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House of Commons

Tuesday 10 February 2009

Public Bill Committee

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance

Policing and Crime Bill

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Note

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

Committee [27 January].

James Brokenshire

Mr David Ruffley

31

Clause  14,  page  14,  line  11,  after ‘B’, insert ‘, or knows that another person has

made or promised payment for such sexual services,’.

James Brokenshire

Mr David Ruffley

32

Clause  14,  page  14,  line  12,  leave out paragraph (b) and insert—

‘(b)	any of B’s activities relating to the provision of those services are

procured by a third person through the use of or threat of the use of force

or coercion or B has been the subject of trafficking arrangements by a

third person which would constitute an offence by such third person

under section 57 (trafficking into the UK for sexual exploitation), section

58 (trafficking within the UK for sexual exploitation) or section 59

(trafficking out of the UK for sexual exploitation) which together shall

mean “controlled” for the purposes of this section, and

(c)

either—

(i)	A does not reasonably believe that any of B’s activities relating

to the provision of those services are controlled, or

(ii)	A is reckless as to whether any of B’s activities relating to the

provision of those services are controlled.’.

Public Bill Committee: 10 February 2009

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Policing and Crime Bill, continued

James Brokenshire

Mr David Ruffley

33

Clause  14,  page  14,  line  17,  leave out paragraph (b).

James Brokenshire

Mr David Ruffley

34

Clause  14,  page  14,  line  19,  leave out subsection (3).

Dr Evan Harris

Paul Holmes

1

Clause  15,  page  14,  line  28,  after ‘person’, insert ‘aged 18 or over’.

James Brokenshire

Mr David Ruffley

19

Clause  15,  page  14,  line  29,  leave out paragraph (b).

Dr Evan Harris

246

Clause  15,  page  14,  line  31,  leave out ‘two’ and insert ‘three’.

James Brokenshire

Mr David Ruffley

20

Clause  15,  page  14,  line  31,  leave out paragraph (a).

Dr Evan Harris

247

Clause  15,  page  14,  line  32,  leave out ‘three months’ and insert ‘one year’.

James Brokenshire

Mr David Ruffley

Paul Holmes

Dr Evan Harris

21

Clause  15,  page  14,  line  37,  leave out subsection (4).

James Brokenshire

Mr David Ruffley

22

Clause  15,  page  14,  line  39,  leave out subsection (5).

Public Bill Committee: 10 February 2009

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Policing and Crime Bill, continued

James Brokenshire

Mr David Ruffley

23

Clause  16,  page  15,  line  6,  after ‘section’, insert ‘by making an order under section

177 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 or’.

James Brokenshire

Mr David Ruffley

24

Clause  16,  page  15,  line  8,  at end insert ‘(such order requiring attendance at

meetings being referred to as a “meeting requirement order” for the purposes of this

section)’.

Dr Evan Harris

248

Schedule  1,  page  107,  line  22,  after ‘practicable’, insert ‘and in any event within 24

hours’.

James Brokenshire

Mr David Ruffley

25

Clause  18,  page  17,  line  12,  at end insert ‘and the platform, concourse or any part

of a railway station shall be considered to a be public place for the purposes of this

section.’.

Dr Evan Harris

251

Schedule  2,  page  110,  leave out lines 4 to 7.

Dr Evan Harris

Paul Holmes

69

Schedule  2,  page  111,  line  24,  leave out subsection (8).

Dr Evan Harris

249

Schedule  2,  page  112,  line  43,  leave out ‘two’ and insert ‘three’.

Dr Evan Harris

Paul Holmes

70

Schedule  2,  page  113,  line  18,  leave out subsection (10).

Public Bill Committee: 10 February 2009

114

Policing and Crime Bill, continued

Dr Evan Harris

250

Schedule  2,  page  113,  line  21,  at end insert—

‘(10A)

The third condition is that the court is satisfied that the authorising officer has

satisfied himself of the identity of the interested parties and effected service on

them.’.

James Brokenshire

Mr David Ruffley

26

Schedule  2,  page  119,  line  37,  after ‘person’, insert ‘did not permit or allow that

use and’.

Dr Evan Harris

Paul Holmes

71

Schedule  2,  page  120,  leave out lines 13 to 20.

Lynda Waltho

78

Clause  25,  page  20,  line  1,  leave out paragraph (b).

Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

62

Clause  25,  page  22,  line  4,  at end insert—

‘(8A)

In section 2 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982, for

subsections (1) to (4) substitute—

“(1)	Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the licensing of

sex establishments.”’.

Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

63

Schedule  3,  page  122,  line  3,  leave out paragraphs 1 and 2.

James Brokenshire

Mr David Ruffley

35

Clause  29,  page  22,  line  33,  leave out ‘reasonable excuse’ and insert ‘the

permission of his or her parent or guardian’.

