...virginity testing).” Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 3 (1) Schedule 7A to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (offences for which cross-border powers of arrest available) is amended as follows. (2) After paragraph 25 insert— “25A An offence under any of the following sections of the Health and Care Act 2021— (a) section (Offence of virginity testing: England...
Lindsay Hoyle: ...action being taken to improve them as necessary. New clause 19—Inclusion in the NHS mandate of cancer outcome targets— “(1) Section 13A of the National Health Service Act 2006 (Mandate) is amended in accordance with subsection (2). (2) After subsection (2), insert the following new subsection— ‘(2A) The objectives that the Secretary of State considers NHS England should seek to...
Eleanor Laing: .... Government new clause 43—Virginity testing offences in Scotland: penalties and supplementary. Government new clause 44—Offence of virginity testing: Northern Ireland. Government new clause 45—Offence of offering to carry out virginity testing: Northern Ireland. Government new clause 46—Offence of aiding or abetting etc a person to carry out virginity testing: Northern Ireland....
Lord Sharpe of Epsom: I am sorry to disappoint the noble Lord. I am grateful to my noble friend Lord McColl for introducing this amendment which seeks to provide for a bespoke criminal offence to tackle what is known, as he pointed out, by the evocative name of “cuckooing”. I assure noble Lords that this Government take all forms of exploitation seriously and we are determined to tackle it. I fully sympathise...
Lord Falconer of Thoroton: These important amendments deal with the attempts to make this Bill a reset as far as violence against women and girls is concerned. They create a number of new offences and indicate that there should be reviews in certain areas in relation to harassment and other related things. I will go through each one in turn. Amendment 284, in my name, would create a specific offence of street...
Rosie Winterton: ...to act in accordance with the guidance. New clause 57—NHS England’s duty as to reducing inequalities— “Section 13G of the National Health Service Act (duty as to reducing inequalities), is amended by the addition of the following subsections— ‘(2) NHS England must publish guidance about the collection, analysis, reporting and publication of performance data by relevant NHS...
the Bishop of St Albans: ...grounds, the remit of this Bill would occur only once a coroner or jury has already made a determination of suicide, which would therefore have no bearing on this particular matter. The Bill would amend the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 to allow for the coroner or juries in inquests to record an opinion as to any factors that were relevant to a death in the case of a suicide. It would also...
Baroness Hayman: ...before the House today is simple and straightforward—it is basically one clause—and it aims to support the Government’s policies as set out in those quotations by requiring the Government to amend planning guidance to enable local authorities to grant more onshore wind applications for the purpose of meeting the UK’s carbon targets. We need renewable energy of all types. The...
Andrew Slaughter: The Committee will see that we have a number of concerns about the way in which the amendment is presented, but not about the principle. We covered the role of technology and so forth in a previous part of the Bill, but we repeat some of those concerns and we have additional concerns in relation to the coronial process. Clause 39 would enable remote attendance at inquest hearings by amending...
Seema Malhotra: I beg to move amendment 82, in clause 79, page 45, line 39, leave out subsection (5) and insert— “(5) Before issuing guidance under this Section, the Secretary of State must seek the consent of the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers and the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland. (5A) If consent to the making of the regulations is not given by any of those authorities...
Amendment proposed: 120, in schedule 5, page 45, line 15, leave out “a specialist” and insert “an expert”.—(Daniel Zeichner.)
...of section 158(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006), or(c) an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly passed without the consent of the Secretary of State.” Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment provides that Supreme Court proceedings and court or tribunal proceedings within devolved competence do not fall within the expanded scope of new section 85B of the Courts Act 2003 (as...
Lord Wolfson of Tredegar: Moved by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar 260: Schedule 19, page 281, line 12, leave out paragraphs 1 to 3Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment (together with the amendment in the name of Lord Wolfson of Tredegar at page 188, line 28) removes provision that is unnecessary as a result of the amendment in the name of Lord Wolfson of Tredegar at page 187, line 17....
The Presiding Officer: There will be a division. There will be a short suspension to allow members to access the digital voting system. 17:45 Meeting suspended. 17:50 On resuming— We come to the division on amendment S6M-02138.2, in the name of Graeme Dey. Members should cast their votes now.
Amendment made: 51, in clause 45, page 28, line 16, at end insert— ‘(9) In regulation 3(1)(b) of the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) Regulations (S.I. 2011/2379 (W. 252))— (a) in the English language text— (i) at the end of sub-paragraph (i) for “or” substitute “and”; (ii) for sub-paragraph (ii) substitute— (ii) Article 5(4) of the Pets Regulation does...
Geraint Davies: With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Government amendments 38 to 42, and 44 and 45 Amendment 88, in clause 42, page 25, line 17, at end insert— “(f) adult poultry.” This amendment would add adult poultry to the list of livestock species that may not be exported for slaughter. Amendment 87, in clause 42, page 25, line 17, at end insert— “(7A) An...
Amendment 45, in clause 42, page 25, line 14, leave out from “horses” to end of line and insert “and other equine animals,”—(Victoria Prentis.) This amendment simplifies paragraph (b) of the definition of “relevant livestock”.
Alex Cunningham: I beg to move amendment 92, in clause 23, page 41, line 14, leave out subsection (5) and insert— ‘(5) Regulations under this section are subject to affirmative resolution procedure (see section 45(3)).” This amendment would make regulations under clause 23 subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.
James Cartlidge: The clause gives the Lord Chancellor the power to make consequential or supplementary amendments to legislation in relation to any of the criminal procedure provisions in clauses 3 to 15. It is to be read in conjunction with clause 45, which covers regulations relating to all the provisions in the Bill. The clause provides that the Lord Chancellor may amend, repeal or revoke any provisions...
Baroness Newlove: .... A UN Women UK survey in January 2021 showed that 80% of women of all ages said that they had experienced sexual harassment in public spaces. Some 96% of respondents did not report this, with 45% saying that it would not change anything. In March this year, HOPE not hate published figures showing that 85,000 women are raped each year, but only 1.4% of rape cases in England and Wales that...