Amendment Paper as at
Monday 31st January 2005

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE

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CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM BILL [LORDS]

NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the House [17th January 2005] and the Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] (Programme) No. 2.

   

Mr William Cash
Mr Richard Shepherd
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Edward Leigh
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Mr Eric Forth

5

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     4,     at beginning insert 'Subject to section (Supremacy of Parliament (No. 2))'.

   

Mr William Cash
Mr Richard Shepherd
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Edward Leigh
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Mr Eric Forth

6

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     4,     at beginning insert 'Subject to section (Supremacy of Parliament (No. 3))'.

   

Mr William Cash
Mr Richard Shepherd
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Edward Leigh
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Mr Eric Forth

364

Clause     1,     page     1,     line     7,     at end add—

    '(2)   In this section "the rule of law" means in particular the sovereignty of the Queen in Parliament in making the law and the sovereignty of the Queen's courts in interpreting and applying both that law and the common law.'.

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Mr Christopher Leslie
Sir Teddy Taylor

18

Clause     4,     page     2,     line     24,     leave out '("the Minister")'.

   

Mr William Cash
Mr Richard Shepherd
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Edward Leigh
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Mr Eric Forth

Sir Teddy Taylor

David Burnside

7

Clause     4,     page     2,     leave out lines 35 to 42.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

1

Clause     6,     page     3,     line     41,     leave out 'But'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

2

Clause     6,     page     3,     line     43,     at end insert—

    '(3)   In relation to Northern Ireland those matters do not include transferred matters within the legislative competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly, unless they are matters to which a Bill for an Act of Parliament relates.

    (4)   In subsection (3) the reference to transferred matters has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c.47).'.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

19

Clause     7,     page     4,     line     10,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

20

Clause     7,     page     4,     line     13,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Jonathan Djanogly

359

Clause     7,     page     4,     line     27,     at end insert—

    '(6)   Nothing in this section affects the position and functions of the Master of the Rolls.'.

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Mr William Cash
Mr Richard Shepherd
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Edward Leigh
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Mr Eric Forth

8

Clause     5,     page     3,     leave out lines 24 to 31.

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NEW CLAUSE AMENDING SECTION 12 OF THE JUSTICE (NORTHERN
IRELAND) ACT 2002

Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

NC1A

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   For subsection (1) of section 12 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (role of the Lord Chief Justice) substitute—

    "(1A)   The Lord Chief Justice holds the office of President of the Courts of Northern Ireland and is Head of the Judiciary of Northern Ireland.

    (1B)   As President of the Courts of Northern Ireland he is responsible—

(a)	for representing the views of the judiciary of Northern Ireland to Parliament, the Lord Chancellor and Ministers of the Crown generally;

(b)	for representing the views of the judiciary of Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Assembly, the First Minister and deputy First Minister and Northern Ireland Ministers;

(c)	for the maintenance of appropriate arrangements for the welfare, training and guidance of the judiciary of Northern Ireland within the resources made available by the Lord Chancellor;

(d)	for the maintenance of appropriate arrangements for the deployment of the judiciary of Northern Ireland and the allocation of work within courts.

    (1C)   The President of the Courts of Northern Ireland is president of the courts listed in subsection (1D) and is entitled to sit in any of those courts.

    (1D)   The courts are—

the Court of Appeal
the High Court
the Crown Court
the county courts
the magistrates' courts.".'.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

9

Page     1,     line     11,     leave out Clause 2.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

10

Page     2,     line     1,     leave out Clause 3.

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Mr Oliver Heald
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Jonathan Djanogly

350

Clause     20,     page     9,     line     15,     at end insert 'situated in the Palace of Westminster'.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Jonathan Djanogly

325

Page     9,     line     14,     leave out Clause 20.

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Mr Oliver Heald
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Jonathan Djanogly

326

Page     9,     line     28,     leave out Clause 21.

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NEW CLAUSES RELATING TO MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AS RESERVED OR EXCEPTED MATTERS UNDER THE NORTHERN IRELAND ACT 1998

Representations to the Northern Ireland Assembly

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

NC4

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may lay before the Northern Ireland Assembly written representations on matters within subsection (2) that appear to him to be matters of importance relating to the judiciary, or otherwise to the administration of justice, in Northern Ireland.

    (2)   The matters are—

(a)	excepted or reserved matters to which a Bill for an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly relates;

(b)	transferred matters within the legislative competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly, unless they are matters to which a Bill for an Act of Parliament relates.

    (3)   In subsection (2) references to excepted, reserved and transferred matters have the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c.47).'.

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Northern Ireland Act 1998: excepted and reserved matters relating to Supreme Court

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

NC5

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c.47) is amended as follows.

    (2)   In Schedule 2 (excepted matters), after paragraph 11 insert—

"11A

The Supreme Court."

    (3)   In Schedule 3 (reserved matters), after paragraph 14 insert—

"14A

The following matters—

(a)   rights of appeal to the Supreme Court;

(b)   legal aid for appeals to the Supreme Court.".'.

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Mr Alex Salmond
Pete Wishart
Annabell Ewing
Mr Michael Weir
Angus Robertson

366

Clause     37,     page     17,     line     23,     leave out 'An' and insert 'No'.

   

Mr Alex Salmond
Pete Wishart
Annabell Ewing
Mr Michael Weir
Angus Robertson

367

Clause     37,     page     17,     leave out lines 24 and 25.

   

Mr Oliver Heald
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Jonathan Djanogly

362

Page     17,     line     19,     leave out Clause 37.

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Mr Oliver Heald
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Jonathan Djanogly

348

Page     162,     line     1,     leave out Schedule 8.

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Mr Oliver Heald
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Jonathan Djanogly

339

Clause     109,     page     48,     line     27,     leave out subsections (1) and (2).

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Mr Christopher Leslie

3

Clause     105,     page     46,     leave out from end of line 17 to 'unless' in line 19 and insert 'or, if the Lord Chancellor is not a member of that House, by another Minister of the Crown at his request.

    (4)   No motion for the presentation of such an address may be made'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

4

Clause     105,     page     46,     line     25,     leave out from 'and' to end of line 26 and insert 'a person making such a motion in the House of Lords shall lay a copy of the report before that House before making the motion.'.

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Mr Oliver Heald
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Jonathan Djanogly

351

Clause     106,     page     47,     line     7,     leave out 'except after consultation with' and insert 'without the agreement of'.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

21

Clause     94,     page     40,     line     38,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

22

Clause     94,     page     40,     line     39,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

23

Clause     94,     page     41,     line     2,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

11

Clause     94,     page     41,     line     4,     leave out subsection (3) and insert—

    '(3)   The Lord Chief Justice may give a judicial office holder formal advice, or a formal warning or reprimand, for disciplinary purposes (but this section does not restrict what he may do informally or for other purposes or where any advice or warning is not addressed to a particular office holder).'.

Prepared 31 Jan 2005