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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 3 February 2009

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Coroners and Justice Bill


 

[First and Second Sittings]


 

Bridget Prentice

 

Agreed to

 

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

 

 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 3 February 2009        

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Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

 
 

(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

 

That, subject to the discretion of the Chairman, any written evidence received by the

 

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

 

Agreed to

 



 
 

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Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

 
 

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.

 

Agreed to

 


 

 

The following witnesses gave oral evidence:

 


 

Bridget Prentice MP and Maria Eagle MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State, and

 

Mr  Geoff Bradshaw, Ms Ruth Allan, Ms Deborah Grice and Ms Belinda Lewis, Ministry of Justice;

 


 

Professor Jeremy Horder, Law Commission;

 


 

Mr André Rebello, Hon. Secretary, The Coroners’ Society of England and Wales, Ms Deborah

 

Coles and Ms Helen Shaw, Co-Directors, INQUEST, Professor Peter Furness, President, Royal

 

College of Pathologists, and Ms Alison Cox MBE, Chief Executive, Cardiac Risk in the Young;

 


 

Ms Isabella Sankey and Ms Anita Coles, Policy Officers, Liberty;

 


 

Ms Barbara Esam, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Mr Martin Narey,

 

Chief Executive, Barnado’s, and Mr Peter Robbins, Chairman, Internet Watch Foundation.

 

 

[Adjourned until Thursday at 9.30 am.


 
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