Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Bill [HL]
Thursday 5th September 2019
(4 years, 7 months ago)
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The Earl of Courtown
To resolve that it is expedient that if the Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Bill [HL]—
(a) has not completed all of its stages by the end of this session of Parliament, and
(b) is reintroduced in the next session of Parliament,
the bill as reintroduced shall, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 46 (No two stages of a Bill to be taken on one day), be taken pro forma through all of the stages completed in this session.
The Earl of Courtown (Con)
My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in the name of my noble and learned friend Lord Keen of Elie on the Order Paper.
Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD)
My Lords, we support the carryover of this Bill. We regard the handling of the Bill in accordance with the Law Commission’s fast-track procedure a model of its kind. It has had a good opportunity for an airing. Nevertheless, there has been no substantial opposition to it, and it is plainly a necessary, though fairly technical, Bill.