Coroners and Justice Bill

Public Bill Committees

  • Coroners and Justice Bill, 1st sitting (117 speeches)
    [Frank Cook in the Chair]
  • Coroners and Justice Bill, 2nd sitting (125 speeches)
    [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair] CJ01 Professor Jeremy Horder CJ02 Information Commissioner CJ03 Local Government Association CJ04 Liberty CJ05 Liberty (additional evidence) CJ06 Law Society CJ07...
  • Coroners and Justice Bill, 3rd sitting (68 speeches, 3 annotations)
    [Frank Cook in the Chair] CJ 08 Prison Reform Trust CJ 09 Justice for Women CJ 10 British Medical Association
  • Coroners and Justice Bill, 4th sitting (145 speeches, 2 annotations)
    [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
  • , 5th sitting (0 speeches)
    [Frank Cook in the Chair] CJ 11 NSPCC CJ 12 Magistrates Association
    • Clause 1 (28 speeches)
      Duty to investigate certain deaths
    • Clause 2 (7 speeches)
      Request for other coroner to conduct investigation
    • Clause 3 (9 speeches)
      Direction for other coroner to conduct investigation
    • Clause 4 (3 speeches)
      Discontinuance where cause of death revealed by post-mortem examination
    • Clause 5 (28 speeches)
      Matters to be ascertained
    • Clause 6 (3 speeches)
      Duty to hold inquest
  • , 6th sitting (1 speech)
    [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
    • Clause 6 (27 speeches)
      Duty to hold inquest
    • Clause 7 (20 speeches)
      Whether jury required
    • Clause 8 (21 speeches)
      Assembling a jury
    • Clause 10 (2 speeches)
      Determinations and findings to be made
    • Clause 11 (14 speeches)
      Certified investigations: Investigation by judge, inquest without jury
  • Coroners and Justice Bill, 7th sitting (0 speeches)
    [Mr. Frank Cook in the Chair] CJ 13 Peter Lodder CJ 14 Department of Health CJ 15 Victims’ Voice CJ 16 Ministry of Justice CJ 17 Director of Public Prosecutions CJ 18 Ministry of Justice...
    • Clause 11 (81 speeches, 2 annotations)
      Certified investigations: investigation by judge, inquest without jury
    • Clause 12 (2 speeches)
      Certified investigations: investigation by judge, inquest without jury
    • Clause 13 (1 speech)
      Intercept evidence
    • Clause 14 (2 speeches)
      Duty or power to suspend or resume investigations
    • Schedule 1 (3 speeches)
      Duty or power to suspend or resume investigations
  • Coroners and Justice Bill, 8th sitting (0 speeches)
    [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
    • Clause 15 (13 speeches)
      Post-mortem examinations
    • Clause 16 (5 speeches)
      Power to remove body
    • Clause 18 (16 speeches)
      Medical Examiners
    • Clause 19 (12 speeches)
      Medical certificate of cause of death
    • Clause 20 (22 speeches)
      Investigations concerning treasure
    • Schedule 2 (14 speeches)
      Coroner areas
    • Clause 22 (3 speeches)
      Appointment etc of senior coroners, area coroners and assistant coroners
    • Schedule 3 (30 speeches, 6 annotations)
      Appointment etc of senior coroners, area coroners and assistant coroners
    • Clause 23 (7 speeches)
      Provision of staff and accommodation
    • Schedule 4 (9 speeches)
      Powers of senior coroners
    • Schedule 6 (5 speeches)
      Allowances, fees and expenses
    • Clause 29 (5 speeches)
      Inspection of coroner system
    • Clause 30 (6 speeches)
      Appeals to the chief coroner
    • Clause 31 (10 speeches)
      Investigation by Chief Coroner or by judge at Chief Coroner’s invitation
    • Schedule 8 (0 speeches)
      Investigation by Chief Coroner or by judge at Chief Coroner’s invitation
    • Clause 32 (3 speeches)
      Guidance by the Lord Chancellor
    • Clause 35 (13 speeches)
      Abolition of the office of coroner of the Queen’s household
  • , 9th sitting (0 speeches)
    [Frank Cook in the Chair] CJ 24 Wellcome Trust, the Medical Research Council and the Academy of Medical Sciences CJ 25 Ministry of Justice (further supplementary)
  • Coroners and Justice Bill, 10th sitting (0 speeches)
    [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
    • Clause 152 (110 speeches, 1 annotation)
      Information sharing
    • Schedule 18 (7 speeches)
      Amendments of the Data Protection Act 1998 (c.29)
    • Clause 39 (7 speeches)
      Persons suffering from diminished responsibility (England and Wales)
  • Coroners and Justice Bill, 11th sitting (0 speeches)
    [Frank Cook in the Chair]
    • Clause 39 (20 speeches)
      Persons suffering from diminished responsibility (England and Wales)
    • Clause 41 (46 speeches)
      Partial defence to murder: loss of control
  • Coroners and Justice Bill, 12th sitting (0 speeches)
    [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
    • Clause 42 (0 speeches)
      Meaning of “qualifying trigger”
    • Clause 46 (53 speeches)
      Encouraging or assisting suicide (England and Wales)
    • Clause 49 (37 speeches)
      Possession of prohibited images of children
    • Clause 52 (8 speeches)
      Meaning of “image” and “child”
    • Clause 57 (9 speeches)
      Conspiracy
    • Clause 58 (20 speeches)
      Hatred against persons on grounds of sexual orientation
    • Clause 59 (17 speeches, 1 annotation)
      Qualifying offences
    • Clause 60 (0 speeches)
      Qualifying criminal investigations
  • , 13th sitting (1 speech)
    [Frank Cook in the Chair] CJ 26 Caroline Beasley-Murray CJ 27 Information Commissioner CJ 27a Information Commissioner (additional)
    • Clause 61 (43 speeches)
      Investigation anonymity orders
    • Clause 63 (17 speeches)
