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House of Commons

Tuesday 20th June 2006

Standing Committee Proceedings

Standing Committee B

Fraud Bill [Lords]

[FIRST AND SECOND Sittings]

Mr Mike O’Brien

Agreed to

That—

(1)
during proceedings on the Fraud Bill [Lords] the Standing Committee shall

(in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday 20th June) meet—

(a)
at 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 20th June;

(b)
at 9.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. on Thursday 22nd June;

(2)
the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion at 6.00 p.m. on Thursday 22nd June.

Clauses 1 to 3 Agreed to.

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Edward Garnier

Jeremy Wright

Negatived on division  2

Clause  4,  page  2,  line  22,  leave out ‘expected’ and insert ‘under a fiduciary duty’.

Mr David Heath

Mark Hunter

Not called  7

Clause  4,  page  2,  line  24,  leave out ‘is expected’ and insert ‘has a duty’.

Clause Agreed to.

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Fraud Bill–[ [], continued

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Edward Garnier

Jeremy Wright

Withdrawn  3

Clause  5,  page  2,  line  38,  leave out subsection (3).

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Edward Garnier

Jeremy Wright

Not called  4

Clause  5,  page  2,  line  40,  leave out subsection (4).

Mr David Heath

Mark Hunter

Not called  8

Clause  5,  page  2,  line  40,  after ‘might’, insert ‘reasonably and lawfully’.

Clause Agreed to.

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Edward Garnier

Jeremy Wright

Withdrawn  5

Clause  6,  page  3,  line  3,  after ‘article’, insert ‘intended’.

Mr David Heath

Mark Hunter

Not called  9

Clause  6,  page  3,  line  3,  leave out ‘for use’ and insert ‘which he intends to be used’.

Mr David Heath

Mark Hunter

Not called  10

Clause  6,  page  3,  line  3,  leave out ‘connection with’ and insert ‘furtherance of’.

Mr David Heath

Mark Hunter

Not called  11

Clause  6,  page  3,  line  3,  at end insert ‘carried out by him or any other person’.

Clause Agreed to.

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Fraud Bill–[ [], continued

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Edward Garnier

Jeremy Wright

Withdrawn  1

Clause  7,  page  3,  line  15,  leave out ‘or’ and insert ‘and’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 8 Agreed to.

Mr David Heath

Mark Hunter

Withdrawn  14

Clause  9,  page  4,  line  1,  leave out paragraph (b) and insert—

‘(b)
for any fraudulent purpose.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 10 Agreed to.

Mr David Heath

Mark Hunter

Withdrawn  12

Clause  11,  page  4,  line  33,  leave out ‘by a dishonest act’ and insert ‘dishonestly’.

Mr David Heath

Mark Hunter

Not called  13

Clause  11,  page  5,  line  2,  at end insert—

‘( )
A person shall not be guilty of an offence under this section if—

(a)
the services obtained comprise only observing a performance, sporting or

other event, and

(b)
he is not within, nor has he sought to enter, the premises within which the

performance or event are being held.’.

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Edward Garnier

Jeremy Wright

Withdrawn  6

Clause  11,  page  5,  line  7,  leave out ‘5’ and insert ‘10’.

Clause Agreed to.

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Clause 12 Agreed to.

Mr David Heath

Mark Hunter

Withdrawn  15

Clause  13,  page  6,  line  3,  at end add ‘that the Secretary of State may by order

prescribe.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 14 Agreed to.

Mr David Heath

Mark Hunter

Withdrawn  16

Clause  15,  page  6,  line  11,  at end insert—

‘( )
The Secretary of State may not appoint a day by order for section (Abolition of

conspiracy to defraud) until he has received a report on the operation of this Act,

and in any case not earlier than three years after the commencement of the Act.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 16 Agreed to.

[Adjourned till Thursday at 9.00 a.m.