Clause
67
Inquests:
intercept
evidence
Mr.
McNulty:
I beg to move amendment No. 177, in
clause 67, page 48, line 22, after
‘1988’ insert
‘or section 18A of the Coroners
Act (Northern Ireland)
1959’.
The
Chairman:
With this it will be
convenient to discuss Government new clause 6— Certificate
requiring inquest to be held without a jury: Northern
Ireland.
Mr.
McNulty:
Briefly, the amendment will
ensure that the amendments to the Regulation of
Investigatory
Powers Act 2000 contained in clause 67, which make intercept material
admissible at inquest proceedings, also extend to Northern Ireland. New
clause 6 will insert a new section in the Coroners Act (Northern
Ireland) 1959, making provisions equivalent to clause 64, which we have
discussed, for Northern Ireland. It will enable the Secretary of State
to certify that an inquest will
involve
“the consideration
of material that should not be made
public”.
When
a certificate has effect, an inquest must be held or continued without
a jury. Effectively, the new clause means that clause 64, as agreed to
by the Committee, should also apply to Northern Ireland. These are
entirely technical, nay territorial, changes, and I commend them to the
Committee.
Amendment
agreed
to.
Mr.
Grieve:
As a matter of consistency, I will be voting
against clause 67, as it follows from the other clauses that we voted
against, whereas the previous clause on inquiries was quite
different.
Question
put, That the clause, as amended, stand part of the
Bill.
The
Committee divided: Ayes 10, Noes
6.
Division
No.
11
]
Question
accordingly agreed to.
Clause
67, as amended,
ordered to stand part of the
Bill.
Further
consideration adjourned.—[Mr.
Campbell.]
Adjourned
accordingly at six minutes to Seven o’clock till Thursday 15 May
at Nine
o’clock.
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