Public Bill Committee: 10 February 2009

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Policing and Crime Bill, continued

James Brokenshire

Mr David Ruffley

86

Clause  29,  page  22,  line  34,  leave out from ‘place’ to end of line 35 and insert ‘and

in doing so is in breach of a current acceptable behaviour contract which has been signed

by that person’.

Paul Holmes

Dr Evan Harris

242

Clause  29,  page  22,  line  35,  at end insert ‘and in doing so is in breach of a current

Acceptable Behaviour Contract which has been signed by that person.’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

126

Clause  29,  page  22,  line  37,  leave out ‘licensed’ and insert ‘excluded’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

127

Clause  29,  page  23,  line  8,  leave out from ‘subsection (2)’ to end of line 14 and

insert ‘“excluded premises”—

(a)	in relation to England and Wales, means—

(i)	premises which may by virtue of Part 3 or 5 of the Licensing Act

2003 (premises licence or permitted temporary activity) be used

for the supply of alcohol,

(ii)	premises which may by virtue of Part 4 of that Act (club

premises certificate) be used for the supply of alcohol to

members or guests,

(b)	in relation to Northern Ireland, means—

(i)	licensed premises within the meaning of the 1996 Licensing

Order,

(ii)	premises of a club registered under the Registration of Clubs

(Northern Ireland) Order 1996,

(iii)

premises for which an occasional licence (within the meaning of

the 1996 Licensing Order) has been granted.’

Mr Vernon Coaker

128

Clause  29,  page  23,  line  19,  after ‘1996’ insert ‘Licensing’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

129

Clause  29,  page  23,  line  20,  after ‘1996’ insert ‘Licensing’.

James Brokenshire

Mr David Ruffley

36

Clause  30,  page  23,  line  24,  leave out ‘16’ and insert ‘13’.

Public Bill Committee: 10 February 2009

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Policing and Crime Bill, continued

Paul Holmes

Dr Evan Harris

243

Page  23,  line  22,  leave out Clause 30.

Paul Holmes

Dr Evan Harris

244

Schedule  4,  page  123,  line  17,  leave out paragraph 2.

James Brokenshire

Mr David Ruffley

37

Schedule  4,  page  123,  line  24,  leave out ‘appropriate’ and insert ‘necessary and

proportionate’.

James Brokenshire

Mr David Ruffley

38

Schedule  4,  page  123,  line  25,  at end insert ‘provided always that no such condition

shall increase the minimum statutory age at which alcohol can be purchased.’.

James Brokenshire

Mr David Ruffley

39

Schedule  4,  page  123,  line  26,  leave out sub-paragraph (2).

James Brokenshire

Mr David Ruffley

40

Schedule  4,  page  124,  line  2,  at end insert—

‘(4A)

Before making an order under this section the Secretary of State shall undertake

such public consultation as he considers appropriate in the context of the

conditions proposed and have due regard to the representations received.’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

130

Schedule  4,  page  124,  line  15,  leave out ‘in particular localities’ and insert ‘for

existing licences’.

Paul Holmes

Dr Evan Harris

245

Schedule  4,  page  124,  line  17,  leave out ‘permitted’.

James Brokenshire

Mr David Ruffley

41

Schedule  4,  page  124,  line  17,  leave out ‘appropriate’ and insert ‘necessary and

proportionate’.

Public Bill Committee: 10 February 2009

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Policing and Crime Bill, continued

James Brokenshire

Mr David Ruffley

42

Schedule  4,  page  124,  line  17,  after ‘on’, insert ‘all’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

131

Schedule  4,  page  124,  line  17,  leave out from ‘on’ to ‘or disorder’ in line 29 and

insert ‘two or more existing relevant premises licences in its area if, in the case of each of

the premises concerned, it considers that—

(a)	there has been nuisance to members of the public, or a section of the

public, or disorder, on or near the premises,

(b)	the nuisance or disorder is associated with the consumption of alcohol on

the premises or with the consumption of alcohol supplied on the

premises,

(c)	there is likely to be a repetition of nuisance or disorder that is so

associated, and

(d)	it is appropriate to impose the conditions for the purposes of mitigating

or preventing the nuisance’.

James Brokenshire

Mr David Ruffley

43

Schedule  4,  page  124,  line  17,  leave out ‘relevant’.

James Brokenshire

Mr David Ruffley

44

Schedule  4,  page  124,  line  30,  at end insert ‘provided always that no such condition

shall impose a condition requiring specific financial payment’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

132

Schedule  4,  page  124,  line  33,  leave out ‘in the locality concerned’ and insert ‘to

which the resolution applies’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

133

Schedule  4,  page  124,  line  40,  leave out ‘in a locality’.

Mr Vernon Coaker

134

Schedule  4,  page  124,  leave out lines 43 to 45.

Mr Vernon Coaker

135

Schedule  4,  page  125,  line  9,  leave out the words from first ‘the’ to ‘resolution’ in

line 11 and insert ‘holders of the relevant premises licences to which the resolution is to

apply and the responsible authorities for the premises concerned are consulted before the’.

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Revised 10 February 2009