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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 16th January 2007

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Offender Management Bill


 

[third and fourth SittingS]


 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

James Brokenshire

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Negatived on division  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

 

Withdrawn  18

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  25,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

to adhere to the race equality duty under section 71(1) of the Race

 

Relations Act 1976 (c. 47).’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

James Brokenshire

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  12

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  25,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Arrangements under subsection (2) shall not apply in respect of functions

 

specified in section 1(1)(a), 1(2)(a) and 1(2)(c).’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

James Brokenshire

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  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.’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 16th January 2007      

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Offender Management Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

James Brokenshire

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Mark Williams

 

Mark Hunter

 

Not selected  13

 

Page  3,  line  8,  leave out Clause 3.

 

Clause Agreed to on division.

 


 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

James Brokenshire

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Mark Williams

 

Mark Hunter

 

Not selected  14

 

Page  3,  line  36,  leave out Clause 4.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

James Brokenshire

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Withdrawn  7

 

Schedule  1,  page  22,  line  13,  leave out ‘four’ and insert ‘five’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

James Brokenshire

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  8

 

Schedule  1,  page  22,  line  15,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

a magistrate.’.

 

Mark Hunter

 

Mark Williams

 

Not called  38

 

Schedule  1,  page  22,  line  15,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

a magistrate for the area in which the probation trust carries out its

 

functions; and

 

(d)    

a local councillor for the area in which the probation trust carries out its

 

functions.’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

James Brokenshire

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  27

 

Schedule  1,  page  22,  line  18,  at end insert—


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 16th January 2007      

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Offender Management Bill, continued

 
 

‘3A(1)  

The chairman of a probation trust shall be a judge of the High Court or Crown

 

Court.

 

      (2)  

The remaining members of a probation trust shall include at least one of the

 

following:

 

(a)    

a District Judge;

 

(b)    

a member of the Police Authority local to the area in which the

 

probation trust carries out its functions;

 

(c)    

a qualified psychiatrist from the Health Trust local to the area in which

 

the probation trust carries out its functions;

 

(d)    

a member of the local authority to the area in which the probation trust

 

carries out its functions.

 

      (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

 

Withdrawn  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

 

Not called  36

 

Schedule  1,  page  23,  leave out lines 22 to 29.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

James Brokenshire

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Mark Williams

 

Mark Hunter

 

Withdrawn  9

 

Schedule  1,  page  25,  line  1,  leave out sub-paragraph (3).

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

James Brokenshire

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Mark Williams

 

Mark Hunter

 

Withdrawn  10

 

Schedule  1,  page  25,  line  2,  at end add—

 

‘( )    

A probation trust must comply with the duties set out in sections 10 and 11 of the

 

Children Act 2004 (c. 81)’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

James Brokenshire

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Mark Williams

 

Mark Hunter

 

Not selected  15

 

Page  22,  line  2,  leave out Schedule 1.

 

Schedule Agreed to.

 

[Adjourned till Thursday at 9.00 a.m.


 
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