1st sitting · Iau, 27 Mawrth 2025 · 6 speeches

[Dr Rosena Allin-Khan in the Chair]

• Examination of Witnesses

  79 speeches

  Chief Constable Tim De Meyer, Dan Murphy KPM and Tiff Lynch gave evidence.

• Examination of Witnesses

  35 speeches

  Oliver Sells KC and Rt Hon Sir Robert Buckland KBE KC gave evidence.

• Examination of Witness

  20 speeches

  Colin Mackie gave evidence.

2nd sitting · Iau, 27 Mawrth 2025 · 2 speeches

[Sir Roger Gale in the Chair]

• Examination of Witnesses

  46 speeches

  Christopher Morris, Paul Gerrard and Graham Wynn gave evidence.

• Examination of Witnesses

  46 speeches

  Baroness Newlove and Suky Bhaker gave evidence.

• Examination of Witnesses

  29 speeches

  Dan Sexton and Sharon Maciver gave evidence.

• Examination of Witnesses

  55 speeches

  Councillor Sara Conway and Councillor Neil Garratt AM gave evidence.

• Examination of Witnesses

  49 speeches

  Emily Spurrell, Matthew Barber and Roger Hirst gave evidence.

• Examination of Witness

  19 speeches

  Dr Lawrence Newport gave evidence.

• Examination of Witness

  22 speeches

  Sam Durham gave evidence.

• Examination of Witness

  26 speeches

  Venita Yeung gave evidence.

• Examination of Witnesses

  38 speeches

  Dame Diana Johnson MP and Alex Davies-Jones MP gave evidence.

3rd sitting · Mawrth, 1 Ebrill 2025 · 1 speech

[Mark Pritchard in the Chair]

• Clause 1 - Respect orders

  100 speeches

  I beg to move amendment 31, in clause 1, page 1, line 13, leave out “18” and insert “16”. This amendment would lower the age to 16 at which a court can impose a respect...

• Clause 2 - Youth injunctions and housing injunctions

  7 speeches

  I beg to move amendment 6, in clause 2, page 10, line 36, leave out “Schedule 1 amends Part 1 of” and insert “Part 1 of Schedule 1 amends”. This amendment is consequential...

• Schedule 1 - Amendments of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014

  0 speeches

  Amendments made: 24, in schedule 1, page 148, line 4, leave out paragraph 1 and insert—

• “Part 1 - Amendments of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014

  0 speeches

  1 The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 is amended as set out in this Part.” This amendment, which is consequential on Amendment 28, makes the existing text of Schedule 1...

• “Part 2 - Consequential amendments of other Acts

  0 speeches

  Housing Act 1985 21 (1) Section 84A of the Housing Act 1985 (absolute ground for possession for anti-social behaviour) is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (4)— (a) for ‘section...

• Clause 3 - Maximum period for certain directions, notices and orders

  5 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

4th sitting · Mawrth, 1 Ebrill 2025

[Mark Pritchard in the Chair]

• Clause 3 - Maximum period for certain directions, notices and orders

  1 speech

  Question (this day) again proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 4 - Fixed penalty notices

  3 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 5 - Closure of premises by registered social housing providerClause 5

  4 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 6 - Reviews of responses to complaints about anti-social behaviourClause 6

  4 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 7 - Provision of information about anti-social behaviour to Secretary of State

  3 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 8 - Seizure of motor vehicles used in manner causing alarm, distress or annoyance

  28 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 9 - Guidance on fly-tipping enforcement in England

  13 speeches

  I beg to move amendment 35 in clause 9, page 17, line 34, at end insert— “(c) section 33B (Section 33 offences: clean-up costs).”. This amendment would ensure the Secretary of...

• Clause 10 - Possession of weapon with intent to use unlawful violence etc

  16 speeches

  I beg to move amendment 39, in clause 10, page 18, line 38, leave out “4” and insert “14”. This amendment would increase the maximum sentence for possession of a weapon...

• Clause 12 - Power to seize bladed articles etc

  8 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

5th sitting · Iau, 3 Ebrill 2025 · 1 speech

[Dr Rosena Allin-Khan in the Chair]

• Clause 14 - Assault of retail worker

  39 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 15 - Assault of retail worker: duty to make criminal behaviour order

  0 speeches

  Amendment proposed: 29, in clause 15, page 25, line 11, at end insert— “(4) If the offender has previous convictions for an offence under section 14 of the Crime and Policing Act 2025...

