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House of Commons

Tuesday 15 February 2011

Public Bill Committee

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

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

Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill

Note

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

Committee [18 January].

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

581

Clause  134,  page  92,  line  17,  after ‘(b)’, insert ‘other’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

582

Clause  134,  page  92,  line  17,  after ‘authorisations’, insert ‘not included in section

134’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

583

Clause  134,  page  92,  line  25,  after ‘descriptions’, insert ‘not included in section

134’.

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Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

584

Clause  134,  page  92,  line  28,  after ‘prescribe’, insert ‘additional’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

580

Clause  134,  page  92,  line  34,  at end add—

‘(5)
Holders of relevant late night authorisations participating in the following

arrangements will pay a reduced levy of 50 per cent.—

(a)
Best Bar None,

(b)
business improvement districts,

(c)
Purple Flag,

(d)
Pubwatch, Clubwatch or Shopwatch,

(e)
community alcohol partnerships, and

(f)
any other arrangements as may be prescribed by the Secretary of State.’.

Steve McCabe

Bridget Philipson

626

Clause  140,  page  94,  line  30,  leave out paragraph (b) and insert—

‘(b)
those parts of Parliament Square comprising a highway.’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

618

Clause  141,  page  95,  line  2,  leave out ‘or authorised officer’.

Steve McCabe

Bridget Philipson

625

Clause  141,  page  96,  line  1,  leave out ‘mattress’ and insert ‘sheet, blanket, duvet,

pillow, mattress, cardboard, plastic, foam’.

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Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

619

Clause  142,  page  96,  line  14,  leave out ‘or authorised officer’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

620

Clause  143,  page  96,  line  35,  leave out ‘or authorised officer’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

621

Clause  143,  page  96,  line  37,  leave out ‘or officer’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

622

Clause  143,  page  97,  line  1,  leave out ‘or authorised officer’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

623

Clause  143,  page  97,  line  2,  leave out ‘(in the case of a constable)’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

624

Clause  146,  page  98,  line  29,  leave out subsection (2).

Steve McCabe

Bridget Philipson

627

Clause  146,  page  98,  line  40,  at end insert—

‘(4)
The Greater London Authority and Westminster City Council may enter into

agreements with each other providing that one of them shall be the responsible

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authority in relation to any land in the controlled area of Parliament Square and

any agreement made in accordance with this subsection shall have effect despite

subsection (3).’.

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

Clive Efford

6

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.’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

615

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

  ‘(3A)
The Secretary of State must, before making such an order, consult with and

seek the advice of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

616

Schedule  16,  page  176,  line  5,  after ‘revoke’, insert ‘or extend’.

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James Brokenshire

567

Schedule  16,  page  176,  line  6,  leave out ‘such’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

617

Schedule  16,  page  176,  line  6,  at end insert—

‘(6)
The Secretary of State may grant an extension to the Temporary Ban Order only

if requrested by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.’.

James Brokenshire

568

Schedule  16,  page  176,  line  7,  leave out ‘A temporary class drug order’ and insert

‘An order under this section’.

James Brokenshire

569

Schedule  16,  page  176,  line  8,  leave out ‘a temporary class drug order’ and insert

‘an order under this section’.

James Brokenshire

570

Schedule  16,  page  178,  line  3,  leave out ‘the reference in subsections (1) and’ and

insert ‘a reference in subsection (1) or’.

James Brokenshire

571

Schedule  16,  page  178,  line  4,  leave out ‘(in the case of subsection (1)) section

10(2)(i)’ and insert ‘(i)’.

James Brokenshire

572

Schedule  16,  page  178,  line  9,  leave out ‘(in the case of subsection (1)) section

10(2)(i)’ and insert ‘(as the case may be) (i)’.

James Brokenshire

573

Schedule  16,  page  179,  line  19,  at end insert—

‘18A
In section 37(1) (interpretation), after the definition of “supplying” insert—

““temporary class drug order” means an order made under section

2A(1);”.’.

Dr Julian Huppert

Tom Brake

Clive Efford

2

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

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‘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.”’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

614

Page  99,  line  37,  leave out Clause 150.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

628


Clause  151,  page  100,  line  10,  at end insert—

‘(4AB)
A specialist unit shall be established within the Crown Prosecution Service,

reporting to the Director of Public Prosecutions, so as to ensure minimal delay in

decisions relating to arrest warrants issued under this section.’.

New Clauses

Police reform: minor and consequential amendments

Nick Herbert

NC9

To move the following Clause:—

‘Schedule (Police reform: minor and consequential amendments) (Police reform:

minor and consequential amendments) has effect.’.

Police: complaints

Nick Herbert

NC12

To move the following Clause:—

‘Schedule (Police: complaints) (Police: complaints) has effect.’.

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Code of practice on the operational independence of chief constables

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
The Secretary of State shall publish a Code of Practice on the Operational

Independence of Chief Constables detailing where their actions shall be

independent of the Police and Crime Commissioner.

(2)
Regulations to bring into force a Code of Practice under subsection (1) shall be

subject to agreement by affirmative resolution of both Houses of Parliament.’.

Independent assessment of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

Dr Julian Huppert

NC3

To move the following Clause:—

‘The Secretary of State shall commission an independent assessment of the

Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 every three years and report its findings to both Houses

of Parliament.’.

Accountability of police

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

NC4

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
The local police force must provide a written report to the Local Authority at the

end of each levy year where a levy is applied to the local authority area.

(2)
The report to be submitted to the local authority within 12 weeks of the end of the

levy period.

(3)
The report must contain—

(a)
details of the amount received through the levy and the amount spent by

the police in providing policing in the areas covered by the late-night levy

during the hours that it applies, and

(b)
details of the impact of the levy on crime and disorder in the area covered

by the levy.’.



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