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House of Commons

 
 

Monday 20th March 2006

 

Select Committee Proceedings

 

Armed Forces Bill

 

[First Sitting]

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

That the Bill be considered in the following order, namely, Clauses 1 to 53, Schedule

 

1, Clauses 54 to 113, Schedule 2, Clauses 114 to 163, Schedule 3, Clauses 164 to 168,

 

Schedule 4, Clauses 169 to 180, Schedule 5, Clause 181, Schedule 6, Clauses 182 to 205,

 

Schedule 7, Clauses 206 to 271, Schedule 8, Clauses 272 to 275, Schedule 9, Clauses 276

 

and 277, Schedule 10, Clauses 278 to 345, Schedule 11, Clauses 346 to 351, Schedule 12,

 

Clauses 352 to 360, Schedule 13, Clauses 361 to 368, Schedules 14 and 15, Clauses 369

 

to 375, remaining proceedings on the Bill.

 

Agreed to

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

 

Withdrawn  16

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  7,  after ‘law’, insert ‘or a civilian subject to service

 

discipline’.

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

 

Withdrawn  17

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  14,  after ‘with’, insert ‘or permits or enables an enemy to

 

have access to’.

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

 

Not called  18

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  15,  at end insert—

 

‘(f)    

is made a prisoner of war through disobedience of lawful orders or wilful

 

neglect of duty;

 
 

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Armed Forces Bill, continued

 
 

(g)    

acts with intent to prejudice the security of Her Majesty’s Forces or of

 

any force co-operating with them.

 

(1A)    

In subsection (1) “acts” includes omitting to act.’.

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

 

Not called  19

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  16,  after ‘law’, insert ‘or a civilian subject to service

 

discipline’.

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

 

Not called  20

 

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  21,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring any civillian subject to

 

service discipline to bear arms or participate in any active operations against an

 

enemy,’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

 

Not moved  21

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  10,  after ‘law’, insert ‘or a civilian subject to service

 

discipline’.

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

Not called  22

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  29,  leave out subsection (6) and insert—

 

‘(6)    

Nothing in subsections (3) to (5) shall be construed as requiring any civilian

 

subject to service discipline to bear arms or participate in any active operations

 

against an enemy.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 
 

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Armed Forces Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

Not moved  23

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  38,  after ‘law’, insert ‘or a civilian subject to service

 

discipline’.

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

Not moved  24

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  40,  after ‘forces’, insert ‘or of any force co-operating with

 

them’.

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

Not called  25

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  43,  after ‘law’, insert ‘or a civilian subject to service

 

discipline’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

Withdrawn  26

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  29,  leave out ‘vehicle, equipment or stores’ and insert

 

‘supplies’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 5 to 15 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

Withdrawn  27

 

Clause  16,  page  7,  line  33,  after ‘avoid’, insert ‘any particular service or kind of

 

service, and that service or kind of service is relevant’.

 
 

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Armed Forces Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

Not called  28

 

Clause  16,  page  8,  line  6,  at end insert—

 

    

‘“relevant service” means—

 

(a)    

actions or operations against an enemy;

 

(b)    

operations outside the British Islands for the protection of life or

 

property; or

 

(c)    

military occupation of a foreign country or territory.’.

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

Not called  2

 

Clause  16,  page  8,  leave out lines 7 to 9 and insert—

 

‘(4)    

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable to any punishment

 

mentioned in the Table in section 163, and any sentence of imprisonment

 

imposed in respect of the offence—

 

(a)    

if subsection (5) applies, may be for life;

 

(b)    

otherwise, must not exceed two years.

 

(5)    

Subsection (4) applies if the offender was on relevant service or under orders for

 

such service when he committed offences under sections (1) or (2).’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

Withdrawn  3

 

Clause  17,  page  8,  line  12,  leave out ‘might be useful to an enemy’ and insert ‘is

 

likely to be prejudicial to the security or defence of the United Kingdom’.

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

Not called  4

 

Clause  17,  page  8,  line  15,  leave out ‘might be useful to an enemy’ and insert ‘is

 

likely to be prejudicial to the security or defence of the United Kingdom’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 
 

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Armed Forces Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

Withdrawn  5

 

Clause  18,  page  8,  line  20,  after ‘law’, insert ‘or a civilian subject to service

 

discipline’.

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

Not called  6

 

Clause  18,  page  8,  line  27,  after ‘law’, insert ‘or a civilian subject to service

 

discipline’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

Not moved  7

 

Clause  19,  page  9,  line  6,  leave out ‘prejudicial to good order and service

 

discipline’ and insert ‘likely to prejudice the discipline of, or bring discredit on, Her

 

Majesty’s Forces.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 20 and 21 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

Not selected  8

 

Page  10,  line  10,  leave out Clause 22.

 

Clause 22 Agreed to.

 

Clause 23 Agreed to.

 

 
 

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Armed Forces Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

Withdrawn  9

 

Clause  24,  page  10,  line  35,  after ‘law’, insert ‘or a civilian subject to service

 

discipline’.

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

Not called  10

 

Clause  24,  page  10,  line  40,  after ‘law’, insert ‘or a civilian subject to service

 

discipline’.

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

 

Not called  11

 

Clause  24,  page  11,  line  5,  after ‘law’, insert ‘or a civilian subject to service

 

discipline’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

 

Not moved  12

 

Clause  25,  page  11,  line  26,  after ‘law’, insert ‘or a civilian subject to service

 

discipline’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 26 to 30 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

 

Not moved  13

 

Clause  31,  page  13,  line  38,  after ‘law’, insert ‘or a civilian subject to service

 

discipline’.

 
 

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Armed Forces Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

 

Not called  14

 

Clause  31,  page  13,  line  42,  after ‘law’, insert ‘or a civilian subject to service

 

discipline’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 32 to 34 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

Withdrawn  29

 

Clause  35,  page  15,  line  31,  at end insert ‘and’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

 

Not selected  15

 

Page  15,  line  41,  leave out Clause 36.

 

Clause stand part.

 

Clauses 37 to 49 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr George Howarth

 

Not moved  1

 

Clause  50,  page  22,  line  9,  at end insert—

 


 

‘except any offence committed in the United Kingdom if the corresponding civil offence

 

is treason, murder, aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring suicide, manslaughter,

 

treason-felony or an offence under section 1 of the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 or an

 

offence under section 1 of the Biological Weapons Act 1974 or an offence under section

 

2 or 11 of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996 or an offence under section 1 of the Nuclear

 

Explosions (Prohibition and Inspections) Act 1998 or an offence under section 51 or 52

 

of the International Criminal Court Act 2001 or an offence under section 1 of the Sexual

 

Offences Act 2003 (rape).’.

 
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