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
262: Clause 57, page 71, line 29, at end insert—“(4A) The circumstances in which A exercises control over B’s dwelling include circumstances where—(a) A arranges for another person (C) to exercise control over B’s dwelling (including by exercising control over any of the matters mentioned in subsection (4)), and(b) C does exercise that control.”Member’s explanatory statementThis Amendment makes it clear that control over another’s dwelling may be via another person, for the purposes of the offence in clause 56.
Amendment 262 agreed.
Clause 57, as amended, agreed.
Clause 58 agreed.
Amendment 262A not moved.
Clause 59 agreed.
Amendment 263 not moved.
Clause 60 agreed.
Clause 61: Department of Justice guidance
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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.
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