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House of Commons

 
 

Wednesday 30 March 2011

 

Consideration of Bill

 

Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill, As Amended


 

Note

 

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Police Reform and

 

Social Responsibility Bill (Programme) (No.2) Motion.

 


 

First day

 

NEW CLAUSES AND AMENDMENTS TO CLAUSES, AND NEW SCHEDULES AND

 

AMENDMENTS TO SCHEDULES, RELATING TO PART 1

 

NEW CLAUSES

 

Commencement of Part 1

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

NC4

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘The Secretary of State must not make an order to bring sections 1 to 103 of this

 

Act into force until—

 

(a)    

an inquiry by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary into the impact

 

of the introduction of police and crime commissioners in England and

 

Wales has been completed, and

 

(b)    

the Secretary of State has considered the recommendations of that

 

inquiry.’.

 



 
 

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Memorandum of Understanding

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

NC5

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Secretary of State must publish a Memorandum of Understanding on the

 

Operational Responsibility of Chief Constables detailing where their actions shall

 

be independent of the Police and Crime Commissioner.

 

(2)    

The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument bring

 

into force the Memorandum of Understanding published under subsection (1).

 

(3)    

Regulations under subsection (2) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument

 

has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.’.

 


 

Issuing precepts

 

Mark Reckless

 

Zac Goldsmith

 

Mr David Ruffley

 

Mr Douglas Carswell

 

Mr Philip Hollobone

 

Mr Peter Bone

 

Total signatories: 8

 

Mr David Nuttall

 

Henry Smith

 

NC6

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The police and crime commissioner must notify the relevant police and crime

 

panel (the “panel”) of the precept which the commissioner is proposing to issue

 

for the financial year (the “proposed precept”).

 

(2)    

The panel must review the proposed precept and make a report to the

 

commissioner on the proposed precept, which may include recommendations,

 

including as to the proposed precept.

 

(3)    

The commissioner must respond in writing to the panel, either to accept the

 

recommendations, in full or in part, or to reject them, and to state whether the

 

proposed precept is revised or unchanged following consideration of the panel’s

 

report.

 

(4)    

The proposed precept will then be fixed as the precept under section 40 of the

 

Local Government Act 1992 unless the panel rejects the proposed precept by at

 

least three-quarters of the persons who are members of the panel at such time

 

voting for such rejection.

 

(5)    

If, following such rejection, the panel and the police and crime commissioner

 

agree within 14 days a proposed precept, then the police and crime commissioner

 

shall issue that proposed precept as the precept for the financial year.

 

(6)    

Otherwise the panel shall propose an alternative precept, and provision shall be

 

made by the participating authorities for a referendum across the relevant police

 

force area to determine whether the precept proposed by the commissioner, or the


 
 

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alternative precept proposed by the panel, shall be fixed as the precept for the

 

financial year.

 

(7)    

The Secretary of State may make regulations with regard to the timing of the

 

provisions of this Clause and the procedures that are to be followed in respect of

 

a referendum described in sub-Clause (6).’.

 


 

Paul Murphy

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Jessica Morden

 

Paul Flynn

 

Dr Hywel Francis

 

Susan Elan Jones

 

Total signatories: 10

 

3

 

Page  1,  line  7  [Clause  1],  after ‘area’, insert ‘except those in Wales’.

 


 

Mark Reckless

 

Keith Vaz

 

Mr David Ruffley

 

Mr Philip Hollobone

 

Mr Peter Bone

 

Mr David Nuttall

 

Total signatories: 7

 

Mr Douglas Carswell

 

149

 

Page  2,  line  44  [Clause  2],  at end insert ‘such that the police and crime

 

commissioner shall have no involvement in decisions with respect to individual

 

investigations and arrests.’.

 


 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

155

 

Page  4,  line  15  [Clause  3],  at end insert—

 

‘(8A)    

The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime must not ask, require or encourage

 

the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis to act in a manner which could—

 

(a)    

put the Commissioner in breach of his attestation under oath in

 

accordance with Schedule 4 of the Police Act 1996; or

 

(b)    

conflict with the Commissioner’s exercise of direction and control under

 

section 4(3).

