Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill, 3rd sitting (56 speeches) [Jim Sheridan in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House LA 15 Citizens Advice Bureau LA 16 Sheffield Law Centre LA 17 MASS (Motor Accident Solicitors Society) LA 18 Southall...
Examination of Witnesses (44 speeches) Frances Coulson, Ann Lewis, Julie Bishop, Gillian Guy and Simon Pugh gave evidence.
Examination of Witnesses (32 speeches) Rachel Robinson, Roger Smith and Steve Hynes gave evidence.
Examination of Witnesses (24 speeches) Barbara Esam, Councillor David Simmonds, Dr Maggie Atkinson and Enver Solomon gave evidence.
Examination of Witnesses (31 speeches) Nick Starling, Muiris Lyons and Catherine Hopkins gave evidence.
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill, 5th sitting (13 speeches) [Jim Sheridan in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House LA 38 Refugee Children’s Consortium (additional) LA 39 Robert Morfee, Partner, Clarke Willmott LLP LA 40 Caroline...
Clause 1 - Lord Chancellor’s functions (112 speeches) I beg to move amendment 60, in clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end insert— ‘(1A) The provision of legal aid must promote and ensure access to justice...
Clause 1 - Lord Chancellor’s functions (138 speeches, 1 annotation) Amendment moved (this day): 60, in clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end insert— ‘(1A) The provision of legal aid must promote and ensure access to justice...
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill, 7th sitting (1 speech) [Mr Philip Hollobone in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House LA 47 Association of British Insurers LA 48 Andy Brodie, Solicitor LA 49 Mayor of London LA 50 Paul Fulcher LA 51...
Clause 1 - Lord Chancellor’s functions (12 speeches) Amendment proposed (this day): 86, in clause 1, page 2, line 7, at end add— ‘(6) The Lord Chancellor must ensure that any individual wishing to access legal aid through face to face...
Clause 2 - Arrangements (19 speeches) I beg to move amendment 3, in clause 2, page 2, line 9, leav e out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.
Clause 3 - Standards of service (6 speeches) I beg to move amendment 64, in clause 3, page 2, line 31, at beginning insert— ‘(A1) In carrying out the Lord Chancellor’s functions under this...
Clause 4 - Director of Legal Aid Casework (12 speeches) I beg to move amendment 8, in clause 4, page 3, line 9, at end insert— ‘(2) This position will be subject to a pre-appointment hearing by a select...
Clause 7 - Civil legal services (11 speeches) I beg to move amendment 13, in clause 7, page 5, line 20, lea ve out from ‘form’ to ‘resolution’ in line 22 and insert— ‘of...
Clause 8 - General cases (12 speeches) I beg to move amendment 75, in clause 8, page 5, line 27, lea ve out subsection (1).
Schedule 1 - Civil legal services (105 speeches) Amendment made: 19, page 95, line 31, leave out ‘paragraph 1’ and insert ‘sub-paragraph (1)’.—(Mr Djanogly.)
Clause 9 - Exceptional cases (50 speeches) I beg to move amendment 22, in clause 9, page 6, line 8, leav e out ‘the individual’s rights’ and insert ‘any rights of the individual’.
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill, 10th sitting (0 speeches) [Mr Philip Hollobone in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House LA 80 Thompsons Solicitors LA 81 Legal Aid Practitioners Group LA 82 Bar Council of England and Wales LA 83 Young...
Clause 9 - Exceptional cases (23 speeches) Amendment proposed (this day): 96, in clause 9, page 6, line 11, before ‘any’, insert ‘the interests of justice, including’.—(Mr Llwyd.)
Clause 11 - Determinations (7 speeches) I beg to move amendment 101, in clause 11, page 7, line 32, at end insert— ‘(1A) A determination that an individual does not qualify under this Part for...
Clause 16 - Qualifying for representation (7 speeches) I beg to move amendment 119, in clause 16, page 12, line 8, le ave out from ‘determination’ to end and insert ‘the relevant authority must take...
Clause 17 - Determinations by Director (3 speeches) Amendments made: 30, in clause 17, page 13, line 19, a fter ‘court’ insert ‘, tribunal’. Amendment 31, in...
Clause 18 - Determinations by court (0 speeches) Amendments made: 33, in clause 18, page 14, line 5, af ter ‘court’ insert ‘, tribunal’. Amendment 34, in...
Clause 19 - Provisional determinations (0 speeches) Amendments made: 35, in clause 19, page 14, line 23, a fter ‘of’ insert ‘provisional’. Amendment 36, in...
Clause 20 - Financial resources (6 speeches) I beg to move amendment 129, in clause 20, page 15, line 2, at beginning insert ‘subject to section 22(11A)’.
Clause 28 - Code of conduct (3 speeches) I beg to move amendment 112, in clause 28, page 22, line 8, af ter ‘body’, insert ‘exercising functions of the Lord Chancellor or the Director...
Schedule 3 - Legal aid for legal persons (1 speech) Amendments made: 44, in schedule 3, page 122, line 26, leave out ‘the person’s rights’ and insert ‘any rights of the person’. Amendment...
Clause 31 - Foreign law (1 speech) Amendments made: 54, page 23, line 23, leave out ‘an individual’s rights’ and insert ‘any rights of an individual’. Amendment 55, in...
