Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill

Part of the debate – in a Public Bill Committee at 9:30 am on 15 November 2017.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of Chris Bryant Chris Bryant Chair, Finance Committee (Commons), Chair, Finance Committee (Commons) 9:30, 15 November 2017

I beg to move,

That the Bill be considered in the following order, namely, Clause 7, Clauses 1 to 6, Clause 8, new Clauses, new Schedules, remaining proceedings on the Bill.

I have personally selected members of this Committee who can understand a sentence such as that, so there is no great need to say any more—except that it may seem slightly odd to bother to consider clause 7 first, for a reason that I shall come to in a moment. As Julie Andrews sang,

“Let’s start at the very beginning,

A very good place to start.”

We are not quite going to do that, but none the less I think we will be hearing the sound of music by the end of the day.