Amendment Paper as at
Tuesday 22nd February 2005
CONSIDERATION OF BILL
DRUGS BILL
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Drugs Bill (Programme) (No. 2) Motion in the name of Mr Secretary Clarke and Mr Peter Hain.
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Crispin Blunt
8
Page 1, line 11 [Clause 1], leave out '18' and insert '16'.
Mr Secretary Clarke
9
Page 1, line 17 [Clause 1], after 'committed', insert 'on or'.
Mr Secretary Clarke
10
Page 1, line 17 [Clause 1], leave out 'a school' and insert 'school premises'.
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Crispin Blunt
4
Page 1, line 18 [Clause 1], after 'school', insert 'or any other place where children frequently congregate'.
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Crispin Blunt
5
Page 1, line 18 [Clause 1], leave out 'at a relevant time'.
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Crispin Blunt
3
Page 2, line 3 [Clause 1], at end insert—
'(4A) In subsection (3) "in the vicinity" is—
| (a) | within one mile of the school; or |
| (b) | within five miles of the school when on a route known to be used by pupils accessing the school; or |
| (c) | on a vehicle used by local education authorities to transport children to school.'. |
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Crispin Blunt
6
Page 2, line 4 [Clause 1], leave out subsection (5).
Mr Secretary Clarke
11
Page 2, line 5 [Clause 1], leave out 'a school is' and insert 'the school premises are'.
Mr Secretary Clarke
12
Page 2, line 9 [Clause 1], leave out 'requests' and insert 'causes or permits'.
Mr Secretary Clarke
13
Page 2, line 12 [Clause 1], leave out 'drug related cash' and insert 'a drug related consideration'.
Mr Secretary Clarke
14
Page 2, line 13 [Clause 1], leave out 'drug related cash is cash' and insert 'a drug related consideration is a consideration of any description'.
Mr Secretary Clarke
15
Page 2, line 16 [Clause 1], leave out 'to obtain' and insert 'in connection with obtaining'.
Mr Secretary Clarke
16
Page 2 [Clause 1], leave out lines 18 to 25.
Mr Secretary Clarke
17
Page 2, line 25 [Clause 1], at end insert—
'"school premises" means land used for the purposes of a school excluding any land occupied solely as a dwelling by a person employed at the school; and'.
Mr Secretary Clarke
18
Page 2 [Clause 1], leave out lines 33 to 35.
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Crispin Blunt
2
Page 8, line 47 [Clause 7], at end insert—
| '(aa) | the offence is the driving of a mechanically propelled vehicle dangerously on a road or other public place; or'. |
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Crispin Blunt
1
Page 9, line 10 [Clause 7], leave out '18' and insert '16'.
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Crispin Blunt
7
Page 11, line 11 [Clause 9], leave out 'may, at any time' and insert 'shall'.
Mr Secretary Clarke
19
Page 20, line 8 [Clause 20], after 'section', insert 'made by the Secretary of State'.
Mr Secretary Clarke
20
Page 21, line 7 [Clause 20], at end add—
'(2) In section 114(2) of that Act (procedure for subordinate legislation) after "1A" insert ", 1G".'.
NEW CLAUSE
Classification of cannabis as Class B
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
Mr Crispin Blunt
NC1
To move the following Clause:—
'(1) Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971[2] (which specifies the drugs which are subject to control under that Act) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (a) of Part I of that Schedule, insert at an appropriate place "Cannabinol, except where contained in cannabis or cannabis resin" and "Cannabinol derivatives".
(3) In paragraph (a) of Part II of that Schedule, insert at an appropriate place "Cannabis and cannabis resin".
(4) In paragraph (a) of Part III of that Schedule, "Cannabinol", "Cannabinol derivatives" and "Cannabis and cannabis resin" shall be deleted.
(5) In paragraph 1(d) of Part III of that Schedule, "cannabinol or a cannabinol derivative" shall be deleted.'.
ORDER OF THE HOUSE [TUESDAY 18th JANUARY 2005
That the following provisions shall apply to the Drugs Bill:
Committal
1. The Bill shall be committed to a Standing Committee.
Proceedings in Standing Committee
2. Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 3rd February 2005.
3. The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.
Consideration and Third Reading
4. Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.
5. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.
Programming Committee
6. Standing Order No. 83B (Programming Committees) shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.
Programming of proceedings
7. Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the Lords) may be programmed.
DRUGS BILL (PROGRAMME) (NO.2):
Mr Secretary Clarke
Mr Peter Hain
That the Programme Order of 18th January 2005 relating to the Drugs Bill be varied as follows:
1. Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order shall be omitted.
2. Proceedings on consideration shall be taken in the following order: amendments to the clauses of the Bill; amendments to the Schedules of the Bill; New Clauses; New Schedules; remaining proceedings on consideration.
3. Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion two hours after the commencement of proceedings on the motion for this order.
4. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion three hours after the commencement of proceedings on the motion for this order.
