Criminal Defence Service Bill

Public Bill Committees

• Criminal Defence Service Bill [Lords], 1st sitting (4 speeches)
  [Derek Conway in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - Grant of rights to representation (21 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 1, in clause 1, page 2, leave out line 23. As the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome (Mr. Heath) has recognised, much of our debate will be on Government amendments...
  • Clause 2 - Rights to representation: financial eligibility (19 speeches)
    I beg to move Government amendment No. 2, in clause 2, page 3, line 16, at end insert—   '(ba) provision for the review of such decisions;'. We are proceeding swiftly, and I can be...
  • Clause 3 - Rights to representation: contribution orders (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 4 - Consequential amendments (2 speeches)
    I rise to make the most pedantic and pointless intervention that I can. It is purely about the felicity of the drafting. Clause 4(2)(b) refers to ''subsection (4A) of that section''. One assumes...
  • Clause 5 - Short title, commencement and extent (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 3, in clause 5, page 6, line 1, leave out subsection (5). The amendment is the standard removal of the privilege amendment made in the House of Lords. Amendment...