Schedule 13
5:30 pm
Edward Garnier (Shadow Minister, Justice; Harborough, Conservative)
I will not move amendment 413, because it has been adequately covered in discussion.
Maria Eagle (Parliamentary Secretary, Government Equalities Office; Liverpool, Garston, Labour)
I beg to move amendment 292, in schedule 13, page 150, line 2, leave out sub-paragraph (1).
Government amendment 292 removes the delegated power conferred on the Lord Chancellor to make provision as to the proceedings of the sentencing council contained in paragraph 7(1) of schedule 13.
A similar power is contained in section 168 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 in regard to the Sentencing Guidelines Council. That provision has never been used and, on reflection, and bearing in mind it is not unusual for other advisory bodies to regulate their own proceedings, the Government do not believe that it is necessary to reproduce the power for the Lord Chancellor. The Council will therefore be able to regulate its own proceedings.