Part of Prisons and Courts Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 5:45 pm on 18 April 2017.
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Shadow Solicitor General
5:45,
18 April 2017
I beg to move Amendment 105, in schedule 4, page 78, line 36, leave out “not”.
Together with amendments 98 to 109, this amendment would require that reasons be given for issuing live link directions, rather than for not giving them.
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