Offender Management Bill
10:30 am
Hugh Bayley (City of York, Labour)
It is nice to begin this morning’s proceedings with an act of theatre, complete with the casting of discs across the Committee Room. As Chairman, I rule that the Minister is right. The matter of determining what constitutes written evidence is a matter for Parliament, and it rests with the Chair of the Committee. The disc and transcript currently have purely informal status, but if a member of the Committee were to submit the transcript or other documents to the scrutiny unit, it would be brought to the attention of the Chair, who would determine whether it is formal, written evidence.