Public Bill Committees
Inquiries Bill

• Inquiries Bill [Lords], 1st sitting (4 speeches)
  [Mr. Win Griffiths in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - Power to establish inquiry (38 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 1, in clause 1, page 1, line 3, at beginning insert ‘Subject to subsection (2A)’.
  • Clause 4 - Appointment of inquiry panel (12 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 3, in clause 4, page 2, line 13, leave out ‘consult’ and insert ‘seek the agreement of’.
  • Clause 5 - Setting-up date and terms of reference (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 36, in clause 5, page 2, line 21, at end insert— ‘(ia)consult, as appropriate, on the terms of reference.’.
• Inquiries Bill [Lords], 2nd sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Win Griffiths in the Chair]
  • Clause 5 - Setting-up date and terms of reference (7 speeches)
    Amendment moved [this day]: No. 36, in clause 5, page 2, line 21, at end insert— ‘(ia)consult, as appropriate, on the terms of reference.’.—[Mr. Carmichael.]
  • Clause 6 - Minister’s duty to inform Parliament or Assembly (27 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 5, in clause 6, page 3, line 7, at end insert— ‘(d)an estimate of the likely cost of an inquiry’.
  • Clause 7 - Inquiries where ministerial conduct in issue (18 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 7, in clause 7, page 3, line 17, leave out ‘may, if he sees fit,’ and insert ‘must’.
  • Clause 8 - Further appointments to inquiry panel (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 9, in clause 8, page 3, line 38, at end insert— ‘(1A)The power to appoint a member under subsection (1)(a) is exercisable only after consultation with the...
  • Clause 11 - Appointment of judge as panel member (9 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 33, in clause 11, page 4, line 31, leave out ‘obtain the consent to that appointment of’ and insert ‘first consult’.
  • Clause 12 - Assessors (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 10, in clause 12, page 5, line 17, leave out subsection (4) and insert— ‘In deciding whether or not it is in the public interest to appoint an assessor,...
  • Clause 16 - Power to convert other inquiry into inquiry under this Act (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 18 - Evidence and procedure (4 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 19, in page 8, line 34, at end add ‘(b)the fact that any person or organisation who may have cause to apprehend the possibility of criticism in course of or as a...
  • Clause 20 - Restrictions on public access etc. (10 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 21, in clause 20, page 9, line 24, leave out ‘either or both of the following ways’ and insert ‘the following way’.
  • Clause 24 - Risk of damage to the economy (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 40, in clause 24, page 11, line 44, leave out from ‘in’ to end of line 2 on page 12 and insert ‘avoiding a risk of damage to the economy outweighs...
• Inquiries Bill [Lords], 3rd sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
  • Clause 26 - Publication of Reports (9 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 26, in clause 26, page 12, line 34, leave out ‘Minister, or the chairman if subsection (2) applies,’ and insert ‘chairman’.
  • Clause 36 - Offences (5 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 40 - Payment of inquiry expenses by Minister (6 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 31, in clause 40, page 20, line 25, leave out subsections (4) and (5). Throughout the Committee, I have described our concern that the Minister will be entrusted with...
  • Clause 42 - Rules (18 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 37, in clause 42, page 21, line 20, at end insert— ‘(1A)Rules under subsection (1) (a) may make provision for— (a)consultation on the terms of...
  • Clause 54 - Short title (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 41, in clause 54, page 26, line 9, leave out subsection (2). This is a technical amendment, which removes the Lords privilege amendment that was inserted on Third...