Clause 35 - Power to make travel restriction orders
Criminal Justice and Police Bill
3:15 pm
Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath, Conservative)
We wondered whether it might be helpful to refine the way in which subsection (2)(a) works, and that is what amendment No. 19 seeks to do. Amendment No. 160, which is in the name of the hon. Member for Southwark, North and Bermondsey, relates to preventing the committing of further offences. Our amendment, which approaches the same subject in a slightly different way, would require the court
``to consider whether the likelihood of reoffending would be realistically minimised by including in the sentence the making of a travel restriction order in relation to the offender'',
and would replace the existing, wider requirement for the court
``to consider whether it would be appropriate for the sentence for the offence to include the making of a travel restriction order in relation to the offender''.
We believe that that further refinement might be helpful, and I shall be interested to hear the Minister's comments. However, I should point out that we are simply probing this issue.