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Offender Management Bill

Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on Wednesday, 23 May 2007, in the House of Lords.
Offender Management Bill. Lords Committee stage third day. Clause 3 agreed to as amended.

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Reference

692 c670-706 

Session

2006-07

Department

Home Office

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Procedure

Government defeats
New clauses

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Related items

Offender Management Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory Notes HL Bill 47-EN also published.
Thursday, 1 March 2007
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord Hylton | 692 c703 (Link to this contribution) In general, I welcome this amendment. I want to refer only to subsection (4). I question whether abs...
Lord Dholakia | 692 c703 (Link to this contribution) I remind the Minister that I am using the Government’s target. If he looks at what they have done, h...

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Lord Bassam of Brighton | 692 c703 (Link to this contribution) I sense that this is the last of this afternoon’s debates on this Bill. I shall not detain the Commi...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 692 c706 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move that the House do now resume. Moved accordingly, and, on Question, Motion agreed to.
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 692 c703-6 (Link to this contribution) I know that and the noble Lord is right to point it out. However, I am slightly amused that he has t...
Lord Northbourne | 692 c706 (Link to this contribution) While the noble Lord decides whether to withdraw his amendment, I shall make one point. It seems to ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 692 c706 (Link to this contribution) I thought that I covered this in my contribution, but I may not have made the point. It is our inten...
Lord Dholakia | 692 c706 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister. I say to the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, that it is not my intention to test th...
Lord Low of Dalston | 692 c688 (Link to this contribution) I yield to no one in supporting measures taken to address issues of adversity in relation to race bu...
Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen | 692 c688 (Link to this contribution) I thank my noble friend for accepting my amendment in the way that she has. [Amendment No. 41A not ...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 692 c688 (Link to this contribution) I will be brief because we have all been on the same side. I recognise the superiority of the Minist...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 692 c689 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 44: 44: Clause 3, page 3, line 37, leave out from ““himself,”” to end of line ...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 692 c688 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 42: 42: Clause 3, page 3, line 35, at end insert— ““(3A) The Secretary of Stat...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 692 c689-90 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 48: 48: Clause 3, page 3, line 46, at end insert— ““(6) In carrying out their ...
Baroness Linklater of Butterstone | 692 c689 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I may be one of those voices raised in the desire to have some reference made to prisons a...
Baroness Linklater of Butterstone | 692 c690-2 (Link to this contribution) I support this important amendment which seeks to address the conflicts of interest which may arise ...
Lord Waddington | 692 c690 (Link to this contribution) It is hardly necessary to add to what has been said by my noble friend, who has set out the position...
Bishop of Chester | 692 c692 (Link to this contribution) I entirely support all that has been said in this debate so far. However, rather than simply trying ...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 692 c693 (Link to this contribution) I, too, support the amendment. The Bill envisages far greater involvement of the private sector in p...
Lord Ramsbotham | 692 c693 (Link to this contribution) I support the amendment, but before speaking to it I must apologise to the Committee for some wrong ...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 692 c701 (Link to this contribution) Although I shall be brief, I hope that the noble Lord, Lord Dholakia, will not underestimate my admi...
Lord Dholakia | 692 c698-700 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 49: 49: After Clause 3, insert the following new Clause— ““Charities (1) In ma...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 692 c695-6 (Link to this contribution) They are indeed important issues which need to be addressed. The right reverend Prelate properly poi...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 692 c693-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, for his apology in relation to what he said on two or three...
Baroness Linklater of Butterstone | 692 c703 (Link to this contribution) I totally support what my noble friend Lord Dholakia said about charities, although I noted the sens...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 692 c702-3 (Link to this contribution) Like many other noble Lords who have served on charities, I am afraid that it is all too easy to rec...
Lord Northbourne | 692 c702 (Link to this contribution) I am amazed by what I have heard. I do not fully understand what is meant by ““contestability””. I s...
Lord Ramsbotham | 692 c701-2 (Link to this contribution) I support everything that the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, has just said. I am glad that the noble L...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 692 c679 (Link to this contribution) I think the Minister continues to say that contestability can happen from the moment the Bill is pas...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 692 c678 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Baroness for giving me the opportunity to provide further clarification. ...
