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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given up to and including

Friday 18th April 2008

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

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

Public Bill Committee

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Counter-Terrorism Bill

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Note

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

Programming Sub-Committee [3rd April 2008].

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 3rd April (Standing Order No.

83C):

That—

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

22nd April)—

(a)	at 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday 22nd April;

(b)	at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 24th April;

(c)	at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 29th April;

(d)	at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 6th May;

(e)	at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 8th May;

(f)	at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 13th May;

(g)	at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 15th May;

(2)	the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following

Table:

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TABLE

	Date	Time	Witness
	Tuesday 22nd April	Until no later than 12.00 noon	Association of Chief Police
			Officers
		Until no later than 1.00 p.m.	JUSTICE
	Tuesday 22nd April	Until no later than 5.00 p.m.	The Director of Public
			Prosecutions; Crown Prosecution
			Service
		Until no later than 6.00 p.m.	Lord Dear
		Until no later than 7.00 p.m.	Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington
	Thursday 24th April	Until no later than 9.45 a.m.	Liberty
		Until no later than 10.25 a.m.	The Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith QC
	Thursday 24th April	Until no later than 1.45 p.m.	Lord Carlile of Berriew QC
		Until no later than 2.30 p.m.	Coroners’ Society of England and
			Wales
		Until no later than 5.30 p.m.	Home Office

(3)	proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the

following order: Clauses 1 to 22; Schedule 1; Clauses 23 to 31; Schedule 2;

Clauses 32 to 37; Schedule 3; Clauses 38 and 39; Clause 45; Clauses 40 to

44; Clauses 46 to 55; Schedules 4 and 5; Clauses 56 to 89; Schedule 6;

Clauses 90 to 92; new Clauses; new Schedules; remaining proceedings on the

Bill;

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

conclusion at 4.00 p.m. on Thursday 15th May.

Mr Tony McNulty has given notice of his intention to move a motion in the terms of the

Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee [Standing Order No. 83C].

Mr Tony McNulty

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

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

Mr Tony McNulty

That, at this and any subsequent meeting at which oral evidence is to be heard, the

Committee shall sit in private until the witnesses are admitted.

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Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

1

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  8,  after ‘may’, insert ‘, if he has reasonable grounds for

believing that a document may be seized, and’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

2

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  44,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

Under subsection (2), it is not reasonably practicable, for the item subject to legal

privilege to be separated from the rest of the document if, and only if, it is not

reasonably practicable because of—

(a)	the time required to determine whether an item should be seized or to

separate such an item;

(b)	the number of persons required to carry out that determination or

separation; or

(c)	the apparatus or equipment that would be necessary or appropriate to use

for carrying out that determination or separation.’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

3

Page  2,  line  36,  leave out Clause 3.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

4

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  22,  at end insert ‘, provided that he has satisfied himself that

the provisions of sections 1 to 5 have been properly met.’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

5

Clause  10,  page  6,  line  29,  after ‘constable’, insert ‘with the authority of an officer

of a rank no lower than inspector’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

6

Clause  10,  page  6,  line  40,  after ‘constable’, insert ‘with the authority of an officer

of a rank no lower than inspector’.

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Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

7

Clause  10,  page  7,  line  5,  leave out subsection (4).

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

8

Clause  12,  page  9,  line  2,  after ‘constable’, insert ‘with the authority of an officer of

a rank no lower than inspector’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

9

Clause  12,  page  9,  line  13,  after ‘constable’, insert ‘with the authority of an officer

of a rank no lower than inspector’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

10

Clause  12,  page  9,  line  19,  leave out subsection (5).

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

11

Clause  19,  page  15,  line  17,  at end add—

‘(8)	Nothing in this section shall require a person to disclose information to any of the

intelligence services for any purpose.’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

12

Page  16,  line  14,  leave out Clause 22.

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Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

13

Page  61,  line  2,  leave out Schedule 1.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

14

Clause  23,  page  16,  line  25,  after ‘offence’, insert ‘, at any time up to the

commencement of the trial,’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

15

Clause  23,  page  16,  line  26,  leave out ‘or’ and insert ‘and’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

17

Clause  23,  page  16,  line  32,  at end insert—

‘(iii)

has, after satisfying himself that the original charge was

appropriate and that further questioning would be in the interests

of justice, given authority for the constable to question the

person.’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

16

Clause  23,  page  16,  line  34,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

18

Clause  23,  page  16,  line  35,  at end insert—

‘(4A)

Codes of practice made under subsection (4) must include provision for—

(a)	questioning to take place only in the presence of a lawyer representing

the interests of the accused person;

(b)	a transcript to be made available to the judge authorising the questioning

under subsection (3);

(c)	the questioning to be subject to a video recording;

(d)	for the purpose of the questioning to be confined to questioning about

new evidence which has become available since the accused person was

charged; and

(e)	preventing oppressive questioning by specifying appropriate time limits.

(4B)	Prior to the commencement of the trial the judge must review any transcripts

made available to him under subsection (4A)(b) having regard to subsections

(4A)(d) and (e).’.

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Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

19

Clause  23,  page  17,  line  2,  leave out subsections (6) and (7).

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

21

Clause  25,  page  17,  line  32,  at end insert ‘, at any time up to the commencement of

the trial,’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

22

Clause  25,  page  17,  line  32,  at end insert ‘, and

(c)	a judge of the Crown Court has, after satisfying himself that the original

charge was appropriate and that further questioning would be in the

interests of justice, given authority for the constable to question the

person.’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

23

Clause  25,  page  17,  line  34,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

24

Clause  25,  page  17,  line  36,  at end insert—

‘(3A)

Codes of practice made under subsection (3) must include provision for—

(a)	questioning to take place only in the presence of a lawyer representing

the interests of the accused person;

(b)	a transcript to be made available to the judge authorising the questioning

under subsection (3);

(c)	the questioning to be subject to a video recording;

(d)	for the purpose of the questioning to be confined to questioning about

new evidence which has become available since the accused person was

charged; and

(e)	preventing oppressive questioning by specifying appropriate time limits.

(3B)	Prior to the commencement of the trial the judge must review any transcripts

made available to him under subsection (3A)(b) having regard to subsections

(3A)(d) and (e).’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

25

Clause  25,  page  18,  line  1,  leave out subsections (5) and (6).

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Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

26

Clause  26,  page  19,  line  11,  at end insert—

(e)	the common law offences of murder, manslaughter, culpable homicide,

kidnapping or abduction, in relation to an offence listed in subsection (1)

above.’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

50

Clause  27,  page  20,  line  20,  at end add—

‘(7)	Where this section applies to an offence committed in Scotland, proceedings may

only be taken in another part of the United Kingdom following consultation with,

and with the consent of, the Lord Advocate.’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

27

Clause  29,  page  20,  line  33,  leave out ‘court’ and insert ‘jury’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

28

Clause  29,  page  20,  line  37,  leave out ‘determines’ and insert ‘is satisfied beyond

reasonable doubt’.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

35

Clause  42,  page  30,  leave out lines 33 to 34.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

33

Clause  42,  page  30,  leave out lines 42 to 44.

Tom Brake

Mr David Heath

37

Clause  42,  page  31,  leave out lines 4 to 8.

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Revised 21 April 2008