Tuesday 16th January 2007
Public Bill Committee
Offender Management Bill
Note
The amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order
of the Committee [11th January].
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
11
Clause 3, page 3, line 11, leave
out ‘The Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Probation
Boards and Probation Trusts.’.
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
18
Clause 3, page 3, line 25, at
end insert—
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
12
Clause 3, page 3, line 25, at
end insert—
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
25
Clause 3, page 3, line 35, at
end add—
‘(6) In carrying out their functions under this Part,
and in particular in providing any assistance to courts and to the Parole
Board, providers of probation services and their officers shall ensure
that such assistance does not give rise to any conflict of interest
between their obligation to give such advice impartially and the financial
interest of the provider.’.
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mark Williams
Mark Hunter
13
Page 3, line 8, leave out
Clause 3.
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mark Williams
Mark Hunter
14
Page 3, line 36, leave out
Clause 4.
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
7
Schedule 1, page 22, line 13, leave
out ‘four’ and insert ‘five’.
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
8
Schedule 1, page 22, line 15, at
end insert—
Mark Hunter
Mark Williams
38
Schedule 1, page 22, line 15, at
end insert—
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
27
Schedule 1, page 22, line 18, at
end insert—
(3) In appointing the members of a probation trust,
the Secretary of State shall have a duty to ensure that the trust’s
membership is, to the extent reasonably practicable, representative
of the population of the area in which the trust carries out its functions.’.
Mr Neil Gerrard
35
Schedule 1, page 23, line 15, leave
out ‘are for the Trust to determine’ and insert ‘shall
be determined by the Secretary of State’.
Mr Neil Gerrard
36
Schedule 1, page 23, leave
out lines 22 to 29.
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mark Williams
Mark Hunter
9
Schedule 1, page 25, line 1, leave
out sub-paragraph (3).
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mark Williams
Mark Hunter
10
Schedule 1, page 25, line 2, at
end add—
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mark Williams
Mark Hunter
15
Page 22, line 2, leave out
Schedule 1.
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mark Williams
Mark Hunter
26
Clause 6, page 5, line 12, at
end add—
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mark Williams
Mark Hunter
16
Page 5, line 13, leave out
Clause 7.
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mark Williams
Mark Hunter
17
Page 25, line 3, leave out
Schedule 2.
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
29
Clause 9, page 6, line 6, leave
out ‘approved premises’ and insert ‘probation and
bail hostels.’.
Mr Neil Gerrard
34
Clause 9, page 6, line 18, leave
out subsection (7).
Mr Neil Gerrard
33
Page 5, line 38, leave out
Clause 9.
Mark Hunter
Mark Williams
32
Clause 10, page 6, line 40, at
end insert—
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
19
Clause 10, page 6, line 41, after
‘information’, insert ‘of a nature that the Secretary
of State shall by regulation define’.
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
20
Clause 13, page 10, leave
out lines 1 to 3.
Mark Hunter
Mark Williams
39
Clause 13, page 10, line 13, at
end add—
Mark Hunter
Mark Williams
30
Clause 13, page 10, line 20, at
end add—
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
28
Page 17, line 3, leave out
Clause 22.
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
22
Clause 24, page 17, line 39, leave
out subsection (2).
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
21
Page 17, line 32, leave out
Clause 24.
Mark Hunter
Mark Williams
40
Clause 25, page 18, line 25, leave
out subsection (5).
Mark Hunter
Mark Williams
37
Page 19, line 3, leave out
Clause 26.
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mark Williams
Mark Hunter
23
Clause 27, page 19, line 34, at
end insert—
NEW CLAUSES
Race Relations Act
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
NC1
Welfare of children
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
NC2
‘The Secretary of State shall by regulation place
a duty on agencies, including the Probation Service, to ensure they
discharge their duties in regard to protecting and promoting the welfare
of children.’.
Standards
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mark Williams
Mark Hunter
NC3
(3) The regulations provided in subsection (1) above shall
require financial penalties to be paid by any provider of probation
services who, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, fails to meet
the standards prescribed by the regulations.’.
Reoffending targets
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
NC4
‘The Secretary of State shall by direction at the
start of every year and in respect of every provider of probation services,
set targets concerning the reduction of offending or reoffending by
those charged with or convicted of offences, or those given conditional
cautions in the area in which the provider carries out its functions
under this Act.’.
Mark Hunter
Mark Williams
(A)
Line 5, at end add—
Commissioning
Mr Edward Garnier
James Brokenshire
Mr Crispin Blunt
NC5
Release on licence: polygraph condition
Mr Neil Gerrard
NC6
Polygraph condition
Mr Neil Gerrard
NC7
(7) The rules, may in particular, require polygraph operators
to be persons who satisfy such requirements as to qualifications, experience
and other matters as are specified in the rules.’.
Amendment on the Criminal Justice Act 2003
Mr Neil Gerrard
NC8
‘In section 250(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003
(c.44) (licence conditions for prisoners serving sentences of imprisonment
of twelve monts or more etc), in paragraph (b)(I) after “Criminal
Justice and Court Services Act 2000” insert “or section
[Release on licence: polygraph condition] of the Offender Management
Act 2007 (c.).”.’.
Evidence from polygraph sessions
Mr Neil Gerrard
NC9
ORDER OF THE HOUSE [11TH DECEMBER 2006]
Committal
Proceedings in Public Bill Committee
Consideration and Third Reading
Other proceedings
ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE [11TH JANUARY]
(2) the proceedings shall be taken in the following
order: Clauses 1 to 4; Schedule 1; Clauses 5 to 7; Schedule 2; Clauses
8 to 31; Schedules 3 to 5; Clauses 32 to 34; new Clauses, new Schedules,
remaining proceedings on the Bill;
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