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Public Bill Committee: 8th May 2008
195

Counter-Terrorism Bill, continued

Patrick Mercer

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Adam Holloway

David T.C. Davies

187


Clause  64,  page  45,  line  20,  leave out subsection (4).

Patrick Mercer

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Adam Holloway

David T.C. Davies

188


Clause  64,  page  45,  line  30,  leave out paragraph (b).

Patrick Mercer

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Adam Holloway

David T.C. Davies

189


Clause  64,  page  45,  line  43,  leave out subsection (3).

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

29

Page  44,  line  35,  leave out Clause 64.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

178


Clause  65,  page  46,  line  6,  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Lord Chief

Justice’.

Patrick Mercer

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Adam Holloway

David T.C. Davies

190


Clause  65,  page  46,  line  7,  after ‘inquest’ insert ‘subject to ratification by vote in

both Houses of Parliament’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

179


Clause  65,  page  46,  line  9,  leave out from ‘coroner’ to end of line 11 and insert ‘and

(b)
is included in a list of coroners prepared by the Lord Chief Justice for that

purpose;

(2A)
Any coroner may apply to the Lord Chief Justice to be added to a list prepared

under subsection (2).’.

Public Bill Committee: 8th May 2008
196

Counter-Terrorism Bill, continued

Patrick Mercer

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Adam Holloway

David T.C. Davies

191


Clause  65,  page  46,  line  14,  leave out paragraph (b).

Patrick Mercer

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Adam Holloway

David T.C. Davies

192


Clause  65,  page  46,  line  16,  leave out ‘whether’ and insert ‘unless’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

180


Clause  65,  page  46,  line  37,  at end insert—

‘(c)
the inquest must be held in the place in which it would have been held if

no coroner had been specially appointed under section 18A.’.

Patrick Mercer

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Adam Holloway

David T.C. Davies

193


Clause  65,  page  46,  line  39,  leave out from ‘must’ to ‘and’ in line 40 and insert

‘consider all evidence presented to the inquest prior to the appointment of the specially

appointed coroner’.

Patrick Mercer

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Adam Holloway

David T.C. Davies

194


Clause  65,  page  47,  line  8,  leave out subsection (4).

Patrick Mercer

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Adam Holloway

David T.C. Davies

195


Clause  65,  page  47,  line  16,  leave out subsection (6).

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

181


Clause  65,  page  47,  line  23,  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Lord Chief

Justice’.

Public Bill Committee: 8th May 2008
197

Counter-Terrorism Bill, continued

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

182


Clause  65,  page  47,  line  25,  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Lord Chief

Justice’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

183


Clause  65,  page  47,  line  31,  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Lord Chief

Justice’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

184


Clause  65,  page  47,  line  32,  leave out ‘Secretary of State’ and insert ‘Lord Chief

Justice’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

30

Page  46,  line  1,  leave out Clause 65.

Mr Tony McNulty

177


Clause  67,  page  48,  line  22,  after ‘1988’ insert ‘or section 18A of the Coroners Act

(Northern Ireland) 1959’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

31

Page  48,  line  16,  leave out Clause 67.

Patrick Mercer

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Adam Holloway

David T.C. Davies

196


Page  49,  line  4,  leave out Clause 68.

Public Bill Committee: 8th May 2008
198

Counter-Terrorism Bill, continued

Patrick Mercer

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Adam Holloway

David T.C. Davies

197


Clause  69,  page  49,  line  31,  leave out from ‘Forces’ to ‘useful’ in line 32 and insert

‘with the intention that it is’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

44

Clause  69,  page  49,  line  34,  at end insert ‘and

(c)
intends that the information should be useful to a person committing or

preparing an act of terrorism.’.

Mr Tony McNulty

164

Clause  69,  page  50,  line  6,  at end insert—

‘( )
Schedule 8A to this Act contains supplementary provisions relating to the offence

under this section.’.

Mr Tony McNulty

165

Clause  69,  page  50,  line  12,  at end insert—

‘( )
After Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000 insert the Schedule set out in

Schedule (Offences relating to information about members of armed forces:

supplementary provisions) to this Act.’.

Patrick Mercer

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Adam Holloway

David T.C. Davies

198


Clause  69,  page  50,  line  12,  at end add—

‘(4)
In section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (c.11) (collection of information) in

subsection (1) for “of a kind likely to be” substitute “with the intention that it is”’.

