House of Commons portcullis
House of Commons
Session 2006 - 07
Internet Publications
Other Bills before Parliament


 
 

1

 

House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 17th July 2007

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill [Lords]


 

Bridget Prentice

 

Agreed to

 

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

 

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

 

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

 

Agreed to

 


 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Withdrawn  8

 

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

 

Jo Swinson

 

Not called  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


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 17th July 2007          

2

 

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

 
 

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

 

Withdrawn  22

 

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

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Withdrawn  23

 

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

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Not called  9

 

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

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Not called  10

 

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

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Withdrawn  24

 

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

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Not called  25

 

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

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Not called  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

 

Not called  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

 

Withdrawn  26

 

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


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 17th July 2007          

3

 

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

 
 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Withdrawn  3

 

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

 

days’.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Not moved  14

 

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

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Withdrawn  4

 

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

 

of 10 years’.

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Withdrawn  2

 

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

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Withdrawn  5

 

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

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Not moved  15

 

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

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Not called  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

 

Withdrawn  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

 

Not called  18

 

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

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Not called  17

 

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


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 17th July 2007          

4

 

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

 
 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Not called  13

 

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

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Not called  19

 

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

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Withdrawn  7

 

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

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Withdrawn  20

 

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

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Not called  21

 

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

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 2 Agreed to.

 

Schedule 1 Agreed to.

 

Clause 3 Agreed to.

 

Schedule 2 Agreed to.

 

Clause 4 Agreed to.

 


 

NEW CLAUSE

 

Registration of marriages to be held abroad

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mr Humfrey Malins

 

Not selected  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.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 17th July 2007          

5

 

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

 
 

(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.’.

 

Bill to be reported.

 


 
contents
 
House of Commons home page Houses of Parliament home page House of Lords home page search page enquiries

© Parliamentary copyright 2007
Revised 18 July 2007