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Report Stage Proceedings: 10th June 2008                

558

 

Counter-Terrorism Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Not selected  41

 

Page  50,  line  33,  leave out Clause 70.

 


 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

Agreed to  75

 

Page  51,  line  18  [Clause  71],  leave out from ‘about’ to ‘which’ in line 19 and insert

 

‘an individual who is or has been—

 

(i)    

a member of Her Majesty’s forces,

 

(ii)    

a member of any of the intelligence services, or

 

(iii)    

a constable,’.

 

As an Amendment to Secretary Jacqui Smith’s proposed Amendment (No. 75):—

 

Mr Nick Clegg

 

Dr Vincent Cable

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Paul Burstow

 

Not called  (a)

 

Line  5,  at end insert ‘or

 

(iv)    

any other person holding office under the crown.’.

 

Mr Nick Clegg

 

Dr Vincent Cable

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Paul Burstow

 

Not called  123

 

Page  51,  line  19  [Clause  71],  leave out ‘is of a kind likely’ and insert ‘he intends’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

Agreed to  76

 

Page  51,  line  22  [Clause  71],  leave out ‘information of that kind’ and insert ‘any

 

such information’.

 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Not called  42

 

Page  51,  line  24  [Clause  71],  after ‘prove’, insert ‘(a)’.

 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Not called  43

 

Page  51,  line  24  [Clause  71],  after ‘action’, insert—

 

‘(b)    

that at the time of the alleged offence he did not know and had no reason

 

to know that the information was of a kind that was likely to be helpful

 

to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism;


 
 

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(c)    

that at the time of the alleged offence he did not know and had no reason

 

to know that the disclosure of such information was likely to be helpful

 

to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism; or

 

(d)    

that at the time of the alleged offence disclosure of such information was

 

in the public interest.’.

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

Agreed to  77

 

Page  51,  line  34  [Clause  71],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In this section “the intelligence services” means the Security Service, the Secret

 

Intelligence Service and GCHQ (within the meaning of section 3 of the

 

Intelligence Services Act 1994).’

 


 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

David Davis

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Negatived on division  11

 

Page  54,  line  8  [Clause  74],  leave out subsection (2).

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

David Davis

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  12

 

Page  54,  line  40  [Clause  76],  leave out subsection (4).

 


 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Not called  44

 

Page  61,  line  11  [Clause  92],  leave out from ‘proceedings)’ to end of line 12 and

 

insert ‘shall not come into effect until the rules of court shall have been approved by a

 

resolution of each House of Parliament as provided for in section 63(4).’.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

David Davis

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Not called  14

 

Page  61,  line  18  [Clause  92],  at end insert ‘, subject to subsection (7).’.

 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Not called  45

 

Page  61,  line  18  [Clause  92],  at end insert ‘subject to subsections (7) and (8)’.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

David Davis

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Not called  13

 

Page  61,  line  21  [Clause  92],  at end add—


 
 

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‘(7)    

Section 24 (post-charge questioning: England and Wales) shall not come into

 

effect until the codes of practice under section 66 of the Police and Criminal

 

Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) and referred to in section 24(4) shall have been agreed

 

by a resolution of each House of Parliament.’.

 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Not called  46

 

Page  61,  line  21  [Clause  92],  at end add—

 

‘(7)    

Section 22 (period of pre-charge detention) and Schedule 2(amendments relating

 

to a period of pre-charge detention) shall not come into effect until the codes of

 

practice under section 66 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

 

regulating such detention shall have been approved by a resolution of each House

 

of Parliament.

 

(8)    

Section 24 (period of post-charge questioning) shall not come into effect until the

 

codes of practice under section 66 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

 

and referred to in section 24(4) shall be approved by a resolution of each House

 

of Parliament.’.

 


 

New Clauses, Amendments to clauses, new Schedules and Amendments to

 

Schedules relating to part 3

 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

Agreed to  60

 

Page  20,  line  39  [Clause  28],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In section 1 of the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (c. 6) (issue

 

of certificate for trial without a jury), after subsection (6) insert—

 

“(6A)    

The Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland may not issue a

 

certificate under subsection (2) if—

 

(a)    

the proceedings are taken in Northern Ireland only by virtue of

 

section 28 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, and

 

(b)    

it appears to the Director that the only condition that is met is

 

condition 4.”.’.

 

Mr Nick Clegg

 

Dr Vincent Cable

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Paul Burstow

 

Not called  111

 

Page  20,  line  39  [Clause  28],  at end insert—

 

“(6A)    

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.”.


 
 

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Counter-Terrorism Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Jacqui Smith

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

David Davis

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

Agreed to  9

 

Page  20,  line  40  [Clause  28],  leave out subsection (7).

 


 

Mr Nick Clegg

 

Dr Vincent Cable

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Paul Burstow

 

Not called  112

 

Page  21,  line  14  [Clause  30],  leave out first ‘court’ and insert ‘jury’.

