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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given up to and including

Friday 14 January 2011

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance

Public Bill Committee

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Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill

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Note

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

Programming Sub-Committee.

Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee

The Programming Sub-Committee appointed by the Speaker in respect of the Bill

agreed the following Resolution at its meeting on Thursday 13 January (Standing Order

No. 83C):

That—

(1)	the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 am on Tuesday

18 January) meet—

(a)	at 4.00 pm on Tuesday 18 January;

(b)	at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 20 January;

(c)	at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 25 January;

(d)	at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 27 January;

(e)	at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 1 February;

(f)	at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 3 February;

(g)	at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 8 February;

(h)	at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 10 February;

(i)	at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 15 February;

(j)	at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 17 February;

(2)	the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following

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Table—

TABLE

	Date	Time	Witness
	Tuesday 18	Until no later than	The Association of Police Authorities; Louise
	January	1 pm	Casey, Victims’ Commissioner; the
			Association of Chief Police Officers; Police
			Federation of England and Wales
	Tuesday 18	Until no later than	Ian Loader, Professor of Criminology and
	January	6 pm	Director of Criminology at All Souls College,
			University of Oxford; Chief Constable of
			West Midlands Police; Rick Muir, Institute
			for Public Policy Research
	Thursday 20	Until no later than	The Local Government Association; the Chair
	January	10.25 am	of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of
			Drugs; the Wine and Spirit Trade Association;
			the British Beer and Pub Association
	Thursday 20	Until no later than	The Metropolitan Police Service; Liberty;
	January	3 pm	Keir Starmer QC, Director of Public
			Prosecutions

(3)	proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the

following order: Clause 1; Schedule 1; Clause 2; Schedule 2; Clause 3;

Schedule 3; Clause 4; Schedule 4; Clauses 5 to 26; Schedule 5; Clauses 27

and 28; Schedule 6; Clauses 29 to 31; Schedule 7; Clauses 32 to 38; Schedule

8; Clauses 39 to 57; Schedule 9; Clauses 58 to 76; Schedule 10; Clauses 77

to 89; Schedule 11; Clause 90; Schedule 12; Clause 91; Schedule 13; Clauses

92 to 98; Schedule 14; Clause 99; Schedule 15; Clauses 100 to 149; Schedule

16; Clauses 150 to 156;

(4)	the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion at 3.00 pm on Thursday 17 February 2011.

Nick Herbert has given notice of his intention to move a motion in the terms of the

Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee [Standing Order No. 83C(9)].

Nick Herbert

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

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

Nick Herbert

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.

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Robert Halfon

1

Clause  10,  page  9,  line  38,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

The duty in subsection (1) shall include a discretionary power for a responsible

authority to give special constables upfront and ongoing exemptions from

Council Tax, at any level from 0 per cent. to 100 per cent.’.

Dr Julian Huppert

Tom Brake

3

Schedule  16,  page  175,  line  22,  leave out ‘two’ and insert ‘four’.

Dr Julian Huppert

Tom Brake

4

Schedule  16,  page  175,  line  29,  at end add ‘sufficient to constitute a social

problem’.

Dr Julian Huppert

Tom Brake

5

Schedule  16,  page  175,  line  29,  at end insert—

‘(3A)

The third condition is that the Secretary of State shall have consulted with the

Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs as to its opinion on the merits of

making a temporary class drug order.’.

Dr Julian Huppert

Tom Brake

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Schedule  16,  page  175,  line  29,  at end insert—

‘(3B)

The fourth condition is that the Secretary of State shall have requested the

Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs to begin investigating the merits of

making the substance or product a class A drug, a class B drug or a class C drug.’.

Dr Julian Huppert

Tom Brake

2

Clause  150,  page  100,  line  1,  leave out from ‘omit’ to end of line and insert

‘paragraph (a) and insert “(a) a number of persons comprising at least a third of the

membership with wide and recent experience of relevant areas of science or medicine.”’.

Order of the House [13 DECEMber 2010]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Police Reform and Social

Responsibility Bill—

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Committal

1.	The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

2.	Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 17 February 2011.

3.	The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

4.	Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

5.	Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

6.	Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

7.	Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the

Lords) may be programmed.

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Revised 17 January 2011