Public Bill Committees
National Insurance Contributions Bill

• National Insurance Contributions Bill, 1st sitting (2 speeches)
  [Sir John Butterfill in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - Earnings: power to make provision in consequence of retrospective tax legislation: Great Britain (70 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 7, in clause 1, page 2, line 14, leave out ‘2nd December 2004’ and insert— ‘(a)2nd December 2004, or (b)the date on which a Minister has made a...
  • Clause 5 - Agreements and joint elections: Great Britain (18 speeches)
    Does Mr. Field wish to press amendments Nos. 5 or 6 to a Division?
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill, 6th sitting, part 2 (70 speeches)
  [Sir Nicholas Winterton in the Chair]
  • Clause 7 - Exemption from arrest etc. (30 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 19, in clause 7, page 5, line 20, at end insert ‘for more than 28 days’.
  • Clause 8 - Trial by Special Tribunal (21 speeches)
    I hope that people feel rested, and that we can begin round 3 of today’s sitting. The first item is really a matter left over from an earlier debate: the Liberal Democrats suggested that...
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill, 7th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Sir Nicholas Winterton in the Chair]
  • Clause 8 - Trial by Special Tribunal (51 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Schedule 2 - Special Tribunal (31 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 42, in schedule 2, page 16, line 28, leave out “has held” and insert “holds”. Many issues that relate to the amendment were covered in the...
  • Clause 9 - Entitlement to licence (9 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 29, in clause 9, page 6, line 20, after ‘possible’, insert— ‘, after having served either five years, or one third, of his sentence (whichever...
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill, 8th sitting (0 speeches)
  [David Taylor in the Chair]
  • Clause 9 - Entitlement to licence (0 speeches)
    Amendment moved [this day]: No. 29, in clause 9, page 6, line 20, after ‘possible’, insert ‘, after having served either five years, or one third, of his sentence (whichever is...
  • 1.7 pm (71 speeches)
    I remind the Committee that with this we are discussing the following amendments: No. 131, in clause 9, page 6, line 24, at end insert— ‘(2A)A person subject to a sentence of life...
  • Clause 10 - Conditions of licence (24 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 135, in clause 10, page 7, line 9, leave out from beginning to second ‘the’.
  • Clause 11 - Suspension and revocation of licence (24 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 33, in clause 11, page 7, line 16, at end insert ‘or if the person who holds a licence later glorifies the offence for which the licence was issued.’. I...
  • Clause 12 - Rights of appeal: certificates of eligibility (0 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:—
  • Clause 13 - Appeals commissioners (16 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 141, in clause 13, page 8, line 10, at end insert— ‘(1A)Before making appointments under subsection (1) the Secretary of State must consult, and secure the...
  • Schedule 3 - Appeals commissioners (0 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put, That this schedule be the Third schedule to the Bill:—
  • Clause 14 - Procedure of appeals commissioners (0 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:—
  • Clause 15 - Review by appeals commissioners (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Schedule 4 - Procedure of appeals commissioners (7 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 44, in schedule 4, page 20, line 25, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall not’.
  • Schedule 5 - Special Appeal Tribunal (0 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put, That this schedule be the Fifth schedule to the Bill:—
  • Clause 18 - Special Prosecutor (13 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 142, in clause 18, page 9, line 35, leave out ‘Advocate’ and insert ‘Attorney’.
  • Clause 20 - Subsequent inadmissibility of information provided to commissioners (10 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 22 - Suspension and revival of section 3 (9 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 39, in clause 22, page 12, line 29, leave out from ‘make’ to end of line 30 and insert ‘an order suspending the operation of section 3.’.
  • Clause 24 - Commencement (8 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 147, in clause 24, page 13, line 18, at end add— ‘(2)An order under this section may not be made unless a draft has been laid before, and approved by a...
  • New Clause 2 - Certificates for offences committed in the course of efforts to combat terrorism in Northern Ireland (0 speeches)
    ‘(1)Where an application is made to the certification commissioner for a certificate of eligibility, the commissioner must issue a certificate if— (a)the applicant is accused of an...
  • New Clause 3 - Victims’ rights and entitlements — eligibility certificates (0 speeches)
    ‘In determining whether an applicant for an eligibility certificate meets the conditions set out in section 3 above, the commissioner shall give an opportunity for a victim, or the family...
  • New Clause 4 - VICTIMS’ RIGHTS AND ENTITLEMENTS — Special Tribunals (7 speeches)
    ‘(1)Before the Special Tribunal established under section 8 sentences an applicant who pleads guilty or is found guilty of an offence, it shall give an opportunity for a victim, or the...