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House of Commons

Tuesday 3 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

Coroners and Justice Bill

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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

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

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

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

deceased’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

2

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

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

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

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

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

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

7

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

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

8

Page  26,  line  11,  leave out Clause 43.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

9

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

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

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insert ‘that encourages or assists’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

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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

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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

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

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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

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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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Revised 3 February 2009