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House of Commons

 
 

Thursday 15th December 2005

 

Standing Committee Proceedings

 

Standing Committee B

 

Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill

 

[Seventh and Eighth Sittings]

 

Mr Laurence Robertson

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Jeremy Hunt

 

Not selected  130

 

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  11,  leave out subsection (8).

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Lorely Burt

 

Mark Durkan

 

Dr Alasdair McDonnell

 

Not selected  75

 

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  11,  leave out ‘Special Tribunal’ and insert ‘Crown Court’.

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Lorely Burt

 

Lady Hermon

 

Not selected  158

 

Page  5,  line  29,  leave out Clause 8.

 

Clause Agreed to on division.

 

 

Mr Peter Robinson

 

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

 

Sammy Wilson

 

Negatived on division  42

 

Schedule  2,  page  16,  line  28,  leave out ‘has held’ and insert ‘holds’.

 
 

S.C.B. Standing Committee Proceedings: 15th December 2005        

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Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Peter Robinson

 

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

 

Sammy Wilson

 

Not called  43

 

Schedule  2,  page  17,  line  42,  at end insert—

 

‘6A      

The Special Tribunal may not make a direction denying members of the public

 

access to any hearing.’.

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Lorely Burt

 

Lady Hermon

 

Mr Laurence Robertson

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Mark Durkan

 

Dr Alasdair McDonnell

 

Not selected  76

 

Page  16,  line  20,  leave out Schedule 2.

 

Schedule Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Peter Robinson

 

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

 

Sammy Wilson

 

Negatived on division  29

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  20,  after ‘possible’, insert ‘, after having served either five

 

years, or one third, of his sentence (whichever is the less),’.

 

Mr Peter Robinson

 

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

 

Sammy Wilson

 

Not selected  31

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  24,  leave out ‘non-’.

 

Mr Peter Robinson

 

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

 

Sammy Wilson

 

Withdrawn  47

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  24,  leave out ‘non-intimate’.

 

Mr Laurence Robertson

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Jeremy Hunt

 

Not called  131

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  24,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

A person subject to a sentence of life imprisonment is not eligible for a licence

 

under this section until he has served at least two years of his sentence.

 
 

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Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill, continued

 
 

(2B)    

A person sentenced to a period of imprisonment of five years or more is not

 

eligible for a licence under this section until he has served at least one year of his

 

sentence.’.

 

Mr Peter Robinson

 

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

 

Sammy Wilson

 

Not called  30

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  28,  leave out subsection (4).

 

Mr Laurence Robertson

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Jeremy Hunt

 

Not called  132

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  28,  at end insert ‘other than a sentence of life imprisonment

 

or one of five years or more.’.

 

Mr Laurence Robertson

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Jeremy Hunt

 

Not called  133

 

Clause  9  ,  page  6,  line  31,  leave out subsection (5).

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Lorely Burt

 

Withdrawn  77

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  31,  at beginning insert ‘Except as provided by subsection

 

(5A)’.

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Lorely Burt

 

Not called  72

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  34,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

Where a person on licence under this section had pleaded guilty at his trial to the

 

offence, the Secretary of State may reduce the duration of the licence by up to a

 

quarter of the sentence.’.

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Lorely Burt

 

Mr Laurence Robertson

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Not called  78

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  35,  leave out subsection (6).

 
 

S.C.B. Standing Committee Proceedings: 15th December 2005        

808

 

Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Laurence Robertson

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Jeremy Hunt

 

Not called  134

 

Clause  9  ,  page  6,  line  41,  leave out subsection (7).

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Lorely Burt

 

Not called  79

 

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  41,  leave out ‘(6)’ and insert ‘(5A)’.

 

Clause Agreed to on division.

 

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Lorely Burt

 

Not called  80

 

Clause  10,  page  7,  line  8,  at end insert ‘in relation to both the person and any

 

organisation that he has at any time supported.’.

 

Mr Laurence Robertson

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Jeremy Hunt

 

Negatived on division  135

 

Clause  10  ,  page  7,  line  9,  leave out from beginning to second ‘the’.

