Public Bill Committees
Anti-social Behaviour Bill

• Anti-social Behaviour Bill, 1st sitting (4 speeches)
  [Mr. Bill O'Brien in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - Closure notice (106 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 4, in clause 1, page 1, line 4, after 'if', insert 'the Chief Executive of a Local Authority or'.
• Anti-social Behaviour Bill, 2nd sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. James Cran in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - Closure notice (37 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 13, in clause 1, page 2, line 27, leave out subsection (8).—[Mr. Hawkins.] Question again proposed, That the amendment be made.
  • Clause 2 - Closure order (14 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 17, in clause 2, page 2, line 41, at end insert 'or as soon as reasonably practicable'.
  • Clause 3 - Closure order: enforcement (25 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 131, in clause 3, page 3, line 29, leave out 'or an authorised person'.
  • Clause 5 - Extension and discharge of closure order (11 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 31, in clause 5, page 4, line 42, leave out 'three' and insert 'twelve'.
  • Clause 6 - Appeals (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 36, in clause 6, page 5, line 35, leave out '21' and insert '42'.
  • Clause 9 - Exemption from liability for certain damages (6 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 38, in clause 9, page 6, line 37, after 'not', insert 'personally'.
  • Clause 10 - Compensation (8 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 11 - Interpretation (11 speeches)
    Amendment made: No. 190, in clause 11, page 7, line 41, leave out subsection (1) and insert— '(1) References to a controlled drug and (however expressed) to the production or supply of a...
• Anti-social Behaviour Bill, 3rd sitting (1 speech)
  [Mr. Bill O'Brien in the Chair]
  • Clause 18 - Parenting contracts in cases of exclusion from school or truancy (33 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 43, in clause 18, page 16, line 1, after 'body', insert 'or head teacher'.
  • Clause 19 - Parenting orders in cases of (21 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 150, in clause 19, page 16, line 23, leave out paragraph (b).
  • Clause 22 - Penalty notices for parents (28 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 54, in clause 22, page 18, line 23, leave out 'or a head teacher'.
• Anti-social Behaviour Bill, 4th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. James Cran in the Chair]
  • Clause 24 - Parenting contracts in respect of criminal conduct and anti-social behaviour (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 57, in clause 24, page 21, line 33, at end insert 'or any statement by the youth offending team which it believes, in its entire discretion, is appropriate for their...
  • Clause 25 - Parenting orders in respect of criminal conduct and anti-social behaviour (6 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 60, in clause 25, page 22, line 17, leave out 'twelve months' and insert 'two years'.
  • Clause 27 - Parenting orders: appeals (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • New clause 2 - Powers of Head Teachers (41 speeches)
    'A head teacher, supported by that head teacher's governing body, may take the decision to exclude a pupil on disciplinary grounds from that head teacher's school for a fixed period or...
  • Clause 29 - Dispersal of groups and removal of persons under 16 to their place of residence (82 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 155, in clause 29, page 23, line 32, leave out 'intimidated, harassed, alarmed or distressed' and insert 'intimidated or harassed'.
• Anti-social Behaviour Bill, 5th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. James Cran in the Chair]
  • Clause 29 - Dispersal of groups and removal of persons under 16 to their place of residence (95 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 107, in clause 29, page 23, line 35, leave out 'and' and insert 'or'.
  • Clause 30 - Authorisations: supplemental (12 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 170, in clause 30, page 25, line 1, leave out 'either or'.
  • Clause 32 - Powers of community support officers (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 173, in clause 32, page 26, line 4, leave out subsection (2).
• Anti-social Behaviour Bill, 6th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Bill O'Brien in the Chair]
  • Clause 32 - Powers of community support officers (3 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 173, in clause 32, page 26, line 4, leave out subsection (2).—[Mrs. Brooke.] Question again proposed, That the amendment be made.
  • Clause 35 - Interpretation (7 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 191, in clause 35, page 27, line 12, at end insert— '' 'antisocial behaviour'' means behaviour by a person which causes or is likely to cause harassment, alarm...
  • New clause 3 - Aggravated trespass (7 speeches)
    '.—The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 shall be amended as follows. Section 68—Offence of Aggravated Trespass Subsection 1, line 2, leave out ''in the open air''. ...
  • Clause 12 - Anti-social behaviour: landlords' (27 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 96, in clause 12, page 8, line 41, at end insert— '(1A) Each Local Housing Authority must, not later than three months after the commencement of section 12 of...
  • Clause 13 - Injunctions against anti-social behaviour on application of certain social landlords (52 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 138, in clause 13, page 10, line 4, leave out 'capable of'.
  • Clause 14 - Security of tenure: anti-social behaviour (24 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 226, in clause 14, page 13, line 6, at end insert— '(d) it is also a term of the demoted tenancy that any rent paid in advance or overpaid at the termination...