• Clause 16 - Theft from shop triable either way irrespective of value of goods

  5 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

6th sitting · Iau, 3 Ebrill 2025

[Sir Roger Gale in the Chair]

• Clause 16 - Theft from shop triable either way irrespective of value of goods

  12 speeches

  Question (this day) again proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 17 - Child criminal exploitation

  37 speeches

  Amendment proposed: 1, in clause 17, page 26, line 26, in subsection (3), leave out (a) and (b) and insert— “(aa) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for life; (ab) on...

• Clause 18 - Power to make CCE prevention order

  7 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

7th sitting · Mawrth, 8 Ebrill 2025 · 1 speech

[Emma Lewell in the Chair]

• Clause 32 - Controlling another’s home for criminal purposes

  14 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 35 - Protections for witnesses, and lifestyle offences

  7 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 36 - Child sexual abuse image-generators

  7 speeches

  I beg to move amendment 11, in clause 36, page 40, line 33, at end insert— “(3A) In Schedule 4 to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (offences to which defence in section 45 does not apply),...

• Clause 37 - Possession of advice or guidance about creating etc CSA images

  5 speeches

  I beg to move amendment 12, in clause 37, page 42, line 11, at end insert— “(6) In Schedule 4 to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (offences to which defence in section 45 does not apply),...

• Clause 38 - Online facilitation of child sexual exploitation and abuse

  6 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 41 - Notification requirements for offence under section 38

  0 speeches

  Amendment made: 13, in clause 41, page 46, line 7, at end insert— “(6) In Schedule 4 to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (offences to which defence in section 45 does not apply), in...

8th sitting · Mawrth, 8 Ebrill 2025

[Emma Lewell in the Chair]

• Clause 42 - Sexual activity in presence of child etc

  5 speeches

  I beg to move amendment 14, in clause 42, page 46, line 31, at end insert— “(7) In Schedule 4 to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (offences to which defence in section 45 does not apply),...

• Clause 43 - Child sex offences: grooming aggravating factor

  22 speeches

  I beg to move amendment 42, in clause 43, page 48, line 23, at end insert— “70B Group-based sexual grooming of a child (1) This section applies where— (a) a court is considering...

• Clause 44 - Power to scan for child sexual abuse images at the border

  6 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 45 - Duty to report suspected child sex offences

  10 speeches

  I beg to move amendment 43, clause 45, page 50, line 8, leave out subsection (7). This amendment would keep an individual under the duty to report child abuse despite the belief that someone else...

• Clause 48 - Exception for certain consensual sexual activities between children

  4 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 52 - Preventing or deterring a person from complying with duty to report suspected child sex offence

  3 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 53 - Modification of Chapter for constables

  4 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 54 - Powers to amend this Chapter, and consequential amendment

  0 speeches

  Amendment made: 15, in clause 54, page 55, line 31, at end insert— “(3) In Schedule 4 to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (offences to which defence in section 45 does not apply), in...

• Clause 55 - Guidance about disclosure of information by police for purpose of preventing sex offending

  3 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

9th sitting · Iau, 24 Ebrill 2025 · 1 speech

[Dr Rosena Allin-Khan in the Chair]

• Clause 56 - Offences relating to intimate photographs or films and voyeurism

  8 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 57 - Exposure

  4 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 58 - Sexual activity with a corpse

  4 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 59 - Notification of name change

  3 speeches

  I beg to move amendment 36, in clause 59, page 59, line 11, at end insert— “(11) If a relevant offender does not comply with the requirements of this section, they shall be liable to...

10th sitting · Iau, 24 Ebrill 2025

(Afternoon)

• Clause 59 - Notification of name change

  8 speeches

  Amendment proposed (this day): 36, in clause 59, page 59, line 11, at end insert— “(11) If a relevant offender does not comply with the requirements of this section, they shall be...

• Clause 60 - Notification of absence from sole or main residence

  0 speeches

  Amendment proposed: 37, in clause 60, page 60, line 25, at end insert— “(10) If a relevant offender does not comply with the requirements of this section, they shall be liable to a...

