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Police and Justice Bill

Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on Tuesday, 4 July 2006, in the House of Lords.

Police and Justice Bill. Lords Committee stage second day. Clauses 3 to 9 agreed to. Schedules 2 to 4 agreed to. Part 1 of 2 records.

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Reference

684 c155-97

Session

2005-06

Department

Home Office

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Police and Justice Bill . Brought from Commons . Explanatory Notes HL Bill 104-EN also published
Thursday, 11 May 2006
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 684 c159 (Link to this contribution) We can probably all say ““Amen”” to that if the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, is of a similar view. I...

Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 684 c158 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Baroness for giving way. What she is trying adduce here is that there are...

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Lord Dholakia | 684 c158 (Link to this contribution) This intervention may give the Minister an opportunity to think about the reply that she may wish to...

Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 684 c157-8 (Link to this contribution) There have now been three, but the comments that I make are equally applicable. I remind the noble B...

Baroness Harris of Richmond | 684 c157 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. It was in fact a former Secretary of State, not the la...

Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 684 c157 (Link to this contribution) Since we had the advantage of discussing the detail of the Bill, I had hoped that we would have arri...

Baroness Harris of Richmond | 684 c156-7 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay of St Johns, for introducing my disquiet by opposin...

Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 684 c155-6 (Link to this contribution) I gave notice of my intention to oppose Schedule 2 standing part of the Bill, as I retain significan...

Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 684 c155 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that the House do now again resolve itself into Committee on this Bill. Mov...

Baroness Harris of Richmond | 684 c170-1 (Link to this contribution) I rise in support of Amendment No. 82 and will also speak to Amendment No. 84, which stands in my na...

Baroness Henig | 684 c166 (Link to this contribution) I have a great deal of sympathy with the amendment and I endorse much of what the noble Baroness, La...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 684 c166-7 (Link to this contribution) The amendment is best described as rather curious. As I understand it, the noble Baroness, Lady Harr...

Baroness Harris of Richmond | 684 c165-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 81: Page 2, line 35, leave out subsections (1) and (2) and insert— ““The follo...

Baroness Harris of Richmond | 684 c168-9 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for his explanation. I remember with fondness many management letters ...

Viscount Bridgeman | 684 c169-70 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 82: "Page 3, line 31, at end insert-""““( ) In making an order under subsection ...

Baroness Harris of Richmond | 684 c167-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Henig, for her support. I am disappointed that the Ministe...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 684 c168 (Link to this contribution) I do not know whether this is the right thing to say, and it is certainly not in my brief—I know it ...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 684 c164 (Link to this contribution) That would be highly desirable. Perhaps I did not talk about guidance, but guidance is there to ensu...

Baroness Henig | 684 c164 (Link to this contribution) I have listened very carefully to everything that has been said in this very interesting exchange. M...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 684 c164 (Link to this contribution) As I explained earlier, this is not something novel, it is designed to deal with things at the margi...

Baroness Henig | 684 c159-61 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 80: Page 2, line 14, leave out subsection (3). The noble Baroness said: In mo...

Baroness Harris of Richmond | 684 c161 (Link to this contribution) The Minister will not be at all surprised to hear that I support the amendment tabled by the noble B...

Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 684 c161-2 (Link to this contribution) I am going to complete the trio of assent and support the noble Baroness, Lady Henig. When I saw her...

Lord Dholakia | 684 c162 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister explain why, if Section 107 of the 1972 Act is working effectively, it is necessar...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 684 c162-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on these occasions one should always start with a positive, if one can. I welcome my noble...

Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 684 c163 (Link to this contribution) Two questions have arisen as a result of the Minister’s response. First, with regard to the laudable...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 684 c163-4 (Link to this contribution) I will endeavour to answer the noble Baroness’s questions as best I can. Her final point related to ...

Lord Dholakia | 684 c164 (Link to this contribution) I do not want to be unkind to the Minister, but he was a member of a local authority when I was a me...

Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 684 c188-9 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister. As I said originally, we do not oppose the idea of street bail, but I...

