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House of Commons

Tuesday 25 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

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

102

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  6,  at end insert—

‘(1)	The Secretary of State may put in place arrangements for pilot schemes to trial

directly elected policing and crime commissioners in a minimum of two police

areas and a maxium of four police areas under Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996.

(2)	These pilot schemes must be independently assessed as to their success in

strengthening policing governance and reducing governance costs after 12

months and the findings of such independent assessment must be laid before

Parliament for scrutiny.

(3)	Parliament must then make recommendations to the Secretary of State as to

whether directly elected policing and crime commissioners should be put in place

in every police area in England and Wales.

(4)	The Secretary of State must have regard to Parliament’s recommendations.

(5)	In those areas selected to pilot schemes for directly elected policing and crime

commissioners, the following arrangements shall be put in place.’.

Vernon Coaker

82

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

office’.

Public Bill Committee: 25 January 2011

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Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill, continued

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

103

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  7,  leave out from ‘each’ to end of line 8 and insert ‘police

area selected for pilot schemes in accordance with subsection (1).’.

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’.

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.’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

107

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  1,  leave out subsection (5) and insert—

‘(5)	A police and crime commissioner will sit as chair of the police and crime panel.’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

108

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  6,  leave out subsections (6) to (9).

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

109

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  8,  at end insert—

Public Bill Committee: 25 January 2011

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‘(7)	The police and crime commissioner for a police area must arrange public

meetings on a  quarterly basis in each and all of the police neighbourhoods in that

police area.

(8)	The police and crime commissioner must also make arrangements to meet

regularly with victims of crime and with representatives of victims of crime.’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

110

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  14,  leave out ‘in particular’.

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.’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

106

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.’.

Public Bill Committee: 25 January 2011

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Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

111

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

‘(8A)

In discharging functions under this Act the police and crime commissioner must

not ask, require or encourage the chief constable to act in a manner which could—

(a)	put the chief constable in breach of his attestation under oath in

accordance with Schedule 4 of the Police Act 1996; or

(b)	conflict with the chief constable’s exercise of direction and control under

section 2(3).

(8B)	If the chief constable reasonably believes that the police and crime commissioner

has asked, required or encouraged him to act in a manner that is prohibited under

paragraph (8A), he may notify the relevant police and crime panel.

(8C)	For the avoidance of doubt, any purported direction by a police and crime

commissioner under section 8A has no legal effect.’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

104

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  32,  leave out subsection (9).

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

105

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  34,  at end add ‘in those areas selected to pilot schemes for

directly elected policing and crime commissioners in accordance with subsection (1).’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

520

Schedule  1,  page  103,  line  5,  leave out ‘police and crime commissioners’ and insert

‘police and crime panels’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

521

Schedule  1,  page  103,  line  11,  leave out ‘police and crime commissioners’ and

insert ‘police and crime panels’.

Public Bill Committee: 25 January 2011

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Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

522

Schedule  1,  page  103,  line  12,  leave out ‘police and crime commissioner’ and

insert ‘police and crime panel’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

523

Schedule  1,  page  103,  line  14,  leave out ‘commissioner’s’ and insert ‘panel’s’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

524

Schedule  1,  page  103,  line  19,  leave out ‘police and crime commissioner’ and

insert ‘police and crime panel’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

525

Schedule  1,  page  103,  line  27,  leave out ‘police and crime commissioner’ and

insert ‘police and crime panel’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

526

Schedule  1,  page  103,  line  32,  leave out ‘police and crime commissioner’ and

insert ‘police and crime panel’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

527

Schedule  1,  page  104,  line  1,  leave out ‘commissioner’s’ and insert ‘panel’s’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

528

Schedule  1,  page  104,  line  2,  leave out ‘commissioner’s’ and insert ‘panel’s’.

Public Bill Committee: 25 January 2011

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Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

529

Schedule  1,  page  104,  line  4,  leave out ‘commissioner’s’ and insert ‘panel’s’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

530

Schedule  1,  page  104,  line  5,  leave out ‘commissioner’s’ and insert ‘panel’s’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

547

Schedule  1,  page  104,  line  6,  leave out subsection (2) and insert—

‘(2A)    

(a)	a police and crime commissioner must agree all staffing arrangements

with the police and crime panel; and

(b)	both the police and crime commissioner and the police and crime panel

shall have a duty to ensure a balance of staffing resources between the

commissioner and panel such that the panel is sufficiently resourced to

effectively hold the police and crime commissioner to account as under

Chapter 4.’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

531

Schedule  1,  page  104,  line  6,  leave out ‘police and crime commissioner’ and insert

‘police and crime panel’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

532

Schedule  1,  page  104,  line  7,  leave out ‘commissioner’ and insert ‘panel’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

533

Schedule  1,  page  104,  line  8,  leave out ‘commissioner’ and insert ‘panel’.

Public Bill Committee: 25 January 2011

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Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill, continued

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

112

Schedule  1,  page  104,  line  8,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

The Police and Crime Commissioner in deciding which other staff to appoint

should publish a staffing plan:

(i)	the total staffing requirement of the local policing body,

including all support teams for Police and Crime Commissioner

and the Police and Crime Panel;

(ii)	evidence setting out the needs that this staffing structure is

intended to meet;

(iii)

a comprehensive staffing budget including detailed job

descriptions for all roles at a salary of more than £30,000 per

annum or pro rata;

(iv)	in setting out the staffing plan the Police and Crime

Commissioner must have regard for the likely workload of the

relevant local policing body and the diversity of the communities

served by that body.

(2B)	The staffing plan must be published alongside the Policing and Crime Plan as

under section (5) and the views of the community must be obtained as under

section (14).’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

113

Schedule  1,  page  104,  line  8,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

The Home Secretary will from time to time issue regulations for the appointment

of staff under Schedule 1 Section (6) Part (2).

(i)	which will include a maximum budget for staffing for each

Authority;

(ii)	which shall be agreed by affirmative resolution of both Houses

of Parliament.’.

Vernon Coaker

Diana Johnson

Clive Efford

Mark Tami

114

Schedule  1,  page  104,  line  8,  at end insert—

‘(2A)    

(a)	the staff of a local policing body are not deemed to leave their role when

the police and crime commissioner leaves office;

(b)	the staff of a local policing body shall be employed under a published

staffing structure of the support team to the police and crime

commissioner which can only be varied by a decision of the police and

crime commissioner.

(c)	changes to the support team staffing must proceed only with the approval

of the police and crime panel.’.

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