Public Bill Committees
Violent Crime Reduction Bill

• Violent Crime Reduction Bill, 1st sitting (19 speeches)
  [Mr. Eric Forth in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - Drinking banning orders (44 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 110, in clause 1, page 1, line 9, at beginning insert ‘Subject to subsection (4A) below,’.
• Violent Crime Reduction Bill, 2nd sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - Drinking banning orders (102 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [13 October]: No. 5, in clause 1, page 1, line 10, leave out 'or disorderly'.—[Mr. Malins.] Question again proposed, That the amendment be made. The Chairman: I remind...
  • Clause 2 - Orders on an application to magistrates' court (6 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 12, in clause 2, page 2, line 32, leave out '16' and insert '18'.  
• Violent Crime Reduction Bill, 3rd sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Eric Forth in the Chair]
  • Clause 2 - Orders on an application to magistrates' court (25 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 12, in clause 2, page 2, line 32, leave out '16' and insert '18'.—[Mr. Malins.] Question again proposed, That the amendment be made.
  • Clause 3 - Orders in County Court Proceedings (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 18, in clause 3, page 3, line 15, after 'proceedings', insert ', which shall be heard by a County Court judge within seven days of the application,'.
  • Clause 4 - Variation or discharge of orders (11 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 19, in clause 4, page 4, line 10, at end insert 'and cannot be made until the expiry of one quarter of the period of the order.'.
  • Clause 5 - Orders on conviction in criminal proceedings (8 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 120, in clause 5, page 4, line 34, leave out subsection (5).
  • Clause 8 - Interim orders (13 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 68, in clause 8, page 6, line 43, leave out subsection (3) and insert— '(3) Where this section applies by virtue of subsection (1)(a), an application for an...
  • Clause 9 - Appeals (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 10 - Breach of drinking banning orders (22 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 74, in clause 10, page 8, line 2, leave out 'to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks or'.
  • Clause 11 - Interpretation of Chapter 1 (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 130, in clause 11, page 9, line 47, leave out from beginning to end of line 12 on page 10.
  • Clause 12 - Power to impose charges on (38 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 132, in clause 12, page 10, line 17, after first 'authority', insert ', or local authorities,'.
• Violent Crime Reduction Bill, 4th sitting (74 speeches)
  [Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair]
  • Clause 13 - Designation of alcohol disorder zones (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 174, in clause 13, page 11, line 37, after ‘satisfied’, insert ‘beyond reasonable doubt’.
• Violent Crime Reduction Bill, 5th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Eric Forth in the Chair]
  • Clause 13 - Designation of alcohol disorder zones (29 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 174, in clause 13, page 11, line 37, after ‘satisfied’, insert ‘beyond reasonable doubt’.—[Mr. Malins.]
  • Clause 14 - Procedure for designation of zones (6 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 142, in clause 14, page 13, line 3, leave out subsection (3).
  • Clause 15 - Functions of local chief officer of police (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 80, in clause 15, page 13, line 36, at end insert ‘and to the police authority for the police area in which the locality to which the proposal relates is...
  • Clause 16 - Guidance about the designation of zones (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 82, in clause 16, page 14, line 17, at end insert— ‘()persons he considers represent the interests of police authorities;’.
  • Clause 18 - Power of police to require review of premises licence (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 46, in clause 18, page 15, line 27, leave out ‘serious’.
  • Clause 20 - Offence of persistently selling alcohol to children (0 speeches)
    Amendment made: No. 83, in clause 20, page 21, line 12, leave out subsection (3).—[Hazel Blears.]
  • Clause 21 - Closure notices for persistently selling alcohol to children (0 speeches)
    Amendments made: No. 84, in clause 21, page 21, line 27, leave out from ‘if’ to the end of the subsection and insert— ‘(a)there is evidence that a person (‘the...
  • Clause 22 - Directions to individuals who represent a risk of disorder (11 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 86, in clause 22, page 24, line 42, after first ‘is’, insert— ‘(a)’.
  • Clause 24 - Using someone to mind a weapon (41 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 147, in clause 24, page 26, line 13, after ‘he’, insert ‘intentionally’.
  • Clause 25 - Penalties etc. for offence under s.24 (38 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 299, in clause 25, page 26, line 39, leave out ‘4’ and insert ‘10’.
  • Clause 26 - Age limits for purchase etc. of air weapons (32 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 192, in clause 26, page 28, line 30, at end insert— ‘(2)For section 1(3)(b) (Requirement of firearm certificate), substitute— “(b)an air weapon...
• Violent Crime Reduction Bill, 6th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair]
  • Clause 26 - Age limits for purchase etc. of air weapons (26 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 2, in clause 26, page 28, line 33, at end insert 'in England and Wales'.
  • Clause 27 - Firing an air weapon beyond premises (15 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 153, in clause 27, page 29, line 19, after 'it', insert ', intentionally or recklessly,'. I seek again to ask a question of the Government. The clause as a whole, I...
  • Clause 28 - Restriction on sale and purchase of primers (32 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 196, in clause 28, page 29, line 39, leave out subsection (1) and insert— '(1) For the purposes of this section a primer is a cap type primer, UN numbers 0044,...
  • Clause 29 - Restriction on sale and purchase of ammunition loading presses (15 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 156, in clause 29, page 31, line 9, after 'person', insert 'knowingly'.