 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Not selected  19

 

Page  21,  line  14  [Clause  30],  after ‘determines’, insert ‘beyond reasonable doubt’.

 


 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Not called  79

 

Page  22,  line  13  [Clause  33],  after ‘property’, insert ‘in respect of’.

 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Not called  80

 

Page  22,  line  14  [Clause  33],  after ‘which’, insert ‘the court is sure that’.

 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Not called  81

 

Page  22,  line  17  [Clause  33],  leave out ‘had reasonable cause to suspect’ and insert

 

‘suspected’.

 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Not called  82

 

Page  22,  line  22  [Clause  33],  after ‘which’, insert ‘the court is sure’.

 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Not called  83

 

Page  22,  line  24  [Clause  33],  leave out ‘had reasonable cause to suspect’ and insert

 

‘suspected’.

 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Not called  84

 

Page  22,  line  29  [Clause  33],  after ‘which’, insert ‘the court is sure’.


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 10th June 2008                

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Counter-Terrorism Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Not called  85

 

Page  22,  line  35  [Clause  33],  after ‘which’, insert ‘the court is sure’.

 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Not called  86

 

Page  22,  line  40  [Clause  33],  after ‘which’, insert ‘the court is sure’.

 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Not called  87

 

Page  22,  line  43  [Clause  33],  after ‘property’, insert ‘in respect of’.

 


 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Not called  88

 

Page  23,  line  1  [Clause  33],  after ‘which’, insert ‘the court was sure was’.

 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Not called  89

 

Page  23,  line  1  [Clause  33],  leave out ‘is’.

 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Not called  90

 

Page  23,  line  11  [Clause  34],  after ‘which’, insert ‘the court is sure that’.

 


 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Not called  20

 

Page  24,  line  19  [Clause  35],  after ‘section’, insert ‘and where the court is satisfied

 

on the balance of probabilities that the person is the owner or otherwise has an interest in

 

anything which otherwise might be subject to forfeiture under that section and considers

 

that it would be unjust to that person to make an order of forfeiture the court shall not

 

make such an order but shall make such other order as seems to the court to be just.’.

 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Not called  91

 

Page  24,  line  23  [Clause  35],  after ‘person’, insert ‘or on any person dependent

 

upon the convicted person’.

 


 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Not called  92

 

Page  27,  line  16  [Clause  37],  at end insert ‘and where the court is satisfied on the

 

balance of probabilities that the person making the claim is the owner of or otherwise has

 

an interest in anything which otherwise might be subject to forfeiture under this section

 

and considers that it would be unjust to that person to make an order of forfeiture, the court


 
 

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shall not make such an order but shall make such other order as seems to the court to be

 

just.’.

 


 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Not called  93

 

Page  28,  line  2  [Clause  37],  at end insert ‘and where the court is satisfied on the

 

balance of probabilities that the person making the claim is the owner of or otherwise has

 

an interest in anything which might otherwise be subject to forfeiture under this section

 

and it considers that it would be unjust to that person to make an order of forfeiture the

 

court shall not make such an order but shall make such other order as seems to the court

 

to be just.’.

 


 

New clauses, Amendments to Clauses, New Schedules and Amendments to

 

Schedules Relating to Part 6

 

Mr Andrew Dismore

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

John Austin

 

Mr Virendra Sharma

 

John McDonnell

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Negatived on division  1

 

Page  45,  line  12,  leave out Clause 65.

 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Mr Nick Clegg

 

Dr Vincent Cable

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

David Howarth

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Not called  33

 

Page  45,  line  23  [Clause  65],  leave out subsections (b) and (c).

 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Not selected  34

 

Page  45,  line  29  [Clause  65],  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

A certificate may not be issued unless the Secretary of State has obtained prior

 

written approval from the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales certifying that


 
 

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in his opinion the issue of the certificate would satisfy the requirements of section

 

1 (appointment of coroners).’.

 


 

Mr Andrew Dismore

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

John Austin

 

Mr Virendra Sharma

 

John McDonnell

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Not called  2

 

Page  46,  line  21,  leave out Clause 66.

 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Mr Nick Clegg

 

Dr Vincent Cable

 

Chris Huhne

 

Tom Brake

 

David Howarth

 

Not called  35

 

Page  46,  line  34  [Clause  66],  leave out subsections (b) and (c).

 

Mr Douglas Hogg

 

Not selected  36

 

Page  46,  line  40  [Clause  66],  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

A certificate may not be issued unless the Secretary of State has obtained prior

 

written approval from the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland certifying that

 

in his opinion the issue of the certificate would satisfy the requirements of

 

subsection (1).’.

 


 

Mr Andrew Dismore

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

John Austin

 

Mr Virendra Sharma

 

John McDonnell

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Not called  3

 

Page  47,  line  30,  leave out Clause 67.


 
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