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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 18th October 2005

 

Standing Committee Proceedings

 

Standing Committee B

 

Violent Crime Reduction Bill


 

[second and third Sittings]


 

Clause 1

 

Withdrawn

 

Another Amendment (No. 5) proposed, in page 1, line 10, to leave out the words ‘or

 

disorderly’—(Mr Humfrey Malins).

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not selected  189

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  11,  leave out ‘while’ and insert ‘whether or not’.

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  169

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  11,  at end insert ‘and may impose conditions requiring the

 

subject to take steps necessary to rehabilitate the subject’.

 

Lynne Featherstone

 

John Thurso

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  113

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  12,  leave out ‘must’ and insert ‘may’.

 

Lynne Featherstone

 

John Thurso

 

Not called  114

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  13,  after ‘considers’, insert ‘appropriate and’.

 

Lynne Featherstone

 

John Thurso

 

Not selected  115

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  13,  leave out ‘that purpose’ and insert ‘the purpose

 

mentioned in subsection (2)’.


 
 

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66

 

Violent Crime Reduction Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Withdrawn  7

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  2,  after ‘retail’, insert ‘for consumption on the premises’.

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Withdrawn  10

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  14,  after ‘training’, insert ‘or playing sport’.

 

Lynne Featherstone

 

John Thurso

 

Not called  116

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  17,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

Before making a drinking banning order, a court must receive a report from an

 

appropriate officer about the proposed subject of the order, which contains

 

information about the subject and, in particular, about whether there is any reason

 

to suspect that he may be—

 

(a)    

suffering from substance addiction (including alcohol dependence);

 

(b)    

a person falling within section 1 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20); or

 

(c)    

suffering from any other recognised physical or mental illness or

 

condition which could either—

 

(i)    

affect his ability to restrict his intake of alcohol;

 

(ii)    

cause him to engage in criminal conduct while under the

 

influence of alcohol; or

 

(iii)    

affect his ability to comply with a drinking banning order.

 

(4B)    

In subsection (5) above “an appropriate officer” means—

 

(a)    

where the proposed subject is aged 18 or over, an officer of the National

 

Offender Management Service or a social worker of a local authority

 

social services department, or

 

(b)    

where the proposed subject is aged under 18, a social worker of a local

 

authority social services department or a member of a youth offending

 

team.

 

(4C)    

If the court determines that the proposed subject of a drinking banning order may

 

be a person falling within subsection 5(a) to (c) above, the court shall not make a

 

drinking banning order unless satisfied, on receipt of medical evidence, that—

 

(a)    

his ability to understand and comply with the order will not be

 

significantly restricted by reason of his being a person falling within

 

subsection (5)(a) to (c) above; and

 

(b)    

compliance with the order, either alone or in combination to any other

 

order or sentence to which he is subject, would not have a deleterious

 

effect upon his mental or physical health.’.

 

Lynne Featherstone

 

John Thurso

 

Not called  117

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  17,  at end insert ‘; or

 

(e)    

from fulfilling dietary requirements.’.


 
 

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67

 

Violent Crime Reduction Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  11

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  17,  at end insert ‘; or

 

(e)    

from attending his normal place of worship.’.

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Withdrawn  8

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  18,  leave out ‘two’ and insert ‘six’.

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  9

 

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  21,  leave out ‘two’ and insert ‘six’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Lynne Featherstone

 

John Thurso

 

Withdrawn  12

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  32,  leave out ‘16’ and insert ‘18’.

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  170

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  32,  leave out ‘16’ and insert ‘15’.

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Lynne Featherstone

 

John Thurso

 

Not called  6

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  35,  leave out ‘or disorderly’.

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Withdrawn  15

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  41,  leave out subsection (4).


 
 

S.C.B.Standing Committee Proceedings: 18th October 2005          

68

 

Violent Crime Reduction Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Withdrawn  13

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  44,  after ‘proved’, insert ‘to the criminal standard’.

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  171

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  44,  after ‘proved’, insert ‘beyond reasonable doubt’.

