Amendments proposed to the Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] - continued	House of Commons
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MrChristopher Leslie

172

Schedule     10,     page     200,     line     32,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

173

Schedule     10,     page     200,     line     36,     leave out first 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

174

Schedule     10,     page     200,     line     36,     leave out second 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

175

Schedule     10,     page     200,     line     38,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

176

Schedule     11,     page     201,     line     31,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

582

Schedule     11,     page     201,     line     32,     leave out from beginning to 'been' and insert 'A person must not be appointed as the Ombudsman if he is employed in the civil service of the State or if he has ever'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

658

Schedule     11,     page     201,     line     35,     leave out 'Supreme Court' and insert 'Senior Courts'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

659

Schedule     11,     page     201,     line     39,     leave out 'Supreme'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

583

Schedule     11,     page     202,     line     1,     at end insert—

'(2A)

Before recommending a person for appointment as the Ombudsman the Lord Chancellor must consider—

(a)   whether the person has exercised functions that appear to the Lord Chancellor to be of a judicial nature and such as to make the person inappropriate for the appointment;

(b)   whether any past service in a capacity mentioned in sub-paragraph (2B) appears to the Lord Chancellor to make the person inappropriate for the appointment;

(c)   whether the extent of any present or past party political activity or affiliations appears to the Lord Chancellor to make the person inappropriate for the appointment.

(2B)	The service referred to in sub-paragraph (2A)(b) is service as any of these—

(a)   a Commissioner;

(b)   a member of the staff of theCommission;

(c)   a member of the House of Commons;

(d)   a person employed in the civil service of the State.'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

660

Schedule     11,     page     202,     line     9,     leave out 'Supreme Court' and insert 'Senior Courts'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

661

Schedule     11,     page     202,     line     10,     leave out 'Supreme'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

177

Schedule     11,     page     202,     line     24,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

178

Schedule     11,     page     202,     line     25,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

640

Schedule     11,     page     202,     line     26,     at end insert—

'(za)   has become disqualified for appointment under paragraph 1(2),

(zb)   has ceased to be appropriate for the appointment because of considerations listed in paragraph 1(2A),'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

179

Schedule     11,     page     202,     line     34,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

180

Schedule     11,     page     202,     line     36,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

181

Schedule     11,     page     202,     line     38,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

182

Schedule     11,     page     203,     line     1,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

183

Schedule     11,     page     203,     line     3,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

184

Schedule     11,     page     203,     line     4,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

185

Schedule     11,     page     203,     line     6,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr ChristopherLeslie

186

Schedule     11,     page     203,     line     9,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

187

Schedule     11,     page     203,     line     11,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

188

Schedule     11,     page     203,     line     17,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

189

Schedule     11,     page     203,     line     19,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

190

Schedule     11,     page     203,     line     21,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

191

Schedule     11,     page     203,     line     25,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

192

Schedule     11,     page     203,     line     31,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

193

Schedule     11,     page     203,     line     39,     leave out 'Minister's' and insert 'Lord Chancellor's'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

194

Schedule     11,     page     204,     line     17,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

195

Schedule     11,     page     204,     line     20,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

196

Schedule     11,     page     204,     line     32,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

197

Schedule     11,     page     204,     line     33,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

584

Schedule     11,     page     204,     line     39,     at end insert—

'Code of conduct

The Lord Chancellor may issue and from time to time revise a code of conduct to be observed by the Ombudsman and any person appointed under paragraph 7 to exercise his functions.'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

198

Schedule     11,     page     205,     line     3,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

199

Schedule     11,     page     205,     line     5,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

200

Schedule     11,     page     205,     line     9,     leave out first 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

201

Schedule     11,     page     205,     line     9,     leave out second 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

202

Schedule     11,     page     205,     line     11,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

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Keith Vaz
Peter Bottomley
Mr Hilton Dawson
Ross Cranston
Dr Alan Whitehead

17

Clause     57,     page     25,     line     9,     at end insert—

    '(4)   The Commission must, so far as it is reasonably practicable to do so, secure that a range of persons reflective of the community of the United Kingdom is available for consideration by the Commission whenever it is required to select a person to be appointed, or recommended for appointment, to judicial offices under this Part.'.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

203

Clause     58,     page     25,     line     11,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

204

Clause     59,     page     25,     line     23,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

205

Clause     59,     page     25,     line     28,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

206

Clause     59,     page     25,     line     29,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

207

Clause     59,     page     25,     line     34,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

208

Clause     59,     page     25,     line     35,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

585

Clause     59,     page     25,     line     38,     at beginning insert 'after consulting the Lord Chief Justice,'.

   

Mr Christopher Leslie

209

Clause     59,     page     26,     line     12,     leave out 'Minister' and insert 'Lord Chancellor'.

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Prepared 25 Feb 2005