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House of Commons

Tuesday 3 March 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 Order of the

Committee [3 February].

Clause 39.

Amendment 17 proposed, in page 24, line 2, after ‘another’, insert ‘(“V”)’.—(Mr

Edward Garnier).

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

Mr James Gray

18

Clause  39,  page  24,  line  3,  after ‘D’, insert ‘or V’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

164

Clause  39,  page  24,  leave out line 5.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

400

Clause  39,  page  24,  line  9,  at end insert—

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‘(1ZA)

A person (“D”) who kills or is party to the killing of another is not to be convicted

of murder if D was under the age of eighteen and his developmental immaturity—

(a)	substantially impaired D’s ability to do one or more of the things

mentioned in subsection (1A), and

(b)	provides an explanation for D’s acts and omissions in doing or being a

party to the killing.’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

165

Clause  39,  page  24,  leave out lines 14 to 16.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

401

Clause  39,  page  24,  line  14,  after ‘(1)(c)’, insert ‘, and subsection (1ZA)(b)’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

402

Clause  39,  page  24,  line  15,  after ‘functioning’, insert ‘or D’s developmental

immaturity’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

Mr James Gray

19

Clause  40,  page  24,  line  24,  after ‘another’, insert ‘(“V”)’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

Mr James Gray

20

Clause  40,  page  24,  line  25,  after ‘D’, insert ‘or V’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

204

Page  25,  line  1,  after ‘control’, insert ‘caused by gross provocation’.

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David Howarth

Jenny Willott

167

Clause  41,  page  25,  line  2,  leave out ‘loss of control’ and insert ‘statutory

provocation’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

205

Clause  41,  page  25,  line  2,  after ‘control’, insert ‘caused by gross provocation’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

168

Clause  41,  page  25,  leave out lines 5 to 7.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

206

Clause  41,  page  25,  line  6,  after ‘self-control’, insert ‘caused by gross

provocation’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

169

Clause  41,  page  25,  leave out lines 11 and 12.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

207

Clause  41,  page  25,  line  17,  leave out ‘considered’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

170

Clause  41,  page  25,  leave out lines 18 to 21.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

Mr James Gray

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,’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

171

Clause  41,  page  25,  line  22,  leave out ‘(5)’ and insert ‘(1)’.

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Bridget Prentice

266

Clause  41,  page  25,  line  24,  after ‘could’, insert ‘reasonably’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

166

Page  25,  line  2,  leave out Clause 41.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

Mr James Gray

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)’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

450

Clause  42,  page  25,  line  39,  leave out paragraph (b).

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

173

Clause  42,  page  25,  line  39,  leave out ‘a’ and insert ‘an objectively’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

416

Clause  42,  page  25,  line  39,  leave out ‘seriously’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

Mr James Gray

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

Mr James Gray

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’.

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Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

Mr James Gray

6

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

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

417

Clause  42,  page  26,  line  2,  leave out ‘or said’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

418

Clause  42,  page  26,  line  4,  leave out ‘seriously’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

419

Clause  42,  page  26,  line  4,  leave out ‘or said’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

174

Clause  42,  page  26,  line  5,  leave out ‘justified’ and insert ‘justifiable’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

420

Clause  42,  page  26,  line  5,  leave out ‘or said’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

176

Clause  42,  page  26,  line  7,  leave out paragraph (c) and insert—

‘(6A)

Violation of a code of honour or sexual infidelity are not to be regarded without

more as circumstances of an extremely grave character for the purposes of

subsection 4(a) above.’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

Mr James Gray

7

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

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David Howarth

Jenny Willott

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

175

Clause  42,  page  26,  line  7,  leave out ‘or said’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

111

Clause  42,  page  26,  line  8,  after ‘disregarded’, insert ‘unless the fact that the thing

done or said which constituted sexual infidelity is relevant to other things done or said (or

both) which do not constitute sexual infidelity but which are put forward as qualifying

under subsection (4) of this section.’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

172

Page  25,  line  31,  leave out Clause 42.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

Mr James Gray

8

Page  26,  line  11,  leave out Clause 43.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

177

Clause  46,  page  27,  line  2,  leave out ‘or assisting’.

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’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

178

Clause  46,  page  27,  line  7,  leave out ‘or assisting’.

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David Howarth

Jenny Willott

179

Clause  46,  page  27,  line  9,  leave out ‘or assist’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

422

Clause  46,  page  27,  leave out lines 11 and 12.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

10

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

insert ‘that encourages or assists’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

180

Clause  46,  page  27,  line  25,  leave out ‘or assisting’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

423

Clause  46,  page  27,  leave out lines 28 to 33.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

181

Clause  46,  page  27,  line  28,  leave out ‘or assisting’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

12

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

424

Clause  47,  page  28,  leave out lines 10 and 11.

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Revised 3 March 2009