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Public Bill Committee: 10 February 2009                  

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Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

Mr James Gray

 

34

 

Schedule  4,  page  127,  line  41,  leave out from ‘Coroner’ to end of line 43.

 

Jenny Willott

 

David Howarth

 

120

 

Schedule  4,  page  128,  line  41,  at end insert—

 

‘(7)    

The Secretary of State must issue a code of practice in connection with the entry

 

and seach of land and the seizure of anything on the land by a senior coroner.’.

 

Jenny Willott

 

David Howarth

 

121

 

Schedule  4,  page  129,  leave out lines 27 and 28 and insert ‘the provisions laid out in

 

sub-paragraph (1A) shall apply.

 

(1A)    

Those provisions are—

 

(a)    

the coroner may may report the matter to a person who the coroner

 

believes may have power to take such action;

 

(b)    

the coroner may make recommendations to the person referred to in sub-

 

sub-paragraph (a);

 

(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.’.

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

Mr James Gray

 

35

 

Schedule  4,  page  129,  line  27,  leave out first ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 

Mr James Gray

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

102

 

Schedule  4,  page  129,  line  28,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

Where the senior coroner considers that a report under this paragraph is likely to

 

result from the inquest, the family of the deceased shall be entitled to legal

 

representation funded by the Legal Services Commission.’.

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

Mr James Gray

 

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‘(3)    

The senior coroner may then request the relevant person to submit, within 3

 

months, a full update on any action he has taken, or alternatively detail the

 

reasons for any failure to take action.

 

(4)    

The senior coroner must at the end of each year forward all reports and updates

 

to the Chief Coroner, who must present them to Parliament.’.

 

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.’.

 

Mr David Kidney

 

93

 

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

 

‘7  (1)  

A person who fails to comply with the duty in paragraph 6(2) commits an

 

offence.

 

      (2)  

A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph is liable on summary

 

conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

 

8    (1)  

A senior coroner shall send to the Chief Coroner a copy of all—

 

(i)    

reports referred to in paragraph 6(1); and

 

(ii)    

responses referred to in paragraph 6(2).

 

      (2)  

The Chief Coroner shall maintain a register of all the material he receives

 

pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) and shall from time to time publish a summary

 

of—

 

(i)    

the reports and responses referred to in sub-paragraph (1) subject to

 

appropriate protection of confidential data; and

 

(ii)    

his analysis of the conclusions to be drawn from them with regard to

 

reducing the risk of death.

 

      (3)  

The Chief Coroner shall send copies of the reports he publishes pursuant to

 

sub-paragraph (2) to—

 

(i)    

the Lord Chancellor; and

 

(ii)    

Parliament.’.

 


 

Jenny Willott

 

David Howarth

 

127

 

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

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

Mr James Gray

 

36

 

Schedule  7,  page  134,  line  19,  after second ‘judge’, insert ‘or a senior coroner’.


 
 

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Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

Mr James Gray

 

37

 

Schedule  7,  page  134,  line  20,  leave out ‘70’ and insert ‘72’.

 

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.’.

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

Mr James Gray

 

38

 

Schedule  7,  page  134,  line  24,  leave out ‘70th’ and insert ‘72nd’.

 


 

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

 

123

 

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

 

Chief Coroner, and’.

 


 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

Mr James Gray

 

96

 

Clause  30,  page  16,  line  13,  at end insert ‘(including a decision under section

 

7(2A)’.


 
 

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Mr James Gray

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

99

 

Clause  30,  page  16,  line  21,  at end insert—

 

‘(k)    

a decision not to allow legal representation funded by the Legal Services

 

Commission to assist anyone falling within section 36(2)(a).’.

 

Jenny Willott

 

David Howarth

 

129

 

Clause  30,  page  16,  leave out line 26.

 


 

Bridget Prentice

 

24

 

Clause  31,  page  17,  line  11,  after ‘judge’ insert ‘, former judge or former coroner’.

 


 

Bridget Prentice

 

25

 

Schedule  8,  page  135,  line  35,  leave out sub-paragraph (1) and insert—

 

  ‘(1)  

If requested to do so by the Chief Coroner, the Lord Chief Justice may

 

nominate a person within sub-paragraph (1A) to conduct an investigation into

 

a person’s death.

 

    (1A)  

A person is within this sub-paragraph if at the time of the nomination he or she

 

is—

 

(a)    

a judge of the High Court,

 

(b)    

a Circuit judge, or

 

(c)    

a person who has held office as a judge of the Court of Appeal or of

 

the High Court (but no longer does so),

 

            

and is under the age of 75.

