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House of Commons

Thursday 20 January 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

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Note

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

Committee [18 January].

Vernon Coaker

82

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  7,  leave out ‘commissioner’ and insert ‘commissioner’s

office’.

Dr Julian Huppert

Mike Crockart

7

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  8,  after ‘London)’, insert ‘, subject to the referendum result

in each police area as in accordance with section 1 of this Act.’.

Vernon Coaker

83

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  9,  leave out ‘commissioner’ and insert ‘commissioner’s

office’.

Vernon Coaker

84

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  10,  leave out ‘commissioner’ and insert ‘commissioner’s

office’.

Vernon Coaker

85

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  11,  leave out ‘commissioner’ and insert ‘commissioner’s

office’.

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Vernon Coaker

86

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  11,  at end insert—

‘(3A)

A police and crime commissioner’s office is to consist of—

(a)	a police and crime commissioner; and

(b)	a police and crime panel.’.

Dr Julian Huppert

Mike Crockart

50

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  31,  at end insert—

‘(h)	the system by which complaints and conduct issues are dealt with within

the relevant police force.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is to ensure that the PCC is involved in examining complaints and conduct issues.

Vernon Coaker

88

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  31,  at end insert—

‘(h)	the exercise of duties imposed on the chief constable by the Human

Rights Act 1998,

(i)	the exercise of duties imposed on the chief constable by the Children Act

2004.

(8A)	The police and crime commissioner has a duty to promote diversity and is subject

to the duties placed on public bodies under the Race Relations Act 1976, the Race

Relations (Amendment) Act 2000, the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, the

Equality Act 2006 and the Equality Act 2010.

(8B)	Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary may inspect the effectiveness of the

police and crime commissioner in carrying out the functions conferred by this

Act.’.

Dr Julian Huppert

Mike Crockart

8

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  32,  leave out from first ‘police’ to end of line 33 and insert

‘authority for a police area, as established under section 3 of the Police Act 1996, is

abolished upon the election of a police and crime commissioner to that police area.’.

Vernon Coaker

89

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  42,  at end insert ‘where they are employed solely to assist the

police force’.

Vernon Coaker

90

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  42,  at end insert—

‘(3A)

Where a member of the civilian staff of the police force is employed or engaged

partly or wholly to assist the police and crime commissioner they shall be

accountable to the relevant police and crime commissioner or a member of his

staff.’.

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Vernon Coaker

91

Clause  2,  page  3,  line  1,  leave out subsection (5).

Vernon Coaker

92

Clause  2,  page  3,  line  6,  leave out subsection (7).

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

36

Schedule  2,  page  105,  line  25,  at end insert ‘for the purposes of employing staff’.

Vernon Coaker

95

Schedule  2,  page  105,  leave out lines 29 to 31.

Vernon Coaker

96

Schedule  2,  page  106,  leave out lines 1 to 15.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

37

Schedule  2,  page  106,  line  29,  at end insert ‘subject to a scheme of delegation

agreed by the relevant police and crime commissioner’.

Vernon Coaker

97

Schedule  2,  page  106,  leave out lines 30 to 36 and insert—

‘(2)	But a chief constable may not—

(a)	enter into contracts or other agreements except employment agreements;

(b)	acquire or dispose of property;

(c)	acquire or dispose of land; or

(d)	borrow money

except as set out in the terms of a delegation agreement between the police and

crime commissioner and the chief constable under section 18.’.

Dr Julian Huppert

Mike Crockart

47

Schedule  2,  page  106,  line  32,  leave out from ‘contracts’ to end of line 32 and insert

‘of employment’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is intended to clarify that the Chief Constable’s contractual powers are

subordinate to those of the PCC.

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Vernon Coaker

98

Schedule  2,  page  106,  line  39,  leave out paragraph 8.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

38

Schedule  3,  page  109,  line  15,  after ‘Crime’, insert ‘and any person appointed by

the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime to give advice.’.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

39

Schedule  3,  page  109,  line  24,  at end insert—

‘(3A)

These appointments should be subject to confirmation hearing under section

60(a) of the Great London Authority Act 1999’.

Member’s explanatory statement

It is widely understood that there may be an intention to create an advisory board to the Mayor for

Policing and Crime. These amendments seek to ensure that any such appointments are only made

within the parameters of section 60(a) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.

Nick Herbert

74

Schedule  3,  page  110,  line  16,  leave out ‘of the ordinary election in 2012’ and

insert ‘on which section 3 comes into force’.

