New clause 1 - Exclusion of prisoners convicted of assaulting police officers, etc, from power to release short-term prisoners on licence
Criminal Justice and Police Bill
8:45 pm
Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to take the following: Amendment (a) thereto, at end, add—
`(iv) an offence of violence on any other member of the emergency services or staff of the National Health Service.'.
New clause 2—Exclusion of prisoners convicted of offences against children from power to release short-term prisoners on licence—
`In section 34A of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (power to release short-term prisoners on licence), after subsection (2)(c) there is inserted—
``(ca)(i) the sentence is for an offence listed in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000; or
(ii) the sentence is for an offence listed in paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 which is committed against a person under the age of 18; or
(iii) the sentence is for an offence which causes the prisoner to fall within paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000.''.'.