Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 2:30 pm ar 26 Ebrill 2006.
Alan Williams
Llafur, Gorllewin Abertawe
I beg to move Amendment No. 24, in page 4, line 19, leave out from ‘Act' to end of line 22 and insert
‘is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.'.
Joe Benton
Llafur, Bootle
With this it will be convenient to consider Amendment No. 25.
Alan Williams
Llafur, Gorllewin Abertawe
We have already discussed the penalties. I welcome the fact that the fine level is, at least, to remain at that which I envisaged originally and that the changes to imprisonment relate more to the assault side than to the impeding side.
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As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
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