Nick Herbert

75

Schedule  3,  page  110,  line  17,  leave out ‘following’ and insert ‘relevant’.

Nick Herbert

76

Schedule  3,  page  110,  leave out lines 20 and 21 and insert—

‘( )	In this paragraph “relevant 31 March”, in relation to the first financial year of

the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, means—

(a)	if that financial year begins on or before 1 October, the first 31 March

that falls after the beginning of the financial year;

(b)	if that financial year begins after 1 October, the second 31 March that

falls after the beginning of the financial year.’.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

17

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  19,  after ‘constable’, insert ‘and relevant police and crime

panel.’.

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Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

18

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  25,  leave out subsection (6)(f).

Vernon Coaker

99

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  29,  leave out subsection (8).

Nick Herbert

52

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  29,  leave out from ‘commissioner’ to end of line 30 and

insert ‘must consult the relevant chief constable before issuing or varying a police and

crime plan.’.

Vernon Coaker

100

Clause  5,  page  5,  line  37,  at end insert—

‘(iii)

any report or recommendations made to the police and crime

commissioner by HMIC under sections 84 and 85 of this Act;’.

Nick Herbert

53

Clause  6,  page  6,  line  41,  leave out from ‘Crime’ to end of line 43 and insert ‘must

consult the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis before issuing or varying a police

and crime plan.’.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

19

Clause  7,  page  8,  line  13,  at end insert ‘but not how they are to be dealt with’.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

20

Clause  7,  page  8,  line  21,  after ‘police’, insert—

‘(ca)

police and crime panels,’.

Vernon Coaker

101

Clause  10,  page  9,  line  35,  leave out subsection (1) and insert—

‘(1)	The responsible authorities under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (other than

the local policing body) and the local policing body must co-operate with each

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other in exercising functions under sections 6 and 17 of that Act and to assist the

preparation and implementation of a police and crime plan in relation to that

police area.’.

Robert Halfon

Graham Evans

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.’.

Mike Crockart

Dr Julian Huppert

21

Clause  11,  page  10,  line  44,  at end insert—

‘(4A)

Before determining what information is necessary the body shall consult and have

regard to the views of the relevant police and crime panel.’.

Vernon Coaker

93

Clause  18,  page  14,  line  8,  at end insert ‘except as provided in sub-paragraphs (4A)

and (4B)’.

Vernon Coaker

94

Clause  18,  page  14,  line  24,  at end insert—

‘(4A)

A police and crime commissioner may arrange for the relevant chief constable to

exercise the functions set out in sub-paragraph (4B), subject to setting the terms

of this arrangement out in a written agreement which may be varied at any time

by the police and crime commissioner.

(4B)	The functions referred to in sub-paragraph (4A) are—

(a)	to hold a part of the police fund,

(b)	to enter into contracts and other agreements up to a value which shall be

specified in the written agreement, and

(c)	to hold or dispose of assets or other property, excluding buildings and

land, in a manner or of a nature or value specified in the written

agreement.’.

Nick Herbert

54

Clause  19,  page  14,  line  41,  after ‘(7)’ insert ‘(a), (e), (f), (g) or (h)’.

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Nick Herbert

55

Clause  19,  page  15,  line  12,  leave out ‘(d)’.

Nick Herbert

56

Clause  24,  page  18,  line  2,  leave out ‘and”;’ and insert ‘;

(aa)	the Common Council, and”;’.

Nick Herbert

57

Clause  24,  page  18,  leave out lines 3 and 4 and insert—

‘(b)	for the words after paragraph (b) substitute—

“and in those provisions a reference to a grant recipient is a

reference to a police and crime commissioner, the Common

Council or the Greater London Authority.”.’.

Nick Herbert

58

Clause  24,  page  18,  line  5,  leave out ‘commissioner’ and insert ‘grant recipient’.

Nick Herbert

59

Clause  24,  page  18,  line  6,  leave out ‘commissioners’ and insert ‘grant recipients’.

Nick Herbert

60

Clause  24,  page  18,  line  8,  leave out ‘commissioners or different classes of

commissioner’ and insert ‘grant recipients or different classes of grant recipient’.

Nick Herbert

61

Clause  24,  page  18,  line  9,  leave out ‘police and crime commissioner’ and insert

‘grant recipient’.

Nick Herbert

62

Clause  24,  page  18,  line  15,  leave out ‘commissioner’s’ and insert ‘grant

recipient’s’.

Nick Herbert

63

Clause  24,  page  18,  line  16,  leave out ‘commissioner’ and insert ‘grant recipient’.

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