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Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 8 February 2011        

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Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill, continued

 
 

(5C)    

Before calling upon the Commissioner to retire or resign the Mayor’s Office for

 

Police and Crime must—

 

(a)    

give the Commissioner a written explanation of the reasons why the

 

Mayor’s Office is proposing to call for the retirement of resignation;

 

(b)    

give the London Assembly police and crime panel written notification

 

that the Mayor’s Office is proposing to call upon the Commissioner to

 

retire or resign and a copy of the reasons given to the Commissioner in

 

accordance with subsection (5C)(a);

 

(c)    

give the Commissioner the opportunity to make representations,

 

including representations in writing and in person, about the proposal to

 

call for the Commissioner’s resignation or retirement;

 

(d)    

consider any representations, including representations in writing and in

 

person, made by the Commissioner in accordance with subsection (c) and

 

give the London Assembly a copy of any such representations made by

 

the Commissioner, as soon as practicable after the Commissioner is

 

given them.

 

(5D)    

 

(a)    

The Mayor’s Office must comply with this subsection if, after complying

 

with subsection (5C), the Mayor’s Office is still proposing to call upon

 

the Commissioner to retire or resign under this section.

 

(b)    

the Mayor’s Office must notify—

 

(i)    

the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis; and

 

(ii)    

the London Assembly police and crime panel

 

    

that the Mayor’s Office is still proposing to call upon the Commissioner

 

to resign.

 

(5E)    

 

(a)    

This paragraph applies if a police and crime panel is given a notification

 

under subsection (5D).

 

(b)    

The panel must make a recommendation to the Mayor’s Office as to

 

whether or not it should call for the retirement or resignation.

 

(c)    

The recommendation must be given to the Mayor’s Office in writing

 

before the end of the period of six weeks beginning with the day on which

 

the panel receives the notification under subsection (5D).

 

(d)    

Before making the recommendation, the panel—

 

(i)    

must consult the chief inspector of the constabulary;

 

(ii)    

must consult the Independent Police Complaints Commission;

 

(iii)    

must hold a scrutiny hearing.

 

(e)    

The London Assembly police and crime panel must publish the

 

recommendation made under this section.

 

(f)    

It is for the panel to determine the manner in which the recommendation

 

is to be published in accordance with subsection (e).

 

(5F)    

For the purposes of this section a “scrutiny hearing” is a meeting of the London

 

Assembly police and crime panel, held in private, at which the Mayor’s Office

 

and Commissioner are required to appear in person for the purpose of answering

 

questions relating to the proposal to call upon the Commissioner to retire or

 

resign.

 

(5G)    

References in this Part to a person appearing at a meeting of the panel are

 

references to the person—

 

(a)    

attending the meeting in person, or

 

(b)    

not attending the meeting in person, but participating in the proceedings

 

at the meeting by any means that enable the person to hear, and be heard

 

in, those proceedings as they happen.

 

(5H)    

The Mayor’s Office must accept the London Assembly’s recommendation given

 

under this section.’.


 
 

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Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  164

 

Clause  48,  page  30,  line  17,  leave out ‘reasons why’ and insert ‘grounds on which’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 49 to 56 Agreed to.

 


 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Withdrawn  555

 

Clause  57,  page  35,  line  41,  at and add—

 

‘(6)    

A minimum turnout of 40 per cent. of the electorate in the force area is required

 

for a police and crime commissioner to be elected.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Schedule 9 Agreed to.

 

Clauses 58 to 61 Agreed to.

 


 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  262

 

Clause  62,  page  38,  line  25,  after ‘with’, insert ‘section 28(1E), or’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  456

 

Clause  62,  page  38,  line  35,  leave out ‘or varying’.

 

Nick Herbert

 

Agreed to  559

 

Clause  62,  page  38,  leave out lines 36 to 39.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.


 
 

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Clauses 63 to 65 Agreed to.

 


 

Mike Crockart

 

Dr Julian Huppert

 

Withdrawn  496

 

Clause  66,  page  42,  line  16,  leave out subsection (4).

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Nick Herbert

 

Agreed to  560

 

Clause  67,  page  43,  line  3,  leave out from ‘has’ to ‘, or’ in line 9 and insert ‘been

 

convicted in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man, of any

 

imprisonable offence (whether or not sentenced to a term imprisonment in respect of the

 

offence)’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Withdrawn  548

 

Clause  67,  page  43,  line  8,  leave out ‘of three months or longer’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  549

 

Clause  67,  page  43,  line  14,  leave out subsection (4) and insert—

 

‘(4)    

Further to subsection (3)(c), the same restrictions apply to police commissioners

 

as apply to chief constables, as established by National Policing Improvement

 

Agency Circular NPIA 01/2010.