 

(8B)    

If the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis reasonably believes that the

 

Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime has asked, required or encouraged him to


 
 

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act in a manner that is prohibited under subsection (8A), he may notify the

 

London Assembly police and crime panel.

 

(8C)    

For the avoidance of doubt, any purported direction by the Mayor’s Office for

 

Policing and Crime under subsection (8A) has no legal effect.’.

 


 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

72

 

Page  5,  line  12  [Clause  5],  leave out subsection (3) and insert—

 

‘(3)    

Thereafter, a police and crime commissioner shall issue a police and crime plan

 

before the beginning of each financial year.’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

73

 

Page  5,  line  14  [Clause  5],  leave out subsection (4).

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

74

 

Page  5,  line  15  [Clause  5],  leave out ‘or varying’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

75

 

Page  5,  line  18  [Clause  5],  leave out ‘or varying’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

91

 

Page  5,  line  18  [Clause  5],  leave out subsection (6) and insert—

 

‘(6)    

Before issuing a police and crime plan, a police and crime commissioner must

 

consult the chief constable and the police and crime panel for the police force

 

area.

 

(6A)    

A draft of a police and crime plan required to be issued by the police and crime

 

commissioner under this section shall be prepared by the relevant chief constable

 

and submitted by him to the police and crime commissioner for him to consider.

 

(6B)    

Before issuing a police and crime plan, a police and crime commissioner must—

 

(a)    

send the draft plan to the relevant police and crime panel,


 
 

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(b)    

have regard to any report or recommendations made by the panel in

 

relation to the draft plan (see section 28(2)),

 

(c)    

give the panel a response to any such report or recommendations which

 

must include the reasons why individual recommendations have, or have

 

not, been accepted, and

 

(d)    

publish any such response.’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

76

 

Page  5,  line  20  [Clause  5],  leave out ‘or variation’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

77

 

Page  5,  line  21  [Clause  5],  leave out ‘or variation’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

78

 

Page  5,  line  23  [Clause  5],  leave out ‘or variation’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

79

 

Page  5,  line  25  [Clause  5],  leave out ‘or variation’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

92

 

Page  5,  line  28  [Clause  5],  leave out ‘(6)(c) and insert ‘(6B)(a)’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

81

 

Page  5,  line  32  [Clause  5],  leave out ‘or varying a’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

6

 

Page  5,  line  32  [Clause  5],  at end insert ‘if, and to the extent that, the plan or

 

variation is different from the draft prepared in accordance with subsection (6)’.


 
 

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Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

82

 

Page  5  [Clause  5],  leave out line 40 and insert ‘and have regard to any relevant matters

 

under this subsection in preparing the next annual police and crime plan.’.

 


 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

83

 

Page  6,  line  1  [Clause  5],  leave out ‘or varies’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

84

 

Page  6,  line  3  [Clause  5],  leave out ‘or the variation,’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

85

 

Page  6,  line  5  [Clause  5],  leave out ‘or the variation,’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

86

 

Page  6,  line  6  [Clause  5],  leave out subsection (11).

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

93

 

Page  6,  line  10  [Clause  5],  leave out ‘(6)(f) and insert ‘(6B)(d)’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

7

 

Page  6,  line  11  [Clause  5],  after ‘plan’, insert ‘or variation’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

8

 

Page  6,  line  44  [Clause  6],  at end insert ‘if, and to the extent that, the plan or


 
 

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variation is different from the draft prepared in accordance with subsection (6)’.

 


 

Secretary Theresa May

 

9

 

Page  7,  line  12  [Clause  6],  leave out ‘and (7) to (8A)’ and insert ‘(7) to (8A), and

 

(10) to (12)’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

94

 

Page  7,  line  37  [Clause  7],  leave out paragraph (b ) and insert—

 

‘(b)    

the police and crime panel’s police and crime objectives;’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

95

 

Page  7,  line  43  [Clause  7],  leave out ‘chief officer’s provision of policing’ and

 

insert ‘police force’s performance’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

96

 

Page  7,  line  44  [Clause  7],  leave out ‘chief officer of police’s performance in

 

providing policing’ and insert ‘ police force’s performance’.

 


 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

97

 

Page  8,  line  4  [Clause  7],  leave out ‘elected local policing body’s’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

98

 

Page  8,  line  6  [Clause  7],  leave out ‘the body’s’.


 
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