S.C.A.
NOTICES OF AMENDMENTS
given up to and including
Friday 6th January 2006
STANDING COMMITTEE A
CRIMINAL DEFENCE SERVICE BILL [LORDS]
Bridget Prentice
1
Clause 1, page 2, leave out line 23.
Mr Oliver Heald
Angela Watkinson
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
4
Clause 1, page 2, line 33, at end add—
'(11) Notwithstanding powers conferred on the Legal Service Commission by this section, the Court will have a residual power to grant a representation order upon oral application to the Court.'.
Bridget Prentice
2
Clause 2, page 3, line 16, at end insert—
'(ba) provision for the review of such decisions;'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Angela Watkinson
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
5
Clause 2, page 3, line 24, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.
Mr Oliver Heald
Angela Watkinson
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
6
Clause 2, page 3, line 34, at end add—
'(7) No provision in this section shall enable the Lord Chancellor to alter the Crown Court Scheme without further primary legislation.'.
Bridget Prentice
3
Clause 5, page 6, line 1, leave out subsection (5).
NEW CLAUSES
Provision for high cost cases
Mr Oliver Heald
Angela Watkinson
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
NC1
To move the following Clause:—
'(1) The Lord Chancellor shall introduce legislation to limit the amount of money spent on high cost cases and ensure better and more efficient case management of all cases and in particular high cost cases.
(2) In this section, "high cost cases" shall mean cases where the costs incurred by the defence are greater than £10,000.'.
Provision for case management reports
Mr Oliver Heald
Angela Watkinson
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
NC2
To move the following Clause:—
'The Lord Chancellor shall report annually to Parliament on the measures that have been taken to improve case management efficiency.'.
Crown court scheme
Mr Oliver Heald
Angela Watkinson
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
NC3
To move the following Clause:—
'Regulations implementing a Crown Court Scheme shall come into effect contemporaneously with this Act.'.
ORDER OF THE HOUSE [13th DECEMBER 2005]
That the following provisions shall apply to the Criminal Defence Service Bill [Lords]:
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 12th January 2006.
3. The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.
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.
6. Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.
Other Proceedings
7. Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the Lords) may be programmed.