 


 

Police and Crime Panels may rule as to whether a person is disqualified from

 

being elected as, or from being, a police commissioner on the basis of past

 

convictions.’.

 

Nick Herbert

 

Agreed to  561

 

Clause  67,  page  43,  leave out lines 15 and 16 and insert—

 

‘(a)    

“imprisonable offence” means an offence—

 

(i)    

for which a person who has attained the age of 18 years may be

 

sentenced to a term of imprisonment, or

 

(ii)    

for which, in the case of such a person, the sentence is fixed by

 

law as life imprisonment;’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 8 February 2011        

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Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill, continued

 
 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  550

 

Clause  67,  page  43,  line  23,  leave out subsections (5) to (9).

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Clause 68 to 74 Agreed to.

 


 

Nick Herbert

 

Agreed to  563

 

Clause  75,  page  47,  line  19,  leave out from ‘treated,’ to end of line.

 

Nick Herbert

 

Agreed to  564

 

Clause  75,  page  47,  line  20,  at end insert ‘for the purpose of—

 

(a)    

any provision of, or made under, this Act, or

 

(b)    

any relevant provision (within the meaning of section 58)’.

 

Nick Herbert

 

Agreed to  565

 

Clause  75,  page  47,  leave out lines 32 and 33.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Clause 76 Agreed to.

 

Schedule 10 Agreed to.

 

Clauses 77 and 78 Agreed to.

 


 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Withdrawn  166

 

Clause  79,  page  49,  leave out lines 1 and 2 and insert—

 

‘(2)    

A chief officer of police and the police commissioner must, in exercising their

 

functions, take into account the strategic policing requirement.’.

 

Mike Crockart

 

Dr Julian Huppert

 

Not called  34

 

Clause  79,  page  49,  line  9,  after ‘bodies’, insert—

 

‘(iia)    

such persons as appear to the Secretary of State to represent the views of

 

police and crime panels.’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 8 February 2011        

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Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill, continued

 
 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  556

 

Clause  79,  page  49,  line  36,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

a threat which required England and Wales police forces to exercise one

 

or more functions to safeguard and promote the welfare of children as

 

defined in the Children’s Act 2004 section 11(2)(a).’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 80 to 82 Agreed to.

 


 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  491

 

Clause  83,  page  50,  line  27,  leave out ‘or Deputy Commissioner’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  167

 

Clause  84,  page  52,  line  12,  leave out ‘local policing body’ and insert ‘local police

 

and crime panel’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  168

 

Clause  84,  page  52,  line  18,  leave out ‘local policing body’ and insert ‘local police

 

and crime panel’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  169

 

Clause  84,  page  52,  line  18,  leave out ‘body’ and insert ‘panel’.


 
 

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Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  170

 

Clause  85,  page  53,  leave out lines 8 and 9.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  171

 

Clause  85,  page  53,  line  15,  leave out ‘local policing body’ and insert ‘local police

 

and crime panel’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  172

 

Clause  85,  page  53,  line  16,  leave out ‘body’ and insert ‘panel’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  173

 

Clause  85,  page  53,  line  18,  leave out ‘local policing body’ and insert ‘local police

 

and crime panel’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  174

 

Clause  85,  page  53,  line  20,  leave out ‘body’ and insert ‘panel’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  175

 

Clause  85,  page  53,  line  21,  leave out ‘local policing body’ and insert ‘local police

 

and crime panel’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 86 to 89 Agreed to.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 8 February 2011        

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Schedule 11 Agreed to.

 


 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  176

 

Clause  90,  page  56,  line  7,  leave out ‘policing bodies’ and insert ‘police and crime

 

panels’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  177

 

Clause  90,  page  56,  line  9,  leave out ‘policing bodies’ and insert ‘police and crime

 

panels’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  178

 

Clause  90,  page  56,  leave out lines 14 to 18 and insert—

 

‘(b)    

provision about support by a policing panel for another police panel

 

(“policing panel collaboration provision”);

 

(c)    

provision about support by a police and crime panel for the police force

 

which another police and crime panel is responsible for maintaining

 

(police panel and force collaboration provision).’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  179

 

Clause  90,  page  56,  line  23,  leave out ‘policing body’ and insert ‘police and crime

 

panel’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  180

 

Clause  90,  page  56,  line  25,  leave out ‘policing body’ and insert ‘police and crime

 

panel’.


 
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