Lord Dholakia | 684 c187 (Link to this contribution) Although my name is not attached to this amendment, we support it. The Minister accepted the argumen...

Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 684 c187-8 (Link to this contribution) I understand the concerns of the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, and the noble Lord, Lord Dholakia. How...

Baroness Linklater of Butterstone | 684 c185-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for her reassuring response. In relation to the presence of the appropriate adu...

Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 684 c186-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 85: "Page 90, line 22, at end insert-""““( ) A constable may impose the conditio...

Lord Dholakia | 684 c184 (Link to this contribution) Can the Minister elaborate on the position of a responsible adult? I understand that it is almost im...

Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 684 c184-5 (Link to this contribution) Before I give a detailed response, perhaps I may say that the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, is absolu...

Baroness Linklater of Butterstone | 684 c182-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 84A: Page 89, line 36, after ““person”” insert ““aged 17 or over”” The noble ...

Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 684 c183-4 (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness, Lady Linklater, has done us a service in raising this issue, because it will be ...

Viscount Bridgeman | 684 c182 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful for the support that I have had from the noble Baroness, Lady Linklater, and the ...

Earl of Listowel | 684 c178-80 (Link to this contribution) I strongly support this amendment. If I may, I will speak from my script in the interests of brevity...

Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 684 c180-1 (Link to this contribution) I say again how pleased I am at the supportive comments that have been made from all around the Comm...

Lord Dholakia | 684 c181 (Link to this contribution) The Minister has been positive. In relation to what the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, said, are there s...

Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 684 c181-2 (Link to this contribution) If the noble Lord is talking about training in relation to children, I will certainly take that matt...

Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 684 c172-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank my noble friend Lady Henig for the compliment she paid the Home Office. It is a rare moment ...

Viscount Bridgeman | 684 c175 (Link to this contribution) We on this side are a generous lot and would like to associate ourselves with the remarks of the nob...

Viscount Bridgeman | 684 c175-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 83: Page 4, line 8, at end insert- ““( ) Training for Community Support Office...

Baroness Linklater of Butterstone | 684 c177-8 (Link to this contribution) I rise to support this amendment whole heartedly. I hope noble Lords will forgive me if in some resp...

Baroness Henig | 684 c171-2 (Link to this contribution) One of the reasons why I want to speak to this amendment is to pay tribute to the Home Office. Heave...

Lord Dholakia | 684 c172 (Link to this contribution) That is precisely the reason why my noble friend said that this is very much a probing amendment. We...

Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 684 c192-3 (Link to this contribution) I shall speak to Amendment No. 87, which is a probing amendment grouped with Amendment No. 86 that w...

Lord Dholakia | 684 c191-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 86: "Page 90, line 25, at end insert-""““( ) Conditions of bail imposed under su...

Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 684 c189 (Link to this contribution) My good sense is going to remain and I will need to press the matter. I entirely agree with the nobl...

Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 684 c189 (Link to this contribution) Before the noble Baroness does that, I should like to understand better why she would do so. The who...

Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 684 c196-7 (Link to this contribution) I understand the noble Lord’s concern, and he is right to say that three hours was the time limit re...

Lord Dholakia | 684 c195-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 88: Page 5, line 5, at end insert ““for no more than three hours”” The noble ...

Lord Dholakia | 684 c194-5 (Link to this contribution) I did not make that promise that this was a probing amendment, but as there is still plenty of time ...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 684 c197 (Link to this contribution) I think this might be a convenient moment for the House to be resumed. I suggest that proceedings in...

Lord Dholakia | 684 c197 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister, but the difference is that custody officers still have powers to take a decisi...

Baroness Henig | 684 c164-5 (Link to this contribution) If we come to the reserve power, perhaps we have a difference about the function of the Home Secreta...

Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 684 c193-4 (Link to this contribution) I would be delighted to be satisfied by the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, but I regret that on this o...

Subjects

Children

Appeals

Crime

Bail

Anti-social behaviour

Best value

Police

Powers

Police custody

Police authorities

Police community support officers

Training

Young people

Truancy

Legislation

Police and Justice Bill 2005-06

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