Crime and Policing Bill - Committee (4th Day) (Continued) – in the House of Lords at 4:15 pm on 27 November 2025.
Lord Hanson of Flint:
Moved by Lord Hanson of Flint
259: Schedule 6, page 262, line 6, leave out from “under” to end and insert “any of the following provisions of this Act—(a) section 40 (child criminal exploitation);(b) section 59 (causing internal concealment of item for criminal purpose).”Member’s explanatory statementThis Amendment adds the offence of causing internal concealment of an item for a criminal purpose, created by this Bill, to the list of offences that are relevant offences in England and Wales for the purpose of the offence of control over another’s home for criminal purposes (Clause 56).
260: Schedule 6, page 264, line 7, at end insert— “38A An offence under section 40 of this Act (child criminal exploitation).”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment adds the offence of child criminal exploitation, created by this Bill, to the list of offences that are relevant offences in Scotland for the purpose of the offence of control over another’s home for criminal purposes (clause 56).
261: Schedule 6, page 265, line 39, at end insert— “58A An offence under section 40 of this Act (child criminal exploitation).”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment adds the offence of child criminal exploitation, created by this Bill, to the list of offences that are relevant offences in Northern Ireland for the purpose of the offence of control over another’s home for criminal purposes (clause 56).
Amendments 259 to 261 agreed.
Schedule 6, as amended, agreed.
Clause 57: Section 56: interpretation
As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
