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S.C.B. Standing Committee Proceedings: 13th December 2005
177

Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill, continued

Mr Peter Robinson

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

Sammy Wilson

Mr Laurence Robertson

Mr Henry Bellingham

Mr Ben Wallace

Negatived on division  17

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  44,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

Lembit Öpik

Lorely Burt

Negatived on division  60

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  1,  after ‘person’, insert ‘or the organisation with which he

was associated’.

Lembit Öpik

Lorely Burt

Not called  61

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  2,  after ‘him’, insert ‘or the organisation with which he was

associated’.

Mr Laurence Robertson

Mr Henry Bellingham

Mr Ben Wallace

Mr Tobias Ellwood

Mr Jeremy Hunt

Not called  125

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  4,  leave out from ‘a’ to end of line 6 and insert ‘proscribed

organisation under Schedule 2 to the Terrorism Act 2000.’.

Mr Peter Robinson

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

Sammy Wilson

Withdrawn  24

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  6,  at end insert ‘or

(c)
without good excuse the person who holds a certificate of eligibility does

not attend the Special Tribunal dealing with his case.’.

Lembit Öpik

Lorely Burt

Not called  62

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  6,  at end insert ‘or

(c)
the person has refused to answer questions from a police officer about the

offences notified in the application under section 3.’.

Lembit Öpik

Lorely Burt

Not called  63

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  6,  at end insert ‘or

(c)
the person has refused to appear in court.’.

S.C.B. Standing Committee Proceedings: 13th December 2005
178

Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill, continued

Mark Durkan

Dr Alasdair McDonnell

Not called  243

Clause  6,  page  5,  leave out line 10 and insert ‘; and

(b)
inform—

(i)
the Director of of Public Prosecutions;

(ii)
the Chief Constable;

(iii)
the Police Ombudsman;

(iv)
the victim, where identifiable and practicable; and

(v)
the public, in such manner as he sees fit.’.

Lembit Öpik

Lorely Burt

Not called  64

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  10,  after ‘inform’, insert ‘the victims and’.

Mr Peter Robinson

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

Sammy Wilson

Not called  18

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  10,  at end insert ‘and inform the Police Service of Northern

Ireland’.

Lembit Öpik

Lorely Burt

Not called  65

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  10,  at end insert ‘and

( )
publicise the decision in a manner the Commissioner believes

appropriate.’.

Mr Laurence Robertson

Mr Henry Bellingham

Mr Ben Wallace

Mr Tobias Ellwood

Mr Jeremy Hunt

Not called  126

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  10,  at end insert ‘and

(c)
inform the Northern Ireland Victims Commissioner.’.

Mark Durkan

Dr Alasdair McDonnell

Not called  195

Clause  6,  page  5,  line  11,  leave out subsection (3).

Clause Agreed to on division.

S.C.B. Standing Committee Proceedings: 13th December 2005
179

Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill, continued

Mr Peter Robinson

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

Sammy Wilson

Negatived on division  19

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  20,  at end insert ‘for more than 28 days’.

Mr Peter Robinson

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

Sammy Wilson

Not called  20

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  21,  leave out paragraph (b).

Mr Peter Robinson

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

Sammy Wilson

Not called  21

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  22,  leave out paragraph (c).

Mr Peter Robinson

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

Sammy Wilson

Not called  22

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  23,  leave out paragraph (d).

Mr Peter Robinson

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

Sammy Wilson

Not called  23

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  24,  leave out subsection (3).

Lembit Öpik

Lorely Burt

Mr Laurence Robertson

Mr Henry Bellingham

Mr Ben Wallace

Mr Tobias Ellwood

Mark Durkan

Dr Alasdair McDonnell

Not selected  66

Page  5,  line  15,  leave out Clause 7.

Clause Agreed to on division.

Lembit Öpik

Lorely Burt

Mr Laurence Robertson

Mr Henry Bellingham

Mr Ben Wallace

Mr Tobias Ellwood

Not selected  67

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  30,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

S.C.B. Standing Committee Proceedings: 13th December 2005
180

Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill, continued

Lembit Öpik

Lorely Burt

Mr Laurence Robertson

Mr Henry Bellingham

Mr Ben Wallace

Mr Tobias Ellwood

Mark Durkan

Dr Alasdair McDonnell

Not selected  68

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  31,  leave out from ‘offence’ to end and insert ‘by the Crown

Court.’.

Mr Laurence Robertson

Mr Henry Bellingham

Mr Ben Wallace

Mr Tobias Ellwood

Mr Jeremy Hunt

Not selected  127

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  32,  leave out subsection (2).

Lembit Öpik

Lorely Burt

Mark Durkan

Dr Alasdair McDonnell

Not selected  69

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  32,  leave out ‘Special Tribunal’ and insert ‘Crown Court’.

Mr Peter Robinson

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

Sammy Wilson

Mark Durkan

Dr Alasdair McDonnell

Not called  25

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  34,  leave out subsection (3).

Lembit Öpik

Lorely Burt

Not moved  70

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  34,  leave out ‘no’ and insert ‘an’.

Mr Laurence Robertson

Mr Henry Bellingham

Mr Ben Wallace

Mr Tobias Ellwood

Mr Jeremy Hunt

Not selected  128

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  34,  leave out from ‘is’ to end and insert ‘a legal obligation on

a defendant to appear before the Court.’.

S.C.B. Standing Committee Proceedings: 13th December 2005
181

Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill, continued

Mr Laurence Robertson

Mr Henry Bellingham

Mr Ben Wallace

Mr Tobias Ellwood

Mr Jeremy Hunt

Not selected  129

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  34,  at end insert—

‘(3A)
Failure by the defendant to appear before the Court shall constitute a criminal

offence.

(3B)
The Court may impose such bail conditions on the defendant as it deems

necessary.’.

Mr Peter Robinson

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

Sammy Wilson

Lembit Öpik

Lorely Burt

Mr Laurence Robertson

Mark Durkan

Dr Alasdair McDonnell

Not called  26

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  35,  leave out subsection (4).

Mr Peter Robinson

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

Sammy Wilson

Lembit Öpik

Lorely Burt

Mr Laurence Robertson

Mark Durkan

Dr Alasdair McDonnell

Not called  27

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  37,  leave out subsection (5).

Lembit Öpik

Lorely Burt

Mr Laurence Robertson

Mr Henry Bellingham

Mr Ben Wallace

Mr Tobias Ellwood

Mark Durkan

Dr Alasdair McDonnell

Not selected  73

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  1,  leave out subsection (6).

Mr Peter Robinson

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

Sammy Wilson

Withdrawn  28

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  3,  at end insert—

‘(6A)
Where the Special Tribunal convicts and sentences a person of an offence he must

make a public expression of remorse, previously approved by the Special

Tribunal, before a licence is granted.’.

S.C.B. Standing Committee Proceedings: 13th December 2005
182

Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill, continued

Lembit Öpik

Lorely Burt

Mr Laurence Robertson

Mr Henry Bellingham

Mr Ben Wallace

Mr Tobias Ellwood

Mark Durkan

Dr Alasdair McDonnell

Not selected  74

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  4,  leave out subsection (7).

Mark Durkan

Dr Alisdair McDonnell

Negatived on division  260

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  10,  at end insert—

‘(7A)
A person tried under this section must be tried in open court.’.

[Adjourned till Thursday at 9.00 a.m.