Lord Ramsbotham | 692 c679 (Link to this contribution) The recently resigned chair of the Youth Justice Board, Professor Rod Morgan, has said many times th...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 692 c679 (Link to this contribution) I shall try to boil this down. There will be offender management from 2010 and interventions straigh...
Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 692 c677 (Link to this contribution) Can the noble Lord define in the context of the Bill how the Government assess the difference betwee...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 692 c678 (Link to this contribution) What the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, has said about when contestability can take place is important. He...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 692 c677-8 (Link to this contribution) That is a fair point and I thought that I touched on it earlier. I said that it would be outcome-foc...
Lord Dholakia | 692 c679 (Link to this contribution) I do not think anyone offers any difficulty about going on the journey with the Minister, but my nob...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 692 c679-80 (Link to this contribution) These things can be measured. The noble Lord must know of the work of his colleagues in local govern...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 692 c686-7 (Link to this contribution) I agree with everyone. Diversity is of great concern within the criminal justice system. The noble L...
Lord Dholakia | 692 c685-6 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the amendment from the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, and the noble Viscount, Lord Bridgeman...
Lord Low of Dalston | 692 c683-4 (Link to this contribution) I, too, support the amendments. I shall speak particularly to Amendment No. 41A. Everyone is aware o...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 692 c683 (Link to this contribution) I support the amendments. It is absolutely crucial that all these elements are taken fully into acco...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 692 c683 (Link to this contribution) I have put my name to Amendment No. 41A and I support Amendment No. 41. The duty involved in the ame...
Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen | 692 c682-3 (Link to this contribution) Amendment No. 41A is in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Turner of Camden. The issue was bro...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 692 c681-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 41: 41: Clause 3, page 3, line 35, at end insert— ““(d) to implement the gener...
Lord Judd | 692 c680-1 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken to this group of amendments. Some extremely interes...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 692 c688 (Link to this contribution) The issue of race has been a matter of particular and acute concern in the criminal justice system f...
Lord Hylton | 692 c673-4 (Link to this contribution) I share all the concerns that lie behind this group of amendments. However, I want to raise a slight...
Lord Ramsbotham | 692 c672-3 (Link to this contribution) I, too, support the noble Lord, Lord Judd, in his amendment. As the Minister knows, we are all with ...
Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 692 c672 (Link to this contribution) We on these Benches have a great deal of sympathy with the amendment. It opens up the question of th...
Viscount Bridgeman | 692 c671-2 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Judd, for raising this important point. We on these Bench...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 692 c675 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate that. I am relying on the text of the Bill and the commitment given by the Home Secreta...
Lord Hylton | 692 c675 (Link to this contribution) If it is any help, page 3 of the Home Office NOMS May 2007 reducing reoffending strategy says that i...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 692 c675 (Link to this contribution) The Committee will know that we on these Benches do not normally have two Front-Benchers coming in o...
Baroness Stern | 692 c674-5 (Link to this contribution) I support these amendments. I wish to comment particularly on Amendments Nos. 38 and 40, which conce...
Lord Judd | 692 c670-1 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 38: 38: Clause 3, page 3, line 21, after ““contractual”” insert ““negotiated p...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 692 c675-7 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Baroness and the noble Lord, Lord Hylton, for asking for clarification. I...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 692 c670 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that the House do now again resolve itself into Committee on this Bill. Mov...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 692 c679 (Link to this contribution) I hesitate to suggest that the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, is confusing some of the issues. This is...
Lord Low of Dalston | 692 c687-8 (Link to this contribution) I welcome that positive response, as I am sure do all other noble Lords. Perhaps I may clarify one p...

Subjects

Disability
Contracts
Charities
Women
Equality
Ethnic groups
Offenders
Private sector
Public sector
Probation
National Probation Service for England and Wales
Rehabilitation
Standards
Voluntary organisations
Reoffenders
Non-governmental organisations
Probation trusts

Legislation

Offender Management Bill 2006-07

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