Patrick Mercer

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Adam Holloway

David T.C. Davies

199


Clause  77,  page  55,  line  7,  after second ‘the’ insert ‘national security of the’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

45

Clause  77,  page  55,  line  17,  after ‘State’, insert ‘or a police authority’.

Public Bill Committee: 8th May 2008
199

Counter-Terrorism Bill, continued

Patrick Mercer

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Adam Holloway

David T.C. Davies

200


Clause  77,  page  55,  line  17,  leave out ‘in or around’ and insert ‘within a one mile

radius of’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

46

Clause  77,  page  55,  line  18,  at end insert—

‘(3A)
In this section “gas” means a hydrocarbon normally in a gaseous form and

intended for use as a fuel.’.

Patrick Mercer

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Adam Holloway

David T.C. Davies

201


Clause  78,  page  56,  line  2,  leave out ‘in or around’ and insert ‘within a one mile

radius of’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

47

Clause  78,  page  56,  line  6,  at end insert—

‘(4A)
In this section “gas” means a hydrocarbon normally in a gaseous form and

intended for use as a fuel.’.

Patrick Mercer

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Adam Holloway

David T.C. Davies

202


Clause  79,  page  56,  line  19,  leave out ‘negative resolution procedure’ and insert

‘affirmative procedure’.

Patrick Mercer

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Adam Holloway

David T.C. Davies

203


Clause  80,  page  56,  leave out lines 38 to 40.

Public Bill Committee: 8th May 2008
200

Counter-Terrorism Bill, continued

Patrick Mercer

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Adam Holloway

David T.C. Davies

204


Clause  80,  page  57,  line  1,  leave out paragraph (a).

Patrick Mercer

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Adam Holloway

David T.C. Davies

205


Clause  81,  page  57,  line  22,  leave out ‘28 days’ and insert ‘6 months’.

Patrick Mercer

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Adam Holloway

David T.C. Davies

206


Clause  81,  page  57,  line  26,  leave out subsection (3).

Mr Tony McNulty

77

Schedule  6,  page  82,  line  26,  at end insert—

‘Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11)
In Schedule 8, in paragraph

29(4)(a) and (c), the words “after

consulting the Lord Chancellor”.’.

Mr Tony McNulty

78

Schedule  6,  page  83,  column 2, leave out lines 6 and 7 and insert—

‘Regulation 45E(3) and (4).

In Regulation 109—

(a)
paragraph (1)(g) to (i);

(b)
in paragraph (4)(a), the words preceding

paragraph (i);

(c)
paragraph (4)(b) and the word “and”

immediately preceding it.

In Regulation 115(2), “45E(3),”.’.

Mr Tony McNulty

79

Schedule  6,  page  83,  column 2, leave out lines 10 and 11 and insert—

‘Regulation 45D(3) and (4).

In Regulation 108—

(a)
paragraph (1)(g) to (i);

(b)
in paragraph (4)(a), the words preceding

paragraph (i);

(c)
paragraph (4)(b) and the word “and”

immediately preceding it.

In Regulation 115(2), “45D(3),”.’.

Public Bill Committee: 8th May 2008
201

Counter-Terrorism Bill, continued

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

49

Schedule  6,  page  83,  column 2, leave out lines 26 to 35 and insert ‘the whole Act’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

20

Clause  90,  page  59,  line  33,  at end insert—

‘( )
The provisions of Part 2 (detention and questioning of terrorist suspects) come

into force—

(a)
in England and Wales on the day after the revised codes of practice under

section 23(4) have effect, and

(b)
in Northern Ireland on the day after the revised codes of practice under

section 25(3) have effect.’.

New Clauses

Pre-charge detention: minor amendments

Mr Tony McNulty

NC4

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
In paragraph 9 of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (direction that detained

person may consult solicitor only within sight and hearing of qualified officer),

for sub-paragraph (3) (grounds on which direction may be given) substitute—

  “(3)
A direction under this paragraph may be given only if the officer

giving it has reasonable grounds for believing—

(a)
that, unless the direction is given, the exercise of the right by

the detained person will have any of the consequences

specified in paragraph 8(4), or

(b)
that the detained person has benefited from his criminal

conduct and that, unless the direction is given, the exercise of

the right by the detained person will hinder the recovery of the

value of the property constituting the benefit.”.