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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Wednesday 11 March 2009

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:

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Consideration of Bill

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Coroners and Justice Bill, As Amended

Inquests into the death of a child (restrictions on publication in newspapers)

Mrs Madeleine Moon

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	Section 39 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (power to prohibit

publication of certain matters in newspapers) is amended as follows.

(2)	After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)

If the proceedings are an inquest and relate to the death of a child, the

court must direct that no newspaper report of the proceedings shall reveal

the identity of the deceased child except in so far (if at all) as may be

permitted by the direction of the court, unless the court considers that it

would be contrary to the interests of justice to make such a direction.”.

(3)	In subsection (3) at end add “and includes proceedings in a coroner’s court”.’.

Academic research

Mrs Madeleine Moon

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

‘It shall be the duty of a coroner to co-operate, so far as is reasonably practicable,

with bona fide academic research into the operation of the coronial system and

related matters.’.

Notices of Amendments: 11 March 2009

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Coroners and Justice Bill, continued

ICD classification of cause of death

Mrs Madeleine Moon

NC3

To move the following Clause:—

‘Each verdict recorded by a coroner must include a classification of the cause of

death according to one of the categories in the most recent version of the

International Classification of Deaths published by the World Health

Organization.’.

Clusters of deaths

Mrs Madeleine Moon

NC4

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	The Chief Coroner must have regard to any evidence placed before him which

indicates clusters of deaths in a given geographic area, location, or profession,

and must ensure that an investigation is carried out in relation to the causes of the

cluster of deaths by appropriate and suitably qualified researchers.

(2)	The results of the investigation must be reported to the appropriate authority,

which must publish details of the action which needs to be taken to prevent

subsequent deaths.’.

Abolition of offences of sedition and seditious libel

Dr Evan Harris

NC5

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	The offences of sedition and seditious libel under the common law of England

and Wales are abolished.

(2)	In the Criminal Libel Act 1819 (60 Geo. 3 & 1 Geo. 4 c. 8) section 1 (orders for

seizure of copies of seditious libel) and section 2 (disposal of seized copies) are

omitted.

(3)	Subsection (2) extends to England and Wales only.’.

Expiry of provisions relating to partial defence to murder

Dr Evan Harris

NC6

To move the following Clause:—

‘Sections 39 to 43 shall cease to have effect on 1 January 2012.’.

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Revised 12 March 2009