 

Mr Laurence Robertson

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Jeremy Hunt

 

Not called  136

 

Clause  10  ,  page  7,  line  12,  leave out ‘specified organisation’ and insert ‘proscribed

 

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

 

Mr Laurence Robertson

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Jeremy Hunt

 

Not called  137

 

Clause  10  ,  page  7,  line  12,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

that he has never been convicted of a crime carrying a prison sentence of

 

five years or more.’.

 
 

S.C.B. Standing Committee Proceedings: 15th December 2005        

809

 

Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill, continued

 
 

Clause Agreed to on division.

 

 

Mr Peter Robinson

 

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

 

Sammy Wilson

 

Mr Laurence Robertson

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  32

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  14,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

 

Mr Peter Robinson

 

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

 

Sammy Wilson

 

Negatived on division  33

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  16,  at end insert ‘or if the person who holds a licence later

 

glorifies the offence for which the licence was issued.’.

 

Mark Durkan

 

Dr Alasdair McDonnell

 

Not called  246

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  18,  leave out from ‘person’ to end of line 19 and insert—

 

‘(b)    

to the appeals commissioners;

 

(c)    

to the victim, where identifiable and practicable;

 

(d)    

to the public in such manner as the Secretary of State sees fit.’.

 

Mr Peter Robinson

 

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

 

Sammy Wilson

 

Not called  34

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  18,  leave out ‘and’.

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Lorely Burt

 

Withdrawn  81

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  19,  leave out ‘appeals commissioners’ and insert ‘Court of

 

Appeal’.

 

Mr Peter Robinson

 

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

 

Sammy Wilson

 

Not called  35

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  19,  at end insert ‘and

 

(c)    

to the victim or the victim’s next of kin.’.

 
 

S.C.B. Standing Committee Proceedings: 15th December 2005        

810

 

Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Laurence Robertson

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Jeremy Hunt

 

Not called  138

 

Clause  11  ,  page  7,  line  19,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

the Northern Ireland Victims Commissioner; and

 

(d)    

any other such persons as the Secretary of State believes appropriate.’.

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Lorely Burt

 

Not called  82

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  21,  leave out ‘appeals commissioners’ and insert ‘Court of

 

Appeal’.

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Lorely Burt

 

Not called  83

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  22,  leave out ‘commissioners think’ and insert ‘Court

 

thinks’.

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Lorely Burt

 

Not called  84

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  23,  leave out ‘they’ and insert ‘it’.

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Lorely Burt

 

Not called  85

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  24,  leave out ‘they’ and insert ‘it’.

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Lorely Burt

 

Not called  86

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  25,  leave out ‘commissioners’ and insert ‘Court’.

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Lorely Burt

 

Not called  87

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  25,  leave out ‘their’ and insert ‘its’.

 

Mark Durkan

 

Dr Alasdair McDonnell

 

Not called  247

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  26,  leave out from ‘person’ to end of line 27 and insert—

 

‘(b)    

to the Secretary of State;

 

(c)    

to the victim, where identifiable and practicable; and

 

(d)    

to the public in such manner as the Secretary of State sees fit.’.

 
 

S.C.B. Standing Committee Proceedings: 15th December 2005        

811

 

Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Peter Robinson

 

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

 

Sammy Wilson

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Lorely Burt

 

Not called  36

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  26,  leave out ‘and’.

 

Mr Peter Robinson

 

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson

 

Sammy Wilson

 

Not called  37

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  27,  at end insert ‘and

 

(c)    

to the victim or the victim’s next of kin.’.

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Lorely Burt

 

Not called  88

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  27,  at end insert ‘and

 

(c)    

to the victims.’.

 

Mr Laurence Robertson

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Jeremy Hunt

 

Not called  139

 

Clause  11  ,  page  7,  line  27,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

to the Northern Ireland Victims Commissioner, and

 

(d)    

to any other such persons as they believe appropriate.’.

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Lorely Burt

 

Not called  89

 

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  42,  leave out subsection (10).

 

Clause Agreed to on division.

 

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Lorely Burt

 

Not called  90

 

Clause  12,  page  8,  line  4,  leave out ‘appeals commissioners’ and insert ‘Court of

 

Appeal’.

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Lorely Burt

 

Not called  91

 

Clause  12,  page  8,  line  5,  leave out ‘appeals commissioners’ and insert ‘Court of

 

Appeal’.

 
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