 

    (1B)  

The Chief Coroner may request a person who at the time of the request—

 

(a)    

has held office as a senior coroner (but no longer does so), and

 

(b)    

is under the age of 75,

 

            

to conduct an investigation into a person’s death.’.

 

Bridget Prentice

 

26

 

Schedule  8,  page  136,  line  1,  leave out from beginning to ‘has’ in line 3 and insert

 

‘If a person nominated or requested under this paragraph agrees to conduct the

 

investigation—

 

(a)    

that person is under a duty to do so;

 

(b)    

that person’.

 

Bridget Prentice

 

27

 

Schedule  8,  page  136,  line  9,  leave out ‘judge nominated under this paragraph’ and

 

insert ‘person who has been nominated or requested under this paragraph to conduct an


 
 

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investigation and has agreed to do so’.

 

Bridget Prentice

 

28

 

Schedule  8,  page  136,  line  15,  leave out ‘a person who is not a senior coroner’ and

 

insert ‘the Chief Coroner or some other person who is a judge of the High Court or a

 

Circuit judge, or by a person who has held office as a judge of the Court of Appeal or of

 

the High Court’.

 

Bridget Prentice

 

29

 

Schedule  8,  page  136,  line  21,  leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert—

 

‘(a)    

where the person mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) is—

 

(i)    

a judge of the High Court, or

 

(ii)    

a person who has held office as a judge of the Court of Appeal

 

or of the High Court,

 

    

a judge of the Court of Appeal;

 

(b)    

otherwise, a judge of the High Court.’.

 


 

Jenny Willott

 

David Howarth

 

125

 

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

 


 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Jeremy Wright

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

Mr James Gray

 

31

 

Page  20,  line  9,  leave out Clause 35.

 


 

Mr James Gray

 

Mr Tim Boswell

 

101

 

Clause  36,  page  20,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(aa)    

a legal professional, if one has been appointed for the purposes of

 

assisting the family;’.

 



 
 

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Dr Brian Iddon

 

189

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  37,  page  22,  line  37,  at end insert ‘“post mortem examination” includes

 

both invasive and non-invasive examination;’.

 


 

David Howarth

 

Jenny Willott

 

110

 

Clause  38,  page  23,  line  28,  leave out from ‘5’ to end of line 29.

 

Andrew Mackinlay

 

21

 

Page  23,  line  26,  leave out Clause 38.

 


 

David Howarth

 

Jenny Willott

 

109

 

Schedule  9,  page  139,  line  3,  leave out from beginning to end of line 6 on page 140.

 

Andrew Mackinlay

 

22

 

Page  136,  line  29,  leave out Schedule 9.

 


 

David Howarth

 

Jenny Willott

 

105

 

Clause  151,  page  96,  line  40,  leave out ‘within subsection (2)’.

 

David Howarth

 

Jenny Willott

 

Alun Michael

 

106

 

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

 

David Howarth

 

Jenny Willott

 

107

 

Clause  151,  page  98,  line  24,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

A County Court may make a compliance order against a data controller if

 

satisfied on application by the Commissioner that—

 

(a)    

an assessment notice has been properly made against the date controller,

 

(b)    

the data controller has failed without reasonable excuse to comply with

 

the assessment notice.


 
 

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( )    

A person who fails to comply with a compliance order may be proceeded against

 

for contempt of court.’.

 


 

David Howarth

 

Jenny Willott

 

49

 

Clause  152,  page  100,  line  7,  leave out ‘any person’ and insert ‘an appropriate

 

person’.

 

David Howarth

 

Jenny Willott

 

50

 

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

 

‘(1A)    

No information-sharing order may authorise data to be shared in any way that

 

might result in the date being used for a purpose different from that for which its

 

collection was originally authorised.’.

 

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.’.

 

David Howarth

 

Jenny Willott

 

51

 

Clause  152,  page  100,  line  9,  at end insert—

 

“‘an appropriate person” means any public authority within the meaning of

 

section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998, and, for the purposes of that

 

section, any use of data under an information sharing order shall count as

 

exercising a function of a public nature and shall in no circumstances

 

count as an act whose nature is private;’.

 

David Howarth

 

Jenny Willott

 

52

 

Clause  152,  page  100,  leave out lines 24 and 25.

 

David Howarth

 

Jenny Willott

 

53

 

Clause  152,  page  100,  line  27,  leave out ‘it is satisfied’ and insert ‘the following

 

conditions are met’.

 

David Howarth

 

Jenny Willott

 

54

 

Clause  152,  page  100,  leave out lines 29 to 32 and insert—


 
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