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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 28th March 2006

 

Select Committee Proceedings

 

Armed Forces Bill

 

[Third AND FOURTH SittingS]

 

Clause 127 Agreed to.

 

Clause 113 Agreed to.

 

Schedule 2 Agreed to.

 

Clauses 114 and 115 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

Negatived on division  30

 

Clause  116,  page  56,  line  45,  at end insert—

 

‘(6)    

 

(a)    

where a service policeman refers a case to the Director of Service

 

Prosecutions (“the Director”) in accordance with subsection (2), he shall

 

immediately notify the person’s commanding officer, setting out the

 

basis for his submission to the Director.

 

(b)    

where a case has been referred to the Director by the service policeman,

 

the person’s commanding officer may submit a report to the Director.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 128 to 141 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Agreed to  34

 

Clause  142,  page  69,  line  14,  after ‘of’ insert ‘or on the staff of’.

 
 

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Armed Forces Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Agreed to  35

 

Clause  142,  page  69,  line  17,  leave out ‘Chaplaincy’ and insert ‘Chaplains’’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Clauses 143 to 153 Agreed to.

 

 

Vera Baird

 

Not moved  155

 

Clause  154,  page  74,  line  32,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

The number of persons comprising the Court Martial in subsection (1)(b) shall

 

not be less than 5.’

 

Vera Baird

 

Not moved  156

 

Clause  154,  page  74,  line  37,  at end insert ‘and may include, in prescribed

 

circumstances, persons serving in a different Service from that to which the accused

 

belongs.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Agreed to  36

 

Clause  155,  page  75,  line  15,  after ‘of’ insert ‘or on the staff of’.

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Agreed to  37

 

Clause  155,  page  75,  line  18,  leave out ‘Chaplaincy’ and insert ‘Chaplains’’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Clauses 156 to 158 Agreed to.

 

 

Vera Baird

 

Withdrawn  157

 

Clause  159,  page  76,  line  20,  after ‘majority’, insert ‘of not less than 80 per cent’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 160 and 161 Agreed to.

 

 
 

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Armed Forces Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Agreed to  38

 

Clause  162,  page  77,  line  37,  at end insert—

 

‘(ga)    

for appeals against any orders (including directions) of the court

 

prohibiting or restricting the publication of any matter or excluding the

 

public from any proceedings;’.

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Agreed to  39

 

Clause  162,  page  78,  line  25,  at end insert—

 

‘(8)    

Rules made by virtue of paragraph (ga) of subsection (3) may confer jurisdiction

 

on the Court Martial Appeal Court, and rules under section 49 of the Court

 

Martial Appeals Act 1968 may make provision about the powers of that court in

 

relation to appeals made by virtue of that paragraph.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Clause 163 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Agreed to  54

 

Schedule  3,  page  194,  line  27,  leave out ‘and’.

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Agreed to  55

 

Schedule  3,  page  194,  line  28,  at end insert ‘; and—

 

(c)    

he remained a civilian throughout the period between committing the

 

offence and being sentenced.’.

 

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Agreed to  40

 

Clause  164,  page  80,  line  19,  leave out ‘subsection (1)’ and insert ‘this section’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Clauses 165 to 168 Agreed to.

 

Schedule 4 Agreed to.

 

Clauses 169 to 180 Agreed to.

 

Schedule 5 Agreed to.

 

Clause 181 Agreed to.

 

Schedule 6 Agreed to.

 
 

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Armed Forces Bill, continued

 
 

Clauses 182 to 205 Agreed to.

 

Schedule 7 Agreed to.

 

Clauses 206 to 270 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

Withdrawn  158

 

Clause  271,  page  134,  line  39,  at end insert—

 

‘(3)    

Within 30 days of a conviction of a person by court-martial the court-martial shall

 

transmit a record of proceeding to the Court Martial Appeal Court.

 

(4)    

Upon receipt of a record of proceedings the Court Martial Appeal Court shall

 

review the proceedings.

 

(5)    

Upon review of the proceedings the Court Martial Appeal Court may, irrespective

 

of whether the accused has appealed against finding or sentence or both or not,

 

(a)    

quash the sentence passed by the Court Martial; or

 

(b)    

pass in substitution for it any sentence which the Court Martial Appeal

 

Court thinks is appropriate and which is a sentence that the Court Martial

 

had the power to pass in respect of the offence; or

 

(c)    

order a new trial.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Agreed to  56

 

Schedule  8,  page  216,  line  17,  at end insert—

 

‘34A      

In section 33 (witnesses’ expenses) after subsection (1) insert—

 

“(1A)    

Subsection (1) applies in relation to a registered medical practitioner

 

who makes a written report to the Appeal Court in pursuance of a

 

request made by the court as it applies in relation to a person who is

 

called to give evidence at the instance of the court.”’.

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Agreed to  57

 

Schedule  8,  page  216,  line  39,  at end insert—

 

‘(j)    

to give leave under section 14(4B) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995

 

(leave to add grounds of appeal on reference by Criminal Cases Review

 

Commission);”.’.

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Agreed to  58

 

Schedule  8,  page  217,  line  40,  leave out from beginning to ‘subsection’ and

 

insert—

 
 

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Armed Forces Bill, continued

 
 

    ‘(1)  

Section 48A (appeals on behalf of deceased persons) is amended as follows.

 

      (2)  

In subsection (1)(b) after “above” insert “or by a reference by the Criminal

 

Cases Review Commission”.

 

      (3)  

In’.

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Agreed to  59

 

Schedule  8,  page  217,  line  41,  at end insert—

 

    ‘(4)  

In subsection (4) at the beginning insert “Except in the case of an appeal begun

 

by a reference by the Criminal Cases Review Commission,”.’.

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Agreed to  60

 

Schedule  8,  page  218,  line  22,  at end insert—

 

‘“the Judge Advocate General”;’.

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Agreed to  61

 

Schedule  8,  page  218,  line  34,  leave out paragraph (e).

 

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Gerald Howarth

 

Robert Key

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Simon Burns

 

Not called  159

 

Clause  272,  page  135,  line  4,  after ‘if’, insert ‘within 30 days of sentencing’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 273 and 274 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Agreed to  41

 

Clause  275,  page  137,  line  15,  leave out ‘or’.

 

Mr Don Touhig

 

Agreed to  42

 

Clause  275,  page  137,  line  17,  at end insert ‘; or

 

(c)    

on a reference under section 12A of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Schedule 9 Agreed to.

 

[Adjourned till tomorrow at 9.45 a.m.

 
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