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House of Commons

Tuesday 17th July 2007

Public Bill Committee

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Other Amendments not tabled within the required notice period are marked thus

Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill [Lords]

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Note

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Resolution of the

Programming Sub-Committee [12th June 2007].

Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee

The Programming Sub-Committee appointed by the Speaker in respect of the Bill

agreed the following Resolution at its meeting on Thursday 12th July (Standing Order

83C):

That—

(1)	the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday

17th July) meet—

(a)	at 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 17th July;

(b)	at 9.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. on Thursday 19th July;

(2)	the proceedings shall be taken in the following order: Clauses 1 and 2;

Schedule 1; Clause 3; Schedule 2; Clause 4; new Clauses; new Schedules;

remaining proceedings on the Bill;

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

conclusion at 4.00 p.m. on Thursday 19th July.

Bridget Prentice has given notice of her intention to move a motion in the terms of the

Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee.

Public Bill Committee: 17th July 2007

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Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill [Lords], continued

Bridget Prentice

That, subject to the discretion of the Chairman, any written evidence received by the

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

Mr Humfrey Malins

Mr Dominic Grieve

8

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  17,  leave out from ‘appropriate’ to end of line 18.

Jo Swinson

12

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  18,  at end insert—

‘(3A)

In determining the person’s wishes and feelings in pursuance of subsection (2),

the court may direct that the examination of a witness must take place in the

presence of a person approved by the court for the purposes of this section (“an

intermediary”).

(3B)	In this section “intermediary” has the meaning set out in section 29 of the Youth

Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (c. 23).’.

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Humfrey Malins

22

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  14,  leave out ‘or requirements’.

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Humfrey Malins

23

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  20,  leave out paragraph (b).

Mr Humfrey Malins

Mr Dominic Grieve

9

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  24,  leave out paragraph (c).

Mr Humfrey Malins

Mr Dominic Grieve

10

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  24,  after ‘become’, insert ‘knowingly’.

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Humfrey Malins

24

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  39,  leave out from ‘order’ to end of line 40.

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Humfrey Malins

25

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  2,  leave out from ‘protected’ to end of line 6.

Public Bill Committee: 17th July 2007

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Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill [Lords], continued

Mr Humfrey Malins

Mr Dominic Grieve

11

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  31,  leave out from ‘means’ to end of line 33 and insert ‘a

blood relation’.

Mr Humfrey Malins

Mr Dominic Grieve

1

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  35,  at end insert—

‘(9)	In any proceedings the court may make such orders or directions in regard to the

giving of evidence by vulnerable witnesses as it thinks appropriate.’.

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Humfrey Malins

26

Clause  1,  page  3,  line  44,  leave out ‘or another person’.

Mr Humfrey Malins

Mr Dominic Grieve

3

Clause  1,  page  4,  line  13,  after ‘convenient’, insert ‘and in any event within seven

days’.

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Humfrey Malins

14

Clause  1,  page  4,  leave out lines 16 to 29.

Mr Humfrey Malins

Mr Dominic Grieve

4

Clause  1,  page  4,  line  31,  leave out ‘specified period’ and insert ‘maximum period

of 10 years’.

Mr Humfrey Malins

Mr Dominic Grieve

2

Clause  1,  page  4,  line  38,  leave out from ‘order)’ to end of line 39.

Mr Humfrey Malins

Mr Dominic Grieve

5

Clause  1,  page  5,  line  18,  at end insert ‘, or may use violence,’.

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Humfrey Malins

15

Clause  1,  page  5,  line  42,  leave out from beginning to end of line 8 on page 6.

Public Bill Committee: 17th July 2007

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Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill [Lords], continued

Mr Humfrey Malins

Mr Dominic Grieve

6

Clause  1,  page  6,  line  32,  leave out paragraph (c) and insert—

‘(c)	any person specified or falling within a description of persons specified

by order of the Lord Chancellor’.

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Humfrey Malins

16

Clause  1,  page  6,  line  35,  leave out from beginning to end of line 8 on page 7.

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Humfrey Malins

18

Clause  1,  page  7,  leave out lines 9 to 28.

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Humfrey Malins

17

Clause  1,  page  7,  leave out lines 30 to 43.

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Humfrey Malins

13

Clause  1,  page  8,  leave out lines 1 to 14.

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Humfrey Malins

19

Clause  1,  page  8,  leave out lines 15 to 19.

Mr Humfrey Malins

Mr Dominic Grieve

7

Clause  1,  page  8,  line  21,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Humfrey Malins

20

Clause  1,  page  8,  leave out lines 34 to 43.

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Humfrey Malins

21

Clause  1,  page  9,  leave out lines 1 to 16.

Public Bill Committee: 17th July 2007

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Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill [Lords], continued

NEW CLAUSE

Registration of marriages to be held abroad

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Humfrey Malins

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	Any resident British national intending to contract a marriage abroad must, at

least six weeks prior to the date of the intended marriage, register the names and

addresses of the parties to the intended marriage with the Registrar, at the nearest

registry office, failing which the existence of the marriage will not be recognised

as valid within the United Kingdom.

(2)	The Registrar may refuse to allow the registration of any such intended marriage

if he has reasonable cause to suspect that the marriage is not being entered into

without the free and full consent of the person seeking to make the registration.’.

Order of the House [10th JULy 2007]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Force Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill

[Lords]:

Committal

1.	The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

2.	Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 19th July 2007.

3.	The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

4.	Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

5.	Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

6.	Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

7.	Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

consideration of any message from the Lords) may be programmed.

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Revised 17 July 2007