Clause 39
Coroners and Justice Bill
10:30 am
Frank Cook (Stockton North, Labour)
I remind the Committee that with this we are taking the following: amendment 18, in clause 39, page 24, line 3, after ‘D’, insert ‘or V’.
Amendment 164, in clause 39, page 24, leave out line 5.
Amendment 400, in clause 39, page 24, line 9, at end insert—
‘(1ZA) A person (“D”) who kills or is party to the killing of another is not to be convicted of murder if D was under the age of eighteen and his developmental immaturity—
(a) substantially impaired D’s ability to do one or more of the things mentioned in subsection (1A), and
(b) provides an explanation for D’s acts and omissions in doing or being a party to the killing.’.
Amendment 165, in clause 39, page 24, leave out lines 14 to 16.
Amendment 401, in clause 39, page 24, line 14, after ‘(1)(c)’, insert ‘, and subsection (1ZA)(b)’.
Amendment 402, in clause 39, page 24, line 15, after ‘functioning’, insert ‘or D’s developmental immaturity’.
Clause stand part.
Amendment 19, in clause 40, page 24, line 24, after ‘another’, insert ‘(“V”)’.
Amendment 20, in clause 40, page 24, line 25, after ‘D’, insert ‘or V’.
Clause 40 stand part.