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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 6th May 2008

 

Proceedings

 

on Consideration of Lords Amendments

 

Criminal Justice And Immigration Bill


 

Lords Amendment No. 9

 

Secretary Jack Straw                                                                                        

Agreed to on division

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

To move the following Amendment to the words so restored to the Bill:—

 

Agreed to  (a)

 

Page  8,  line  33,  at end insert—

 

‘(2)    

After that section insert—  

 

“189A

Power to suspend the operation of section 189(1A) and (1B)

 

“(1)    

The Secretary of State may by order suspend the operation of subsections

 

(1A) and (1B) of section 189, so that the power to suspend a sentence of

 

imprisonment becomes exercisable again in relation to summary

 

offences committed after the order comes into force.

 

(2)    

Where the operation of those subsections has been suspended, the

 

Secretary of State may by order revoke the order under subsection (1) so

 

that those subsections again have effect (in relation to summary offences

 

committed after the order under this subsection comes into force).

 

(3)    

The powers conferred by this section may each be exercised once only.”

 

(3)    

In section 330(5) of that Act (orders subject to affirmative procedure) insert, at

 

the appropriate place, “section 189A”.’.

 



 
 

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Lords Amendment No. 301

 

Secretary Jack Straw                                                                                        

Agreed to

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

To move the following Amendment to the words so restored to the Bill:—

 

Agreed to  (a)

 

Page  317,  line  43,  at end insert—

 

    ‘(4)  

The Secretary of State may by order suspend the operation of subsections (1A)

 

and (1B) of section 189 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 as they apply to a

 

relevant service court (by virtue of this section and section (Effect of

 

amendments to criminal justice provisions applied for purposes of service law)

 

of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008), so that the power to

 

suspend a sentence of imprisonment becomes exercisable again in relation to

 

offences mentioned in subsection (3)(a) above committed after the order

 

comes into force.

 

      (5)  

Where the operation of those subsections as they apply to a relevant service

 

court has been suspended, the Secretary of State may by order revoke the order

 

under subsection (4), so that they again have effect (in relation to offences

 

mentioned in subsection (3)(a) committed after the order under this subsection

 

comes into force).

 

      (6)  

The powers conferred by subsections (4) and (5) may each be exercised once

 

only.”

 

(4)    

In section 373(3) (orders etc. subject to affirmative procedure), after paragraph

 

(c) insert—

 

“(ca)    

an order under section 196(4) or (5),”.’.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 327

 

Secretary Jack Straw                                                                                        

Agreed to

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

To move the following Amendment to the words so restored to the Bill:—

 

Agreed to  (a)

 

Page  338,  line  14,  after ‘10’, insert ‘(1)’.

 



 
 

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Lords Amendment No. 86

 

Secretary Jack Straw                                                                                        

Agreed to on division

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

To move the following Amendment to the Bill in lieu of the Lords Amendment:—

 

Agreed to  (a)

 

Page  71,  line  29,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

After subsection (7) insert—

 

“(8)    

As from 1 May 2011 nothing in this section confers on persons

 

designated under this section—

 

(a)    

any rights of audience, or

 

(b)    

any right to conduct litigation,

 

    

for the purposes of Part 3 of the Legal Services Act 2007 (reserved legal

 

activities).

 

(9)    

As from that date the following provisions of that Act accordingly do not

 

apply to persons designated under this section—

 

(a)    

paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 3 (exemption for persons with

 

statutory rights of audience), and

 

(b)    

paragraph 2(3) of that Schedule (exemption for persons with

 

statutory right to conduct litigation).

 

(10)    

The Attorney General may by order make such modifications in the

 

application of any enactment (including this section) in relation to

 

persons designated under this section as the Attorney General considers

 

appropriate in consequence of, or in connection with, the matters

 

provided for by subsections (8) and (9).

 

(11)    

The Attorney General may also by order amend subsection (2)(a)(ii) so

 

as to omit the words “or offences which are punishable with

 

imprisonment in the case of persons aged 21 or over”.

 

(12)    

The power to make an order under subsection (10) or (11) is exercisable

 

by statutory instrument, but a statutory instrument containing such an

 

order may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid

 

before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.”.’.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 88

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Agreed to  (a)

 

Line  3,  at end insert ‘in the case of persons aged 21 or over’.


 
 

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Lords Amendment, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 89

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Agreed to  (a)

 

Line  8,  leave out from beginning to ‘or’ in line 10.

 

Lords Amendment, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Lords Amendments Nos. 87, 90 and 91 Agreed to.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 285

 

Secretary Jack Straw                                                                                        

Agreed to on division

 

David Howarth

 

Jenny Willott

 

Nick Herbert

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

 

Nick Herbert

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

To move the following Amendment to the Bill in lieu of the Lords Amendment:—

 

Not called  (b)

 

Page  145,  line  30,  at end insert—

 

‘(6A)    

No order may be made for the commencement of Schedule 26 until the Secretary

 

of State and the Attorney General have issued and published guidance to chief

 

officers of police and to the Crown Prosecution Service drawing their attention to

 

the Attorney General’s obligations set out in paragraph 6(2A) of that Schedule.’.

 

David Howarth

 

Jenny Willott

 

Not called  (a)

 

Page  268,  line  38,  at end insert—


 
 

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‘(2A)    

After subsection (1) insert—

 

“(1A)    

When considering whether to consent to a prosecution under

 

subsection (1) the Attorney General must have particular regard to the

 

importance of the right to freedom of expression provided by the

 

European Convention on Human Rights.”’.

 

 

Nick Herbert

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Not called  (c)

 

Page  268,  line  38,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

After subsection (1) insert—

 

“(1A)    

When considering whether to consent to a prosecution under subsection

 

(1) the Attorney General must have particular regard to the need to

 

protect the right of any person—

 

(a)    

to respect for his private and family life, his home and his

 

correspondence;

 

(b)    

to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, including the

 

right to change his religion or belief and freedom, either alone or

 

in community with others and in public and in private, to

 

manifest his religion or belief, in worship, teaching, practice and

 

observance;

 

(c)    

to freedom of expression, including the freedom to hold opinions

 

and to receive and impart information and ideas without

 

interference by any person or public authority;

 

(d)    

to freedom of peaceful assembly and to freedom of association

 

with others.”’.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 115

 

Secretary Jack Straw                                                                                        

Agreed to

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

 

Secretary Jack Straw

 

To move the following Amendment to the Bill in lieu of the Lords Amendment:—

 

Agreed to  (a)

 

Page  140,  line  33,  at end insert the following new Clause:—

 

         

‘Power to require data controllers to pay monetary penalty

 

(1)    

After section 55 of the Data Protection Act 1998 insert—


 
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