Offender Management Bill

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 4, in clause 2, page 3, line 8, at end insert— ‘(4A) In carrying out his duty under subsection (4) the Secretary of State shall consult the Welsh Assembly Government regarding the provision of probation services in Wales.’. No. 9, in clause 3, page 3, line 15, after ‘considers’, insert ‘, following consultation with the relevant probation trust,’. No. 5, page 3, line 35, at end insert— ‘(4A) Before making arrangements under subsection (4) the Secretary of State must consult any probation trust or trusts providing probation services in the area to which the proposed arrangements would apply and such other persons as he thinks appropriate.’. No. 18, in schedule 1, page 22, line 15, at end insert— ‘(c) a magistrate for the area in which the probation trust carries out its functions; and (d) a local councillor for the area in which the probation trust carries out its functions.’.