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Withdrawn  14

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  45,  at end insert—

 

‘(6)    

Persons subject to—

 

(a)    

an application under this section, or

 

(b)    

proceedings for breach of an order pursuant to section 10,

 

    

shall be entitled to legal aid for the purposes of representation.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Withdrawn  18

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  15,  after ‘proceedings’, insert ‘, which shall be heard by a

 

County Court judge within seven days of the application,’.

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  16

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  21,  leave out ‘ or disorderly’.

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Lynne Featherstone

 

John Thurso

 

Not called  17

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  40,  leave out ‘or disorderly’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 



 
 

S.C.B.Standing Committee Proceedings: 18th October 2005          

69

 

Violent Crime Reduction Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Withdrawn  19

 

Clause  4,  page  4,  line  10,  at end insert ‘and cannot be made until the expiry of one

 

quarter of the period of the order.’.

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  183

 

Clause  4,  page  4,  line  14,  leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

 

‘(a)    

the court is satisfied that there has been a change in curcumstances such

 

that either the order is no longer necessary, or that it is no longer

 

appropriate, or both; or’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Lynne Featherstone

 

John Thurso

 

Withdrawn  120

 

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  34,  leave out subsection (5).

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  20

 

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  6,  leave out from ‘court’ to end of line 7 and insert ‘must

 

issue a warrant without bail for his arrest.’.

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  21

 

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  9,  leave out ‘adequate’ and insert ‘14 days,’.

 

Lynne Featherstone

 

John Thurso

 

Not called  121

 

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  15,  leave out subsections (8) and (9).

 

Clause Agreed to.

 



 
 

S.C.B.Standing Committee Proceedings: 18th October 2005          

70

 

Violent Crime Reduction Bill, continued

 
 

Lynne Featherstone

 

John Thurso

 

Not called  122

 

Clause  7,  page  6,  line  2,  leave out ‘or disorderly’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  68

 

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  43,  leave out subsection (3) and insert—

 

‘(3)    

Where this section applies by virtue of subsection (1)(a), an application for an

 

interim order against an individual—

 

(a)    

may be made without notice being given to that individual, and

 

(b)    

may be heard in the absence of that individual.’.

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  23

 

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  43,  after ‘may’, insert ‘not’.

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  22

 

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  44,  leave out from ‘made’ to end of line 44 and insert ‘after

 

the expiry of 24 hours following notice in writing being served on the individual.’.

 

Lynne Featherstone

 

John Thurso

 

Not called  123

 

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  44,  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

But an interim order shall not take effect until the subject of the order has been

 

served with a copy of the order.’.

 

Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  69

 

Clause  8,  page  7,  line  1,  after ‘making’, insert ‘or hearing’.

 

Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  70

 

Clause  8,  page  7,  line  3,  leave out ‘or before the Crown Court or’.

 

Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  71

 

Clause  8,  page  7,  line  5,  leave out ‘or of proceedings in such a court’.

 

Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  72

 

Clause  8,  page  7,  line  8,  after ‘satisfied’, insert ‘(a)’.


 
 

S.C.B.Standing Committee Proceedings: 18th October 2005          

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Violent Crime Reduction Bill, continued

 
 

Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  73

 

Clause  8,  page  7,  line  9,  at end insert—

 

‘(b)    

that it is not necessary for the application to be heard in the presence of

 

the individual.’.

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  24

 

Clause  8,  page  7,  line  15,  leave out subsection (7).

 

Lynne Featherstone

 

John Thurso

 

Not called  124

 

Clause  8,  page  7,  line  22,  at end insert—

 

‘(7A)    

Before renewing an interim order under this section, the court must be satisfied

 

that it is just so to do. In considering whether it is just so to do, the court must

 

consider—

 

(a)    

the seriousness of the conduct alleged;

 

(b)    

any evidential or other difficulties experienced by the applicant; and

 

(c)    

whether the effect of the renewal will be to rob the final proceedings of

 

their significance.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  25

 

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  30,  after ‘magistrates’, insert ‘or county’.

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  26

 

Clause  9,  page  7,  line  31,  after ‘2’, insert ‘, 3’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Lynne Featherstone

 

John Thurso

 

Not called  125

 

Clause  10,  page  8,  line  1,  after ‘person’, insert ‘aged 18 years and above’.


 
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