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Notices of Amendments: 5 February 2009                  

46

 

Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

 
 

(c)    

the coroner may report the matter and recommendations to the Chief

 

Coroner, who must maintain a record of such reports and

 

recommendations reported to him.’.

 

Jenny Willott

 

David Howarth

 

122

 

Schedule  4,  page  129,  line  30,  at end add—

 

‘(3)    

The Chief Coroner shall once a year make a report to the Lord Chancellor of the

 

reports and recommendations made by senior coroners in the previous 12

 

months.’.

 

Jenny Willott

 

David Howarth

 

123

 

Clause  29,  page  15,  line  39,  after ‘coroner’, insert ‘a copy may be provided to the

 

Chief Coroner, and’.

 

Jenny Willott

 

David Howarth

 

124

 

Clause  29,  page  15,  line  18,  at end insert ‘and provide a copy of the report to the

 

Chief Coroner.’.

 

Jenny Willott

 

David Howarth

 

125

 

Clause  34,  page  19,  leave out lines 10 to 12.

 

Jenny Willott

 

David Howarth

 

126

 

Schedule  2,  page  121,  line  26,  at end insert—

 

‘(aa)    

whichever local authorities are affected by the proposed alterations,’.

 

Jenny Willott

 

David Howarth

 

127

 

Schedule  7,  page  134,  line  17,  leave out ‘or as a Deputy Chief Coroner’.

 

Jenny Willott

 

David Howarth

 

128

 

Schedule  7,  page  134,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

To be eligible for appointment as a Deputy Chief Coroner a person must be

 

(a)    

a judge of the High Court or a Circuit Judge or a senior coroner, and

 

(b)    

under the age of 70.’.

 

Jenny Willott

 

David Howarth

 

129

 

Clause  30,  page  16,  leave out line 26.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 5 February 2009                  

47

 

Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

 
 

Report to Lord Chancellor

 

Jenny Willott

 

David Howarth

 

NC17

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Chief Coroner must give to the Lord Chancellor an annual report which—

 

(a)    

contains matters that the Chief Coroner wishes to bring to the attention

 

of the Lord Chancellor,

 

(b)    

includes matters which the Lord Chancellor has asked the Chief Coroner

 

to include in the report,

 

(c)    

contains an assessment for that year of the consistency of standards

 

between the coroner areas,

 

(d)    

contains a summary for that year of the number, nature and outcome of

 

appeals under section 30, and

 

(e)    

contains a summary of the recommendations made by senior coroners

 

under paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 4.

 

(2)    

A report covering one year must be given to the Lord Chancellor by 1 July the

 

following year.

 

(3)    

The Lord Chancellor must publish all reports provided under this section and

 

must lay a copy before each House of Parliament within 60 days of receiving a

 

copy of the report.’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

130

 

Clause  62,  page  37,  line  11,  leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown

 

Court judge’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

131

 

Clause  62,  page  37,  line  12,  leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown

 

Court judge’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

132

 

Clause  62,  page  37,  line  14,  leave out ‘justice’ and insert ‘judge’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

133

 

Clause  62,  page  37,  line  16,  leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown

 

Court judge’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 5 February 2009                  

48

 

Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

134

 

Clause  62,  page  37,  line  17,  leave out from ‘to’ to end of line 18 and insert ‘such

 

person as the Secretary of State may by order prescribe in respect of the relevant county

 

court’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

135

 

Clause  63,  page  37,  line  26,  leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown

 

Court judge’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

136

 

Clause  63,  page  38,  line  10,  leave out ‘justice’ and insert ‘judge’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

137

 

Clause  64,  page  38,  line  19,  leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown

 

Court judge’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

138

 

Clause  64,  page  38,  line  25,  leave out ‘justice’ and insert ‘Crown Court judge’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

139

 

Clause  64,  page  38,  line  27,  leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown

 

Court judge’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

140

 

Clause  65,  page  38,  line  34,  leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown

 

Court judge’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 5 February 2009                  

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Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

141

 

Clause  65,  page  38,  line  35,  leave out ‘justice’ and insert ‘judge’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

142

 

Clause  65,  page  38,  line  36,  leave out ‘justice’ and insert ‘judge’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

143

 

Clause  65,  page  39,  line  5,  leave out ‘justice’s decision’ and insert ‘decision of the

 

Crown Court judge’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

144

 

Clause  65,  page  39,  line  7,  leave out ‘justice of the peace’ and insert ‘Crown Court

 

judge’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

145

 

Clause  68,  page  40,  line  15,  leave out paragraph (a).

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr James Gray

 

146

 

Clause  68,  page  40,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

the reference to the High Court is to be read as a reference to the High

 

Court of Northern Ireland;

 

(e)    

the reference to a judge of the High Court is to be read as a reference to

 

a judge of the High Court of Northern Ireland.’.

 

Jenny Willott

 

David Howarth

 

147

 

Clause  152,  page  103,  line  13,  at end insert ‘and

 

(c)    

undertake a privacy impact assessment.’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 5 February 2009                  

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Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

 
 

Jenny Willott

 

David Howarth

 

148

 

Clause  152,  page  103,  line  14,  after ‘order’, insert ‘and privacy impact statement’.

