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| Tuesday 10th January 2006 |
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| Criminal Defence Service Bill [Lords]
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| [first and second sittings]
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| | (1) | during proceedings on the Criminal Defence Service Bill [Lords] the |
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| | Standing Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on |
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| | Tuesday 10th January) meet— |
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| | (a) | at 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 10th January; |
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| | (b) | at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 12th January; |
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| | (2) | the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a |
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| | conclusion at 4.00 p.m. on Thursday 12th January. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, leave out line 23. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 33, at end add— |
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| | ‘(11) | Notwithstanding powers conferred on the Legal Service Commission by this |
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| | section, the Court will have a residual power to grant a representation order upon |
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| | oral application to the Court.’. |
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| | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| Clause 2, page 3, line 16, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(ba) | provision for the review of such decisions;’. |
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| Clause 2, page 3, line 24, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’. |
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| Clause 2, page 3, line 34, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | No provision in this section shall enable the Lord Chancellor to alter the Crown |
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| | Court Scheme without further primary legislation.’. |
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| | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | Clauses 3 and 4 Agreed to. |
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| Clause 5, page 6, line 1, leave out subsection (5). |
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| | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | Provision for high cost cases |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Lord Chancellor shall introduce legislation to limit the amount of money |
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| | spent on high cost cases and ensure better and more efficient case management of |
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| | all cases and in particular high cost cases. |
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| | (2) | In this section, “high cost cases” shall mean cases where the costs incurred by the |
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| | defence are greater than £10,000.’. |
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| | Provision for case management reports |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The Lord Chancellor shall report annually to Parliament on the measures that |
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| | have been taken to improve case management efficiency.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘Regulations implementing a Crown Court Scheme shall come into effect |
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| | contemporaneously with this Act.’. |
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| | Bill, as amended, to be reported. |
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