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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 3 February 2009

 

Public Bill Committee

 

New Amendments handed in are marked thus Parliamentary Star

 

Parliamentary Star - whiteAmendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance

 

Coroners and Justice Bill


 

Note

 

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

 

Programming Sub-Committee.

 


 

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 Wednesday 28 January (Standing Order

 

No. 83C):

 

That—

 

(1)  

the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 am on Tuesday

 

3 February) meet—

 

(a)  

at 4.00 pm on Tuesday 3 February;

 

(b)  

at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 5 February;

 

(c)  

at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 10 February;

 

(d)  

at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 24 February;

 

(e)  

at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 26 February;

 

(f)  

at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 3 March;

 

(g)  

at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 5 March;

 

(2)  

the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following

 

Table—

 

      TABLE

 

Date

Time

Witness

 
 

Tuesday 3 February

Until no later than

Ministry of Justice

 
  

12.20 pm

  
 

Tuesday 3 February

Until no later than

Law Commission

 
  

1.00 pm

  
 

Tuesday 3 February

Until no later than

The Coroners’ Society of

 
  

5.30 pm

England and Wales;

 
   

INQUEST; the Royal

 
   

College of Pathologists;

 
   

Cardiac Risk in the

 
   

Young

 
 

Tuesday 3 February

Until no later than

Liberty

 
  

6.15 pm

  
 

Tuesday 3 February

Until no later than

National Society for the

 
  

7.00 pm

Prevention of Cruelty to

 
   

Children; Barnardo’s;

 
   

Internet Watch

 
   

Foundation

 
 

Thursday 5 February

Until no later than

The Magistrates’

 
  

10.25 am

Association; NACRO;

 
   

Victim Support; Prison

 
   

Reform Trust

 
 

Thursday 5 February

Until no later than

Keir Starmer QC,

 
  

1.40 pm

Director of Public

 
   

Prosecutions

 
 

Thursday 5 February

Until no later than

The Law Society; the

 
  

2.30 pm

Criminal Bar Association

 
 

Thursday 5 February

Until no later than

Justice for Women

 
  

3.00 pm

  
 

Thursday 5 February

Until no later than

Information

 
  

4.00 pm

Commissioner’s Office

 

 
 

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(3)  

proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the

 

following order: Clauses 1 to 14; Schedule 1; Clauses 15 to 21; Schedule 2;

 

Clause 22; Schedule 3; Clauses 23 and 24; Schedule 4; Clause 25; Schedule

 

5; Clause 26; Schedule 6; Clause 27; Schedule 7; Clauses 28 to 31; Schedule

 

8; Clauses 32 to 38; Schedule 9; Clauses 151 to 154; Schedule 18; Clauses 39

 

to 48; Schedule 10; Clauses 49 to 55; Schedule 11; Clauses 56 to 82;

 

Schedule 12; Clauses 83 to 100; Schedule 13; Clauses 101 to 119; Schedule

 

14; Clauses 120 to 124; Schedule 15; Clauses 125 to 131; Schedule 16;

 

Clauses 132 to 147; Schedule 17; Clauses 148 to 150; Clauses 155 and 156;

 

Schedules 19 and 20; Clause 157; Schedule 21; Clauses 158 to 162; 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 pm on Thursday 5 March.

 

Bridget Prentice has given notice of her intention to move a Motion in the terms of the

 

Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee [Standing Order No. 83C(9)].

 



 
 

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Bridget Prentice

 

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

 

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

 


 

Bridget Prentice

 

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.

 


 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

1

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  39,  page  24,  line  5,  after ‘condition’, insert ‘suffered by D or the deceased’.

 


 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

11

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  40,  page  24,  line  27,  after ‘condition’, insert ‘suffered by D or the

 

deceased’.

 


 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

2

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  41,  page  25,  line  18,  after ‘adduced’, insert ‘by the defendant, whether or

 

not deliberately or, if adduced by another, relied upon by the defendant,’.

 


 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

3

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  42,  page  25,  line  35,  at end insert ‘(provided that D’s fear of serious

 

violence must have been aroused within a period that was in all the circumstances

 

reasonably proximate to the killing of V)’.


 
 

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Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

4

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  42,  page  25,  line  39,  at end insert ‘, and

 

(c)    

was done or said within a period that was in all the circumstances

 

reasonably proximate to the killing of V’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

5

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  42,  page  25,  line  41,  at end insert ‘so long as they occurred within a period

 

that was in all the circumstances reasonably proximate to the killing of V’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

6

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  42,  page  25,  line  42,  leave out subsection (6).

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

7

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  42,  page  26,  line  7,  leave out paragraph (c).

 


 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

8

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  26,  line  11,  leave out Clause 43.

 


 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

9

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  46,  page  27,  line  7,  leave out ‘capable of encouraging or assisting’ and

 

insert ‘that encourages or assists’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

10

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  46,  page  27,  line  24,  leave out ‘is capable of encouraging or assisting’ and


 
 

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Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

 
 

insert ‘that encourages or assists’.

 


 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

12

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  47,  page  28,  line  6,  leave out ‘capable of encouraging or assisting’ and

 

insert ‘that encourages or assists’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

13

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  47,  page  28,  line  23,  leave out ‘is capable of encouraging or assisting’ and

 

insert ‘that encourages or assists’.

 


 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

14

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  10,  page  140,  line  15,  leave out ‘is capable of encouraging or assisting’

 

and insert ‘encourages or assists’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

15

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  10,  page  140,  line  34,  leave out ‘is capable of encouraging or assisting’

 

and insert ‘encourages or assists’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

16

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  10,  page  142,  line  31,  leave out from ‘information’ to end of line 32 and

 

insert ‘encouraged or assisted suicide or an attempt at suicide, and was provided with that

 

intention, or’.

 

 

Order of the House [26 January 2009]

 

That the following provisions shall apply to the Coroners and Justice Bill:

 

Committal

 

1.    

The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.


 
 

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Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

 

2.    

Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

 

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 5 March 2009.

 

3.    

The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

 

which it meets.

 

Consideration and Third Reading

 

4.    

Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

 

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

 

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

 

5.    

Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

 

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

 

6.    

Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

 

proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.

 

Other proceedings

 

7.    

Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

 

consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the

 

Lords) may be programmed.

 


 
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