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Written Question
Criminal Proceedings
Wednesday 14th October 2015

Asked by: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they intend to come forward with a Policing and Criminal Justice Bill; and whether that Bill will first be published in draft.

Answered by Lord Bates

The Policing and Criminal Justice Bill will be introduced later this session; the date of introduction will be confirmed in due course. Many of the provisions of the Bill have been subject to extensive consultation; accordingly the Bill will not be published in draft for pre-legislative scrutiny.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 14 Jan 2013
Electoral Registration and Administration Bill

"My Lords, I do not know whether people think it is time to draw the debate towards a close...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 14 Jan 2013
Electoral Registration and Administration Bill

"My Lords—..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 14 Jan 2013
Electoral Registration and Administration Bill

"My Lords, I am obliged to the Chief Whip. Amendments are admissible in this House if they are, to quote the Companion,

“relevant to the subject matter of the Bill and to the clause or Schedule to which they are proposed”.

As is well known, the Public Bill Office …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 14 Jan 2013
Electoral Registration and Administration Bill

"I will take interventions when I have finished this part of my speech.

The correct approach was accurately described by the noble Baroness, Lady Boothroyd. I will embarrass her by quoting what she said in November:

“For us, of course, there is no Speaker here to make that ultimate decision”—

…..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 14 Jan 2013
Electoral Registration and Administration Bill

"My Lords, I am not suggesting a new and revolutionary approach. There is one group of people—namely, this House together—which has a better view than the clerks. I say that because the clerks are seeking, in the advice they give, to express the will of this House. I fundamentally disagree …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 14 Jan 2013
Electoral Registration and Administration Bill

"He withdrew his amendment at the end of the debate, making it absolutely clear that there was no support for the idea that solicitors should become High Court judges. That was the reason he withdrew it. However, as I understand it, the Leader of the House and the noble Lord, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 14 Jan 2013
Electoral Registration and Administration Bill

"I do not know if your Lordships have noticed, but it is my personal view that this is an admissible amendment because it is relevant. If you fundamentally change the system of registration—the Government have described the effect of this Bill as being the most important change to registration for …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 14 Jan 2013
Electoral Registration and Administration Bill

"I think it is clear from the wording of the Act that, as a result of the amendment, if there was a review with a boundary review date of 2018, then the register that would be taken would be 1 December 2015...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 14 Jan 2013
Electoral Registration and Administration Bill

"My Lords, we have two amendments in this group. They chime with the point that the noble Lord, Lord Rennard, is making; namely, is the Bill intending to dilute the powers of electoral registration officers and the Electoral Commission?

Amendment 39A seeks to address concerns held by the Electoral Commission …..."
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