New Clause 3 - Wasted cost orders in civil proceedings (12 speeches) ‘(1) Where a case is funded in accordance with section 8, the costs of and incidental to proceedings in any Courts or Tribunals listed at Schedule 1, Part 3 shall be in the discretion of...
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill (0 speeches) LA 86 Firstassist Legal Expenses Insurance Ltd (“FLEIL”) LA 87 Liberty LA 88 Carter-Ruck Solicitors LA 89 Centre for Mental Health LA 90 JUSTICE LA 91 Hugh James Solicitors LA 92...
Clause 41 - Conditional fee agreements: success fees (81 speeches) I beg to move amendment 192, in clause 41, page 29, line 21, a t end insert— ‘(2A) After subsection (7) of that section insert— (8) The Lord...
Clause 41 - Conditional fee agreements: success fees (43 speeches) Amendment moved (this day): 196, in clause 41, page 29, line 21, at end insert— ‘(2A) The amendments made by subsections (2) and (4) do not apply in relation to...
Schedule 6 - Costs in criminal cases (5 speeches) I beg to move amendment 116, in schedule 6, page 142, line 18, leave out from ‘proceedings’ to ‘under’ and insert ‘in the Crown court including...
Schedule 7 - Costs in criminal cases: service courts (1 speech) I beg to move amendment 59, in schedule 7, page 153, line 36, leave out ‘33B’ and insert ‘33B(1)(d)’. This technical amendment corrects a reference to...
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill, 13th sitting (0 speeches) [Jim Sheridan in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House LA 93 The Association of British Insurers LA95 Consortium of Expert Witnesses to the Family Courts LA96 The Law Society
Clause 53 - Court’s duty to consider compensation order (43 speeches) I beg to move amendment 296, in clause 53, page 38, line 34, a t end insert— ‘(2AA) A court must consider making an order to participate in a restorative...
Clause 59 - Programme requirement (18 speeches) I beg to move amendment 250, in clause 59, page 44, line 24, a t end insert— ‘( ) In section 177(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (community orders:...
Clause 60 - Curfew requirement (19 speeches) I beg to move amendment 313, in clause 60, page 45, line 4, le ave out subsection (2).
Clause 63 - Drug rehabilitation requirement (7 speeches) I beg to move amendment 328, in clause 63, page 46, line 17, a t end insert— ‘(a) In section 209 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (drug rehabilitation...
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishmentof Offenders bill, 15th sitting (6 speeches) [Mr Philip Hollobone in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House LA 97 The Mary Ward Legal Centre LA 98 Stephensons Solicitors LLP LA 99 Carol Laidlaw and Ellen Lee LA 100 Coram...
Clause 86 - Arrangements for remands (3 speeches) I beg to move amendment 370, in clause 86, page 65, line 1, af ter ‘in’ insert ‘— (i) section 80(1)(a) to (e) of the Criminal Justice Act...
Clause 89 - Interpretation of Chapter (0 speeches) Amendments made: 376, in clause 89, page 66, line 12, leave out ‘to receive the child’ and insert ‘as the designated authority for the child’. Amendment 377, in clause 89,...
Clause 91 - Crediting of periods of remand on bail (3 speeches) I beg to move amendment 378, in clause 91, page 68, leave out lines 45 and 46 and insert— ‘( ) subject to any requirement imposed for the purpose of securing the...
Clause 93 - Prisoners serving less than 12 months (16 speeches) I beg to move amendment 411, in clause 93, page 70, line 37, l eave out section (2) and insert— ‘(2) A person sentenced to more than four months but less...
Clause 105 - Transit of prisoners (6 speeches) I beg to move amendment 414, in clause 105, page 85, line 38, at end insert— (a) The Secretary of State shall not exercise his powers under sections 6A, 6B...
Clause 105 - Transit of prisoners (4 speeches) Amendment proposed (this day): 414, in clause 105, page 85, line 38, at end insert— ‘(3) (a) The Secretary of State shall not exercise his powers under sections 6A, 6B and 6C of the...
Clause 109 - Youth cautions (13 speeches) I beg to move amendment 337, in clause 109, page 87, leave out lines 24 to 30 and insert— ‘(1) A constable may give a child or young person (“Y”) a...
New Clause 15 - Causing serious injury by dangerous driving (9 speeches) ‘(1) The Road Traffic Act 1988 is amended as follows. (2) After section 1 insert— “1A Causing serious injury by dangerous driving (1) A person who causes serious injury to...
New Clause 6 - Maximum and minimum sentences (3 speeches) ‘(1) When sentencing a person to serve a sentence of imprisonment for a determinate term the court shall state the maximum time that shall be served. (2) When sentencing a person to serve a...
New Clause 10 - Sentencing law relating to extended supervision (7 speeches) ‘(1) The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is amended as follows. (2) After section 227 (2)(b) insert— “(c) In determining whether to impose extended supervision a court shall have...
New Schedule 1 - Causing serious injury by dangerous driving (0 speeches) Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) 1 In section 13A(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (disapplication of sections 1 to 3 for authorised motoring events) after “sections 1,” insert...
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What are Public Bill Committees?
Previously called Standing Committees, Public Bill Commitees
study proposed legislation (Bills) in detail, debating each clause and reporting any
amendments to the Commons for further debate.
There are at least 16 MPs on a Committee, and the proportion of parties reflects
the House of Commons, so the government always has a majority.