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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 20th November 2007

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill


 

[Ninth and tenth sittings]


 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

David Howarth

 

Mr David Heath

 

Not selected  10

 

Page  8,  line  1,  leave out Clause 10.

 

Clause Agreed to on division.

 


 

Mr David Hanson

 

Agreed to  20

 

Clause  11,  page  8,  line  24,  leave out second ‘community’ and insert

 

‘rehabilitation’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not selected  11

 

Page  8,  line  17,  leave out Clause 11.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Mr David Heath

 

David Howarth

 

Withdrawn  137

 

Clause  12,  page  8,  line  34,  after ‘below,’, insert ‘if the offender is over the age of

 

18 years,’.


 
 

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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not selected  16

 

Page  8,  line  28,  leave out Clause 12.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr David Hanson

 

Agreed to  175

 

Clause  13,  page  9,  leave out lines 39 to 41 and insert—

 

“(1A)    

Subsection (1) applies to a court sentencing a person to—

 

(a)    

a term of imprisonment for an offence committed before 4 April 2005, or

 

(b)    

a term of imprisonment of less than 12 months for an offence committed

 

on or after that date,

 

    

as it applies to the imposition of any other term of imprisonment.’.

 

Mr David Hanson

 

Agreed to  176

 

Clause  13,  page  9,  line  46,  at end insert—

 

‘(5)    

Any saving by virtue of which section 84 of the Powers of Criminal Courts

 

(Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6) (restrictions on consecutive sentences for released

 

prisoners) continues to apply in certain cases (despite the repeal of that section by

 

the Criminal Justice Act 2003) shall cease to have effect.’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not selected  17

 

Page  9,  line  19,  leave out Clause 13.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Clause 14 Agreed to.

 



 
 

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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Withdrawn  12

 

Clause  15,  page  10,  line  25,  at end add—

 

‘(2A)    

For the avoidance of doubt there is a rebuttable presumption that any such

 

prisoner will be removed from the United Kingdom following his release without

 

prejudice to any existing rights not to be, or protections from being, removed

 

under British or European Union law.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr David Hanson

 

Agreed to  74

 

Clause  16,  page  10,  line  31,  leave out subsection (2) and insert—

 

‘(2)    

After section 255 of that Act (recall of prisoners released early under section 246)

 

insert—

 

“255A

 Further release after recall: introductory

 

(1)    

This section applies for the purpose of identifying which of sections

 

255B to 255D governs the further release of a person who has been

 

recalled under section 254 (“the prisoner”).

 

(2)    

The prisoner is eligible to be considered for automatic release unless—

 

(a)    

he is an extended sentence prisoner or a specified offence

 

prisoner; or

 

(b)    

he has, during the same term of imprisonment, already been

 

released under section 255B(1)(b) or (2) or section 255C(2).

 

(3)    

If the prisoner is eligible to be considered for automatic release the

 

Secretary of State must, on recalling him, consider whether he is suitable

 

for automatic release.

 

(4)    

For this purpose “automatic release” means release at the end of the

 

period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the prisoner is

 

returned to prison.

 

(5)    

The person is suitable for automatic release only if the Secretary of State

 

is satisfied that he will not present a risk of serious harm to members of

 

the public if he is released at the end of that period.

 

(6)    

The prisoner must be dealt with—

 

(a)    

in accordance with section 255B if he is suitable for automatic

 

release;

 

(b)    

in accordance with section 255C if he is eligible to be considered

 

for automatic release but was not considered to be suitable for it;

 

(c)    

in accordance with section 255C if he is a specified offence

 

prisoner;

 

(d)    

in accordance with section 255D if he is an extended sentence

 

prisoner.

 

(7)    

The prisoner is an “extended sentence prisoner” if he is serving an

 

extended sentence imposed under section 227 or 228 of this Act, section


 
 

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58 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 or section 85 of the Powers of

 

Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000.

 

(8)    

The prisoner is a “specified offence prisoner” if (not being an extended

 

sentence prisoner) he is serving a sentence imposed for a specified

 

offence within the meaning of section 224.

 

(9)    

The Secretary of State may by order amend the number of days for the

 

time being specified in subsection (4).

 

(10)    

In subsection (2) “term of imprisonment” means—

 

(a)    

in relation to a prisoner who is, or is to be treated as, serving a

 

single term of imprisonment, that term;

 

(b)    

in relation to a prisoner serving two or more sentences of

 

imprisonment (whether concurrently or consecutively), the

 

aggregrate of the periods that the prisoner is required—

 

(i)    

to serve in prison, or

 

(ii)    

to be on licence.

 

(11)    

In subsection (5) “serious harm” means death or serious personal injury,

 

whether physical or psychological.

 

255B  

Automatic release

 

(1)    

A prisoner who is suitable for automatic release must—

 

(a)    

on his return to prison, be informed that he will be released under

 

this subsection, and

 

(b)    

at the end of the 28 day period mentioned in section 255A(4) (or

 

such other period as is specified for the purposes of that

 

subsection), be released by the Secretary of State on licence

 

under this Chapter (unless he has already been released under

 

subsection (2)).

 

(2)    

The Secretary of State may, at any time after a prisoner who is suitable

 

for automatic release is returned to prison, release him again on licence

 

under this Chapter.

 

(3)    

The Secretary of State must not release a person under subsection (2)

 

unless the Secretary of State is satisfied that it is not necessary for the

 

protection of the public that he should remain in prison until the end of

 

the period mentioned in subsection (1)(b).

 

(4)    

If a prisoner who is suitable for automatic release makes representations

 

under section 254(2) before the end of that period, the Secretary of State

 

must refer his case to the Board on the making of those representations.

 

(5)    

Where on a reference under subsection (4) relating to any person the

 

Board recommends his immediate release on licence under this Chapter,

 

the Secretary of State must give effect to the recommendation.

 

(6)    

In the case of an intermittent custody prisoner who has not yet served in

 

prison the number of custodial days specified in the intermittent custody

 

order, any recommendation by the Board as to immediate release on

 

licence is to be a recommendation as to his release on licence until the end

 

of one of the licence periods specified by virtue of section 183(1)(b) in

 

the intermittent custody order.


 
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