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Offender Management Bill

Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on Monday, 11 June 2007, in the House of Lords.
Offender Management Bill. Lords Committee stage fifth day. Part 2 of 2 records.

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Reference

692 c1489-507 

Session

2006-07

Department

Home Office

Legislative stage

Committee stage

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

Viscount Bridgeman | 692 c1505 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful if the amendment has had the unexpected effect of causing Clause 16 to be debated. We ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 692 c1505 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I believe that it is.

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Earl of Listowel | 692 c1506 (Link to this contribution) I shall not repeat what I said earlier, but it would perhaps have been better to have said it on thi...
Viscount Bridgeman | 692 c1506 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 105: 105: Clause 15, page 10, line 37, at end insert ““and has the appropriate...
Viscount Bridgeman | 692 c1507 (Link to this contribution) We are not entirely at one with the Minister on the approach to this subject, but I listened careful...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 692 c1506-7 (Link to this contribution) I recognise the background of and basis for this amendment tabled by the noble Lords opposite. I sha...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 692 c1507 (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 c1502-5 (Link to this contribution) Before I get into the body of Clause 15, it may be worth saying a few words on another matter. I thi...
Viscount Bridgeman | 692 c1505 (Link to this contribution) Can the Minister clarify paragraph 29 of the report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Co...
Lord Judd | 692 c1493 (Link to this contribution) I, too, apologise for not being here at the outset; I was at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Hum...
Earl of Listowel | 692 c1494 (Link to this contribution) I, too, apologise for not being here when the amendment was moved. The noble Baroness may have refer...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 692 c1494 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that mine will be the last voice on this amendment. The amendment is crucial because so ma...
Lord Ramsbotham | 692 c1492 (Link to this contribution) I support the amendmentfrom my own experience of seeing the lack of training among both public and p...
Lord Dholakia | 692 c1493 (Link to this contribution) I apologise that I was slightly late coming into the Chamber. I support the amendments, because I wa...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 692 c1490-1 (Link to this contribution) The differences between public sector and private prisons that both this clause and related Clause 1...
Viscount Bridgeman | 692 c1491 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to the Minister for that explanation and, on that basis, I beg leave to withdraw ...
Viscount Bridgeman | 692 c1491-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 101: 101: Clause 14, page 9, line 29, at end insert— ““( ) A prisoner custody ...
Baroness Linklater of Butterstone | 692 c1498 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I can also ask for a little clarity. As I understand it, these two amendments relate not onl...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 692 c1498 (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness has helpfully brought us back to the point, and I am grateful to her for doing so...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 692 c1496 (Link to this contribution) I said that there was no similar requirement for prison officers to be trained in this way. I was no...
Lord Dholakia | 692 c1496 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister confirm that staff in the private and public sectors receive the same level of tra...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 692 c1494-6 (Link to this contribution) I fully recognise thatthe basis of the amendments, tabled by the noble Viscount, Lord Bridgeman, the...
Lord Ramsbotham | 692 c1496 (Link to this contribution) I have a question of clarification. The Minister said that the amendment was unnecessary because the...
Earl of Listowel | 692 c1497 (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister responds, I thank him for attending to my question and kindly offering to write ...
Lord Judd | 692 c1497-8 (Link to this contribution) When visiting a prison with the Joint Committee on Human Rights, I asked a quite senior prison offic...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 692 c1497 (Link to this contribution) Our expectation is of course that the training will be the same. We are trying through these trainin...
Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen | 692 c1497 (Link to this contribution) I am still quite confused. Like the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, I thought my noble friend said that...
Viscount Bridgeman | 692 c1498-9 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to noble Lords for their support for the amendment. I am sorry that earlier I did...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 692 c1502 (Link to this contribution) I add my support for the amendment and thank the Prison Governors Association for its briefing. I re...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 692 c1499 (Link to this contribution) I am more than happyto share that information with all sides of the Committee. It is a very sensible...
Viscount Bridgeman | 692 c1499 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful. We attach a great deal of importance to the subject, and we will read very caref...
Viscount Bridgeman | 692 c1499-501 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 104: 104: Clause 15, page 10, line 33, at end insert— ““( ) The restricted act...
Lord Ramsbotham | 692 c1501-2 (Link to this contribution) I am interested in this amendment; a later amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Gibson,...
Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen | 692 c1502 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Prison Officers Association for briefing me on the amendment. The Bill is currently sile...
Lord Hylton | 692 c1502 (Link to this contribution) I know from experience in England and Northern Ireland that the way in which a prison handles its vi...
Viscount Bridgeman | 692 c1489-90 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 100: 100: Clause 14, page 9, line 13, after first ““is”” insert ““employed”” ...
Baroness Linklater of Butterstone | 692 c1492-3 (Link to this contribution) I add my voice in support of the amendments. In these clauses, the powers of search and detention ar...
Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen | 692 c1493 (Link to this contribution) I support Amendments Nos. 101 and 103. It is of paramount importance that any custody officer is ade...
Lord Waddington | 692 c1501 (Link to this contribution) Although it was a long time ago, in 1990 I think we envisaged that, barring a disaster, confidence i...

Subjects

Detainees
Offenders
Private sector
Prisons
Public sector
Staff
Standards
Training
Young offenders
Right of search
Voluntary work
Smuggling
Secure accommodation
Prison visitors
Prison officers

Legislation

Offender Management Bill 2006-07

Link

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