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Committee of the whole House Proceedings: 1st March 2005
372

Constitutional Reform Bill–[ [], continued

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  196

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

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  197

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

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  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

Agreed to  198

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

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  199

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

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  200

Schedule  11,  page  205,  line  9,  leave out first ‘Minister’ and insert ‘Lord

Chancellor’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  201

Schedule  11,  page  205,  line  9,  leave out second ‘Minister’ and insert ‘Lord

Chancellor’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  202

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

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

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Keith Vaz

Peter Bottomley

Mr Hilton Dawson

Ross Cranston

Dr Alan Whitehead

Alice Mahon

Mr Piara S. Khabra

Jeremy Corbyn

Mr Jim Cunningham

Not called  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.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  203

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

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  204

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

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  205

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

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  206

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

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  207

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

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  208

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

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  585

Clause  59,  page  25,  line  38,  at beginning insert ‘after consulting the Lord Chief

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Justice,’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  209

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

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  586

Clause  60,  page  26,  line  16,  leave out ‘This section applies’ and insert ‘Sections

(Duty to fill vacancies) to 66 apply’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  587

Clause  60,  page  26,  line  23,  leave out subsections (2) to (8) and insert—

‘(2)
Any such recommendation must be made in accordance with those sections and

section (Effect of acceptance of selection).’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  588

Clause  61,  page  27,  line  1,  leave out subsection (3) and insert—

‘(3)
One person only must be selected for each recommendation to which a request

relates.

(3A)
Subsection (3) applies to selection under this section and to selection under

section 66.’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Mr Oliver Heald

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Not selected  334

Clause  62,  page  27,  line  9,  leave out ‘Supreme Court judge’ and insert ‘Lord of

Appeal in Ordinary’.

Mr Oliver Heald

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Not selected  335

Clause  62,  page  27,  line  20,  leave out ‘Supreme Court judge’ and insert ‘Lord of

Appeal in Ordinary’.

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Mr Oliver Heald

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Not selected  336

Clause  62,  page  27,  line  31,  leave out ‘Supreme Court judge’ and insert ‘Lord of

Appeal in Ordinary’.

Mr Oliver Heald

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Not selected  337

Clause  62,  page  28,  line  5,  leave out ‘Supreme Court judge’ and insert ‘Lord of

Appeal in Ordinary’.

Mr Oliver Heald

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Not selected  365

Clause  62,  page  28,  line  5,  leave out ‘judge of the Supreme Court’ and insert ‘Lord

of Appeal in Ordinary’.

Mr Oliver Heald

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Not selected  338

Clause  62,  page  28,  line  7,  leave out ‘to the Court’ and insert ‘as a Lord of Appeal

in Ordinary’.

Clause Agreed to.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  215

Clause  63,  page  28,  line  10,  leave out ‘Minister’ and insert ‘Lord Chancellor’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  216

Clause  63,  page  28,  line  13,  leave out ‘Minister’ and insert ‘Lord Chancellor’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  217

Clause  63,  page  28,  line  14,  leave out ‘Minister’ and insert ‘Lord Chancellor’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  218

Clause  63,  page  28,  line  16,  leave out ‘Minister’ and insert ‘Lord Chancellor’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  219

Clause  64,  page  28,  line  24,  leave out ‘Minister’ and insert ‘Lord Chancellor’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  589

Clause  64,  page  28,  line  25,  leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

‘(a)
accept the selection;’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  220

Clause  64,  page  28,  line  28,  leave out ‘Minister’ and insert ‘Lord Chancellor’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  590

Clause  64,  page  28,  line  29,  leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

‘(a)
accept the selection;’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  221

Clause  64,  page  28,  line  34,  leave out ‘Minister’ and insert ‘Lord Chancellor’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  591

Clause  64,  page  28,  line  34,  leave out from ‘must’ to ‘under’ in line 35 and insert

‘accept the selection, unless subsection (5) applies and he accepts a selection’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  222

Clause  64,  page  28,  line  36,  leave out ‘Minister’ and insert ‘Lord Chancellor’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  223

Clause  64,  page  28,  line  37,  leave out ‘Minister’ and insert ‘Lord Chancellor’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  592

Clause  64,  page  28,  line  37,  leave out from ‘may’ to end of line 2 on page 29 and

insert ‘, at stage 3, accept the selection made at that earlier stage.’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  224

Clause  65,  page  29,  line  4,  leave out ‘Minister’ and insert ‘Lord Chancellor’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  225

Clause  65,  page  29,  line  5,  leave out ‘Minister’s’ and insert ‘Lord Chancellor’s’.

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Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  226

Clause  65,  page  29,  line  7,  leave out ‘Minister’ and insert ‘Lord Chancellor’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  227

Clause  65,  page  29,  line  9,  leave out ‘Minister’s’ and insert ‘Lord Chancellor’s’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  228

Clause  65,  page  29,  line  13,  leave out ‘Minister’ and insert ‘Lord Chancellor’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  229

Clause  66,  page  29,  line  16,  leave out ‘Minister’ and insert ‘Lord Chancellor’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  230

Clause  66,  page  29,  line  19,  leave out ‘Minister’ and insert ‘Lord Chancellor’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  231

Clause  66,  page  29,  line  23,  leave out ‘Minister’ and insert ‘Lord Chancellor’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  232

Clause  66  ,  page  29,  line  27,  leave out ‘Minister’ and insert ‘Lord Chancellor’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  593

Clause  66,  page  29,  line  30,  leave out ‘60’ and insert ‘(Request for selection)’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  594

Clause  67,  page  29,  line  33,  leave out ‘This section applies’ and insert ‘Sections

(Duty to fill vacancies (No. 2)) to 73 apply’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  595

Clause  67,  page  29,  line  35,  leave out subsections (2) to (7) and insert—

‘(2)
Any such recommendation must be made in accordance with those sections and

section (Effect of acceptance of selection).’.

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Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  596

Clause  68,  page  30,  line  11,  leave out subsection (3) and insert—

‘(3)
One person only must be selected for each recommendation to which a request

relates.

(3A)
Subsection (3) applies to selection under this section and to selection under

section 73.’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Clause 69 Agreed to.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  237

Clause  70,  page  31,  line  5,  leave out ‘Minister’ and insert ‘Lord Chancellor’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  238

Clause  70,  page  31,  line  8,  leave out ‘Minister’ and insert ‘Lord Chancellor’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  239

Clause  70,  page  31,  line  9,  leave out ‘Minister’ and insert ‘Lord Chancellor’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  240

Clause  70,  page  31,  line  11,  leave out ‘Minister’ and insert ‘Lord Chancellor’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  241

Clause  71,  page  31,  line  19,  leave out ‘Minister’ and insert ‘Lord Chancellor’.

Mr Christopher Leslie

Agreed to  597

Clause  71,  page  31,  line  20,  leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

‘(a)
accept the selection;’.