  • Schedule 1 - Demoted tenancies (0 speeches)
    Amendment proposed: No. 234, in schedule 1, page 44, line 3, after 'unless', insert— '(a) the grounds for possession are related to antisocial behaviour; (b) the landlord has made...
  • Clause 15 - Demoted assured shorthold tenancies (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 230, in clause 15, page 14, line 27, at end insert— '( ) In section 21 of that Act (recovery of possession on expiry or termination of assured shorthold...
  • Clause 16 - Proceedings for possession: (17 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 197, in clause 16, page 14, line 29, leave out subsection (1).
• Anti-social Behaviour Bill, 7th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. James Cran in the Chair]
  • Clause 36 - Anti-social behaviour orders (64 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 63, in clause 36, page 28, line 16, at end insert 'or are otherwise connected with the same antisocial problem in the same area.'.
  • Clause 37 - Certain orders made on (27 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 65, in clause 37, page 29, leave out lines 5 to 7.
  • Clause 38 - Penalty notices for disorderly (31 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 177, in clause 38, page 30, line 3, leave out subsection (2).
  • Schedule 2 - CURFEW ORDERS AND SUPERVISION ORDERS (14 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 204, in schedule 2, page 50, leave out line 32.
• Anti-social Behaviour Bill, 8th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Bill O'Brien in the Chair]
  • Schedule 2 - Curfew orders and supervision orders (3 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 241, in schedule 2, page 51, line 32, after 'authority', insert 'and the designated authority has concurred with the appropriateness of the requirement...
  • Clause 40 - Extension of powers of community (63 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 68, in clause 40, page 30, line 39, after 'cycles', insert ', skateboards, roller skates and inline skates'.
  • Clause 41 - Report by local authority in (22 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 74, in clause 41, page 32, line 25, leave out 'seven' and insert 'twentyone'. This is a short point. All that I want to say, without too much of a pun, is that seven...
• Anti-social Behaviour Bill, 9th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Bill O'Brien in the Chair]
  • Clause 42 - Possession of air weapon or imitation firearm in public place (44 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 122, in clause 42, page 33, leave out lines 7 and 8.
  • Clause 43 - Air weapons: age limits (28 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 124, in clause 43, page 33, line 27, leave out paragraph (a).
• Anti-social Behaviour Bill, 10th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. James Cran in the Chair]
  • Clause 43 - Air weapons: age limits (14 speeches)
    Amendment moved [this day]: No. 124, in clause 43, page 33, line 27, leave out paragraph (a).-[Mr. Paice.]
  • Clause 44 - Prohibition of certain air weapons (8 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 239, in clause 44, page 34, line 4, at end insert- '(2A) In section 5 (weapons subject to general prohibition) after subsection (1)(ae) insert- ''(af) any air...
  • Clause 45 - Closure of noisy premises (26 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 260, in clause 45, page 34, line 35, leave out 'public'.
  • Clause 46 - Closure of noisy premises: supplemental (3 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 47 - Dealing with noise at night (18 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 48 - Penalty notices in respect of graffiti or (27 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 50 - Penalty receipts (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 244, in clause 50, page 38, line 8, leave out from 'authority' to end of line 9 and insert 'may use any sums it receives in respect of penalties payable to it in...
  • Clause 51 - Powers of police civilians (7 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 183, in clause 51, page 38, line 14, leave out 'that subparagraph' and insert 'subparagraph (2)(c)'.
• Anti-social Behaviour Bill, 11th sitting (2 speeches)
  [Mr. James Cran in the Chair]
  • Clause 53 - Sale of aerosol paint to children (41 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 78, in clause 53, page 39, line 3, leave out 'eighteen' and insert 'sixteen'.
  • Clause 54 - Unlawfully deposited waste etc (26 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 82, in clause 54, page 39, leave out lines 30 to 33.
  • Clause 55 - Extension of Litter Authority Powers to take Remedial Action (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 182, in clause 55, page 40, leave out lines 24 and 25. This is a probing amendment. I have read the clause and schedule 3 a few times, and I am worried at what might...
  • New clause 5 - Removal of unauthorised encampments and waste (17 speeches)
    '.—The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 is amended as follows: In Section 61 (Power to remove trespassers on land) (a) For subsection (1) there is substituted— ''(1)...
• Anti-social Behaviour Bill, 12th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. James Cran in the Chair]
  • New clause 5 - Removal of unauthorised encampments and waste (19 speeches)
    '.—The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 is amended as follows: In Section 61 (Power to remove trespassers on land) (a) For subsection (1) there is substituted— ''(1)...
  • New clause 6 - Graffiti removal notices (20 speeches)
    '(1) Where there is graffiti to which this section applies in the area of a local authority on a surface to which this Act applies, if that authority considers it to be detrimental to the amenity...
  • Clause 57 - Commencement (0 speeches)
    Amendment made: No. 263, in clause 57, page 41, line 1, leave out '47' and insert '45'.—[Mr. McNulty.] Clause 57, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clauses 58 to 61 ordered...