      Conditions for making order
    • Clause 64 (1 speech)
      Appeal against refusal of order
    • Clause 65 (11 speeches)
      Discharge of order
    • Clause 66 (2 speeches)
      Delegation of functions
    • Clause 68 (0 speeches)
      Interpretation
    • Clause 70 (7 speeches)
      Applications
  • Coroners and Justice Bill, 14th sitting (0 speeches)
    [Frank Cook in the Chair]
    • Clause 70 (26 speeches)
      Applications
    • Clause 71 (39 speeches)
      Conditions for making order
    • Clause 76 (5 speeches)
      Discharge or variation by appeal court
    • Clause 78 (3 speeches)
      Public interest immunity
    • Clause 80 (5 speeches)
      Interpretation
    • Clause 82 (8 speeches)
      Eligibility for special measures: offences involving weapons
    • Schedule 12 (0 speeches)
      Schedule 1A to the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999
    • Clause 83 (8 speeches)
      Special measures directions for child witnesses
    • Clause 84 (3 speeches)
      Special provisions relating to sexual offences
    • Clause 85 (10 speeches)
      Evidence by live link: presence of supporter
    • Clause 86 (3 speeches)
      Video recorded evidence in chief: supplementary testimony
  • , 15th sitting (4 speeches)
    [Frank Cook in the Chair] CJ 28 Ministry of Justice (supplementary) CJ 29 Ministry of Justice (supplementary)
    • Clause 87 (13 speeches)
      Examination of accused through intermediary
    • Clause 89 (4 speeches)
      Directions to attend through live link
    • Clause 91 (15 speeches)
      Searches of persons answering to live link bail
    • Clause 92 (5 speeches)
      Use of live link in certain enforcement hearings
    • Clause 94 (5 speeches)
      Effect of admission of video recording.
    • Clause 95 (2 speeches)
      Admissibility of evidence of previous complaints
    • Clause 96 (16 speeches)
      Powers in respect of offenders who assist investigations and prosecutions
    • Clause 97 (20 speeches)
      Bail: risk of committing an offence causing injury
    • Clause 98 (5 speeches)
      Bail decisions in murder cases to be made by Crown Court judge
    • Clause 99 (1 speech)
      Indictment of offenders
    • Clause 100 (11 speeches)
      Sentencing Council for England and Wales
  • , 16th sitting (0 speeches)
    [Frank Cook in the Chair]
    • Clause 100 (38 speeches)
      Sentencing Council for England and Wales
    • Schedule 13 (2 speeches)
      The Sentencing Council for England and Wales
    • Clause 102 (10 speeches)
      Sentencing guidelines
    • Clause 104 (5 speeches)
      Allocation guidelines
    • Clause 105 (0 speeches)
      Preparation or revision of guidelines in urgent cases
    • Clause 106 (0 speeches)
      Proposals by Lord Chancellor or Court of Appeal
    • Clause 107 (0 speeches)
      Sentencing guidelines: duty of court
    • Clause 109 (0 speeches)
      Resource implications of guidelines
    • Clause 110 (1 speech)
      Monitoring
    • Clause 115 (1 speech)
      Assistance by the Lord Chancellor
    • Schedule 14 (8 speeches)
      Extension of disqualification for driving
    • Clause 120 (2 speeches)
      Dangerous offenders: terrorism offences (England and Wales)
    • Clause 122 (19 speeches)
      Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses
    • Schedule 15 (9 speeches)
      Treatment of convictions in other member States etc
    • Clause 128 (8 speeches)
      Community Legal Service: pilot schemes
    • Clause 129 (2 speeches)
      Excluded services: help in connection with business matters
    • Clause 131 (8 speeches)
      Criminal Defence Service: enforcement of order to pay cost of representation
    • Clause 133 (9 speeches)
      Exploitation proceeds orders
    • Clause 134 (4 speeches)
      Qualifying offenders
    • Clause 137 (1 speech)
      Relevant offences
    • Clause 140 (7 speeches)
      Determination of applications
    • Clause 142 (1 speech)
      The available amount
    • Clause 144 (3 speeches)
      Effect of conviction being quashed etc
    • Clause 148 (2 speeches)
      Functions of Serious Organised Crime Agency
    • Clause 155 (3 speeches)
      Orders, regulations and rules
    • Schedule 19 (3 speeches)
      Minor and consequential amendments
    • Schedule 20 (0 speeches)
      Transitional, transitory and saving provisions
    • Schedule 21 (0 speeches)
      Repeals
    • Clause 160 (3 speeches)
      Extent
    • Clause 161 (0 speeches)
      Commencement
    • New Clause 30 (0 speeches)
      Anonymity in investigations: public interest immunity ‘Nothing in this Chapter affects the common law rules as to the withholding of information on the grounds of public interest...
    • New Clause 31 (0 speeches)
      Transfer to Parole Board of certain functions under the Criminal Justice Act 1991 ‘(1) Part 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) (as it continues to apply to persons sentenced for...
    • New Clause 1 (0 speeches)
      Coroner for treasure and assistant coroners for treasure ‘(1) The Lord Chancellor may appoint a coroner, to be known as the Coroner for Treasure. (2) The Chief Coroner may designate one or...
    • New Clause 34 (3 speeches, 1 annotation)
      Orders under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 ‘A court sentencing or otherwise dealing with a person (“the defendant”) convicted or acquitted of an offence— (a) of...
    • New Clause 38 (9 speeches)
      Abolition of rule in Hollington v. Hewthorn ‘Notwithstanding any rule of common law to the contrary, a finding of fact in legal proceedings before any court or tribunal is admissible as...