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Session 2008 - 09
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483

House of Commons

Tuesday 10 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

Note

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

Committee [3 February].

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

464

Clause  87,  page  50,  line  24,  leave out ‘accused’ and insert ‘defendant’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

465

Clause  87,  page  50,  line  27,  leave out ‘accused’ and insert ‘defendant’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

466

Clause  87,  page  50,  line  30,  leave out ‘accused’ and insert ‘defendant’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

467

Clause  87,  page  50,  line  33,  leave out ‘accused’ and insert ‘defendant’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

448

Clause  87,  page  50,  line  33,  at end insert—

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‘(2A)
The court may give a direction under subsection (3) if, and only if, it has made a

determination that the defendant is fit to plead.’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

468

Clause  87,  page  50,  line  35,  leave out ‘accused’ and insert ‘defendant’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

469

Clause  87,  page  50,  line  39,  leave out from first ‘the’ to end and insert ‘defendant,

questions put to the defendant, and’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

470

Clause  87,  page  50,  line  41,  leave out ‘accused’ and insert ‘defendant’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

471

Clause  87,  page  51,  line  2,  leave out ‘accused’ and insert ‘defendant’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

215

Clause  87,  page  51,  line  2,  at end insert ‘, but not to give evidence on his own

account.’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

472

Clause  87,  page  51,  line  3,  leave out ‘accused’ and insert ‘defendant’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

473

Clause  87,  page  51,  line  4,  leave out ‘accused’s’ and insert ‘defendant’s’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

474

Clause  87,  page  51,  line  6,  leave out ‘accused’s’ and insert ‘defendant’s’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

475

Clause  87,  page  51,  line  7,  leave out ‘accused’ and insert ‘defendant’.

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David Howarth

Jenny Willott

476

Clause  87,  page  51,  line  9,  leave out ‘accused’ and insert ‘defendant’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

216

Clause  87,  page  51,  line  10,  leave out ‘Act 1983’ and insert ‘Acts 1983 or 2007 as

appropriate’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

485

Clause  87,  page  51,  line  11,  leave out first ‘and’ and insert ‘or’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

477

Clause  87,  page  51,  line  12,  leave out ‘accused’ and insert ‘defendant’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

217

Clause  87,  page  51,  leave out lines 14 to 27.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

478

Clause  87,  page  51,  line  15,  leave out ‘accused’ and insert ‘defendant’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

479

Clause  87,  page  51,  line  21,  leave out ‘accused’ and insert ‘defendant’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

480

Clause  87,  page  51,  line  23,  leave out ‘accused’ and insert ‘defendant’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

481

Clause  87,  page  51,  leave out line 25 and insert ‘defendant is able to see and hear the

examination of the defendant.’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

482

Clause  87,  page  51,  line  43,  leave out ‘accused’ and insert ‘defendant’.

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David Howarth

Jenny Willott

483

Clause  87,  page  51,  line  45,  leave out ‘accused’ and insert ‘defendant’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

484

Clause  87,  page  52,  line  2,  leave out ‘accused’ and insert ‘defendant’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

412

Page  50,  line  22,  leave out Clause 87.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

Mr James Gray

86

Clause  89,  page  52,  line  22,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
In section 57A (live links: introductory) after subsection (2) insert—

“(2A)
A live link direction shall not be given in the absence of the accused’s

consent unless the court is satisfied that he or his legal representative has

been informed by the court or the prosecution of the nature and purpose

of the live link hearing.”’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

Mr James Gray

91

Clause  91,  page  54,  line  12,  leave out from ‘constable’ to ‘of’ and insert ‘must

record or cause to be recorded all’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

Mr James Gray

87

Clause  91,  page  54,  line  16,  after ‘searched’, insert ‘unless that person consents to

being searched by a police officer of the opposite sex or a police officer of the rank of

Inspector or above concludes that a same-sex search would be impractical, that any such

search can be carried out without causing racial, religious or sexual offence and that

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unreasonably to insist on a same-sex search would unnecessarily delay the bail hearing.’.

Bridget Prentice

290

Clause  92,  page  56,  line  10,  leave out from ‘where’ to ‘must’ in line 11 and insert

‘it has power to do so a court decides not to give a live link direction under this section, it’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

Mr James Gray

88

Clause  92,  page  56,  line  21,  at end insert—

‘(4)
For the avoidance of doubt, an enforcement hearing relating to a confiscation

order under this section does not include a contested application for a confiscation

order.’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

Mr James Gray

89

Clause  96,  page  57,  leave out lines 27 and 28.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

Mr James Gray

90

Clause  96,  page  57,  line  29,  leave out paragraph (b).

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

218

Clause  97,  page  58,  line  29,  after ‘murder’ , insert  ‘,     attempted murder,

manslaughter, rape or attempted rape’.

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Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

219

Clause  98,  page  59,  line  4,  after ‘murder’, insert ‘, attempted murder,

manslaughter, rape or attempted rape’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

220

Clause  98,  page  59,  line  7,  after ‘murder’, insert ‘, attempted murder,

manslaughter, rape or attempted rape’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

486

Clause  98,  page  59,  line  10,  leave out ‘48’ and insert ‘24’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

487

Clause  98,  page  59,  line  10,  leave out ‘the day after’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

221

Clause  98,  page  59,  line  19,  after ‘murder’, insert ‘, attempted murder,

manslaughter, rape or attempted rape’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

222

Clause  98,  page  59,  line  20,  after ‘murder’, insert ‘, attempted murder,

manslaughter, rape or attempted rape’.

David Howarth

Jenny Willott

488

Clause  98,  page  59,  line  21,  leave out subsection (7).

Bridget Prentice

291

Clause  99,  page  59,  line  40,  leave out ‘fitness to plead’ and insert ‘whether the

accused did the act or made the omission charged’.

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Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

223

Page  59,  line  25,  leave out Clause 99.

Alun Michael

David Howarth

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 re-

offending.’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

224

Page  60,  line  16,  leave out Clause 100.

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”).’.

Mr Edward Garnier

Mr Henry Bellingham

Jeremy Wright

413

Schedule  13,  page  148,  line  36,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
When appointing judicial members, the Lord Chief Justice must have regard to

the need for the judicial members to include at least one person who sits in the

Youth Court.’.

Alun Michael

David Howarth

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’.