Clause 21 - Appointment of Chief Inspector
Police and Justice Bill
3:30 pm
Greg Pope (Hyndburn, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 143, in clause 21, page 22, line 14, leave out ‘and Custody’.
No. 145, in clause 29, page 28, leave out line 6.
No. 146, in clause 29, page 28, line 11, at end insert—
‘(1A)Subsection (1)(a) shall only apply—
(a)after a period of at least five years from the commencement of this Act;
(b)if an independent review commissioned by the Secretary of State concludes that it would be desirable for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons to be replaced by the Chief Inspector; and
(c)subject to an order to be laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.’.