 

Jenny Willott

 

David Howarth

 

149

 

Clause  152,  page  103,  line  18,  at end insert ‘and comment on the compatibility of

 

the proposals with all data protection requirements laid down in statute.’.

 

Alun Michael

 

150

 

Clause  100,  page  60,  line  17,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

The purpose of the Council shall be to issue guidance to sentencers, having

 

particular regard to the effectiveness of each form of sentence in reducing

 

offending.’.

 

Alun Michael

 

151

 

Clause  102,  page  61,  line  25,  at end insert—

 

‘(aa)    

The relative effectiveness of different sentences in preventing re-

 

offending;’.

 

Alun Michael

 

152

 

Clause  102,  page  61,  line  28,  leave out ‘and their relative effectiveness in

 

preventing re-offending.’.

 

Alun Michael

 

153

 

Clause  102,  page  60,  line  33,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

In proposing sentencing guidelines the Sentencing Council must have specific

 

regard to the comparative effectiveness of different sentence options and indicate

 

the data, research findings or other evidence on which the Council has relied in

 

preparing its guidance.’.

 

Alun Michael

 

154

 

Clause  153,  page  107,  line  8,  after ‘Act,’, insert—

 

‘(aa)    

encouragement to data controllers to realise the importance of balancing

 

all appropriate considerations, including all aspects of the public interest

 

and the protection of personal information, in reaching a judgement about

 

what data to share, how and when to do so, and what conditions to apply

 

to shared data,’.

 

Alun Michael

 

155

 

Clause  152,  page  100,  line  8,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

In carrying out the requirements of an information-sharing order, a designated

 

authority must have regard to the Code of Practice issued in pursuance of section

 

52A.’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 5 February 2009                  

51

 

Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

 
 

Alun Michael

 

156

 

Clause  122,  page  73,  leave out line 35.

 

Alun Michael

 

163

 

Clause  122,  page  73,  leave out line 36.

 

Alun Michael

 

157

 

Clause  122,  page  74,  line  3,  at end insert ‘who shall lay a copy of the report before

 

Parliament.’.

 

Commission for Victims and Witnesses: further provisions

 

Alun Michael

 

NC18

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses may receive complaints from

 

victims and witnesses about the workings of the criminal justice system and shall

 

either indicate the appropriate body to deal with the complaint or coordinate

 

consideration of two or more bodies where there is shared responsibility or a lack

 

of clarity about who is responsible for the issues about which the complaint is

 

made.

 

(2)    

The Commissioner shall be supplied with a copy of the response of any such body

 

or bodies and may request that the findings be re-considered.

 

(3)    

The Lord Chancellor may issue guidance to the relevant bodies in the Criminal

 

Justice System setting out how they should co-operate with the Commission and

 

with each other in order to provide an appropriate response to victims and

 

witnesses.’.

 

Investigations into deaths: special circumstances

 

Alun Michael

 

NC19

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘Where there are specific circumstances which make it unlikely that a senior

 

coroner will be able to conduct an investigation or a series of investigations

 

quickly and effectively, bearing in mind the concerns of the victims family or the

 

wider community, the Chief Coroner shall draw the circumstances to the attention

 

of the Lord Chancellor who shall make appropriate arrangements to meet the

 

specific circumstances.’.

 

Alun Michael

 

158

 

Schedule  13,  page  149,  line  2,  after ‘to’, insert ‘their experience and capacity for

 

evaluating evidence on the effectiveness of different sentences, and to’.

 

Alun Michael

 

159

 

Clause  151,  page  97,  leave out lines 3 to 7.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 5 February 2009                  

52

 

Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

 
 

Data controller to comply with assessment notice

 

Alun Michael

 

NC20

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘If a data controller fails to meet the requirements of the Information

 

Commissioner as set out in an assessment notice, the Commissioner may apply

 

to the county court for an order requiring the data controller to comply with the

 

notice either in its original form or in such amended form as the court may

 

require.’.

 

Data controller to comply with assessment notice (No. 2)

 

Alun Michael

 

NC21

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘If a data controller fails to meet the requirements of the Information

 

Commissioner as set out in an assessment notice, the Commissioner may apply

 

to the Information Tribunal for an order requiring the data controller to comply

 

with the notice either in its original form or in such amended form as the court

 

may require.’.

 

Alun Michael

 

160

 

Schedule  13,  page  148,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

6 members appointed by resolution of the House of Commons.’.

 

Alun Michael

 

161

 

Schedule  13,  page  148,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

6 members appointed by the Prime Minister (“independent members”).’.

 

Alun Michael

 

162

 

Schedule  13,  page  149,  line  7,  at end insert—

 

‘(5)    

When appointing independent members, the Prime Minister shall have regard to

 

their experience of and capacity for assessing evidence especially in relation to

 

the effectiveness of sentences in terms of reducing reoffending.’.

 


 
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