn  42

Clause  8,  page  10,  line  42,  at end add, ‘This power can only be exercised where the

taking of an x-ray or the carrying out of an ultrasound scan has established the possibility

of the person being detained having swallowed a substance reasonably believed to be

controlled drugs.’.

Clause Agreed to.

[Adjourned till Thursday 3rd February at 9.10 a.m.