New Clause 36 — Amendment of section 127 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

Part of Orders of the Day – in the House of Commons at 2:00 pm on 9 January 2008.

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Photo of David Anderson David Anderson PPS (Bill Rammell, Minister of State), Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills 2:00, 9 January 2008

The Secretary of State mentioned Ed Sweeney's plan as being a road map. In the view of the prison officers and many Labour Members, however, the wording of the second part of new clause 36(3) is actually a road block. The reference to

"any other action likely to affect the normal working of a prison" would be a catch-all, whereby people would be guilty of a criminal offence for any simple thing, if such action is defined by the management. Will he remove that provision, alter it, or define clearly what it means?