  • Clause 30 - Manufacture, import and sale of realistic imitation firearms (27 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 300, in clause 30, page 32, line 8, leave out 'a firearm or'.  
• Violent Crime Reduction Bill, 7th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Eric Forth in the Chair]
  • Clause 30 - Manufacture, import and sale of realistic imitation firearms (61 speeches)
    Amendment moved [this day]: No. 259, in clause 30, page 32, line 10, after ‘firearm’, insert ‘in Great Britain’.—[Mr. Djanogly.]
  • Clause 31 - Specification for imitation firearms (7 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 297, in clause 31, page 33, line 16, leave out subsection (1) and insert— ‘(1)If the Secretary of State is satisfied that any imitation firearm, or type,...
  • Clause 32 - Supplying imitation firearms to minors (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 34 - Sale etc. of knives and other weapons (35 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 158, in clause 34, page 35, line 33, leave out subsection (2).
  • Clause 35 - Power to search school pupils for weapons (26 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 57, in clause 35, page 36, line 38, leave out ‘the search’ and insert ‘searches’.
  • Clause 36 - Supplemental provisions for Part 2 (0 speeches)
    Amendments made: No. 292, in clause 36, page 37, line 28, after, ‘25’ insert ‘, (Sales of air weapons by way of trade or business to be face to face)’. No. 103, in clause...
  • 7.1 pm (0 speeches)
    Sitting suspended.
  • Clause 37 - Football-related disorder (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Schedule 1 - Football banning orders and football-related consequential amendments (7 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 107, in schedule 1, page 42, line 25, leave out sub-paragraph (a) and insert— ‘(a)for subsection (1) substitute— “(1)An application for a...
  • Clause 42 - Offering or agreeing to re-programme a mobile telephone (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 160, in clause 42, page 39, line 16, leave out from ‘“(c)’ to end of line 17. This is in line with other amendments today. As far as I can ascertain,...
  • Schedule 3 - Repeals (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 294, in schedule 3, page 48, line 4, column 2, at beginning insert— ‘In section 3(1)(a), the word “or” at the end.’.
  • Clause 45 - Short title, commencement and extent (13 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 105, in clause 45, page 39, line 31, after ‘section;’, insert— ‘()section (Cross-border provisions relating to sexual offences);’.
  • New Clause 7 - Power to search persons in attendance centres for weapons (0 speeches)
    ‘(1)A member of staff of an attendance centre who has reasonable grounds for believing that a relevant person may have with him or in his possessions— (a)an article to which section...
  • New Clause 8 - Cross-border provisions relating to sexual offences (0 speeches)
    ‘(1)The following provisions of the Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 9) extend to England and Wales and to Northern Ireland, as well as to...
  • New Clause 9 - Sale and disposal of tickets by unauthorised persons (0 speeches)
    ‘(1)The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33) is amended as follows. (2)In section 166 (sale of tickets by unauthorised persons), for subsection (1) substitute—...
  • New Clause 17 - Prohibition on sale or transfer of air weapons except by registered dealers (0 speeches)
    ‘(1)In subsection (1) of section 3 of the 1968 Act (offence for a person other than a registered firearms dealer to sell etc. a firearm or ammunition by way of trade or business), at the...
  • New Clause 18 - Sales of air weapons by way of trade or business to be face to face (0 speeches)
    ‘(1)This section applies where a person sells an air weapon by way of trade or business to an individual in Great Britain who is not registered as a firearms dealer. (2)A person is guilty...
  • New Clause 19 - Minimum sentence for certain firearms offences (0 speeches)
    ‘(1)The 1968 Act is amended as follows. (2)In section 51A (which imposes minimum sentence requirements for certain offences involving the possession of various firearms), in subsection...
  • New Clause 20 - Specific defences applying to the offence under section 30 (0 speeches)
    ‘(1)It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under section 30 in respect of any conduct to show that the conduct was for the purpose only of making the imitation firearm...
  • New Clause 21 - Meaning of “realistic imitation firearm” (0 speeches)
    ‘(1)In section 30 “realistic imitation firearm” means an imitation firearm which— (a)has an appearance that is so realistic as to make it indistinguishable, for all...
  • New Clause 22 - Sale etc. of crossbows (1 speech)
    ‘(1)In the Crossbows Act 1987 (c. 32), in the provisions mentioned in subsection (2), for “seventeen”, in each place it occurs, substitute “eighteen”. (2)The...
  • New Clause 23 - Corresponding provision for northern ireland (0 speeches)
    ‘Schedule (Weapons, etc.: corresponding provisions for Northern Ireland) (which makes provision for Northern Ireland corresponding to that made by the preceding provisions of this Part,...
  • New Clause 24 - Continuity of sexual offences law (0 speeches)
    ‘(1)This section applies where, in any proceedings— (a)a person (“the defendant”) is charged in respect of the same conduct both with an offence under the Sexual Offences...
  • New Clause 3 - Offences against ‘public servants’ (22 speeches)
    ‘An offence is aggravated by reason of being committed against a public servant for the purposes of Sections [Offences against public servants: malicious wounding etc.] and [Offences...
  • New Schedule 1 - ‘Weapons, etc: corresponding provisions for northern ireland (4 speeches)
    Using someone to mind a weapon 1(1)A person is guilty of an offence if— (a)he uses another to look after, hide or transport a dangerous weapon for him; and (b)he does so under arrangements...