• Clause 61 - Child sex offenders: requirement to notify if entering premises where children present

  0 speeches

  Amendment proposed: 38, in clause 61, page 63, line 4, at end insert— “(9) If a relevant offender does not comply with the requirements of this section, they shall be liable to a fine...

• Clause 63 - Alternative method of notification

  3 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 64 - Review of indefinite notification requirements (England and Wales)

  4 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 67 - Power of entry and search

  5 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 69 - Stalking protection orders on acquittal etc

  10 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 71 - Guidance about stalking

  4 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 73 - Administering etc harmful substances (including by spiking)

  12 speeches

  I beg to move amendment 44, in clause 73, page 88, line 33, after “aggrieve” insert “, take revenge on, prank,”.

• Clause 74 - Encouraging or assisting serious self-harm

  5 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 75 - Encouraging or assisting serious self-harm: supplementary

  0 speeches

  Amendment made: 17, in clause 75, page 90, line 20, at end insert— “(6) In Schedule 4 to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (offences to which defence in section 45 does not apply), in...

• Clause 76 - Child abduction

  3 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 77 - Safeguarding vulnerable groups: regulated activity

  1 speech

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

11th sitting · Mawrth, 29 Ebrill 2025 · 1 speech

[Emma Lewell in the Chair]

• Clause 78 - Electronic devices for use in vehicle offences

  7 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 80 - Possession of a SIM farm

  5 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 86 - Offence of concealing identity at protests

  13 speeches

  I beg to move amendment 51, in clause 86, page 98, line 2, at end insert— “(3) The defence described in subsection (2) is only applicable if a person has given written notice to a...

• Clause 89 - Possession of pyrotechnic articles at protests

  3 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 90 - War memorials

  4 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 92 - Suspension of internet protocol addresses and internet domain names

  4 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 93 - Electronically tracked stolen goods: search without warrant

  8 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 95 - Access to driver licensing information

  3 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 96 - Testing of persons in police detention for presence of controlled drugs

  5 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 101 - Cautions given to persons having limited leave to enter or remain in UK

  2 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 102 - Confiscation

  2 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

12th sitting · Mawrth, 29 Ebrill 2025

(Afternoon)

• Clause 102 - Confiscation

  4 speeches

  Question (this day) again proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 104 - Extension of polygraph condition to certain offenders

  3 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 105 - Duty of offender to notify details

  3 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 106 - Accelerated investigation procedure in respect of criminal conduct

  4 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 110 - Power to make youth diversion orders

  7 speeches

  I beg to move amendment 53, in clause 110, page 128, line 31, leave out “an” and insert “a relevant”. See the explanatory statement for Amendment 54.

• Clause 112 - Content of youth diversion orders

  6 speeches

  I beg to move amendment 56, in clause 112, page 130, line 11, leave out “subsection (2) or (3)” and insert “subsections (2) to (3A)”. This amendment is consequential on...

• Clause 113 - Duty to consultClause 113

  5 speeches

  I beg to move amendment 61, in clause 113, page 131, line 4, leave out from “order” to “consult” in line 5 and insert “, a chief officer of police must, if the...

• Clause 114 - Applications without notice

  0 speeches

  Amendments made: 65, in clause 114, page 131, line 27, leave out “Section 113(1) does” and insert “Subsections (1) and (2)(b) and (c) of section 113 do”. This amendment...

• Clause 115 - Interim youth diversion orders

  0 speeches

  Amendment made: 67, in clause 115, page 132, line 8, leave out subsection (3) and substitute— “(3) The only requirements that may be imposed by an interim youth diversion order on the...

• Clause 116 - Variation and discharge of youth diversion orders

  3 speeches

  I beg to move amendment 68, in clause 116, page 132, line 33, at end insert— “(4A) The court may make provision of a kind mentioned in subsection (4) only if it considers that the...

• Clause 117 - Appeal against youth diversion order etc

  0 speeches

  Amendments made: 69, in clause 117, page 133, line 11, leave out “this section” and insert “subsection (1)”. This amendment is consequential on Amendment 70. Amendment 70,...

• Clause 118 - Offence of breaching youth diversion order

  5 speeches

  I beg to move amendment 72, in clause 118, page 133, line 22, at end insert— “(1A) Where a youth diversion order requires a person to provide information or produce a document, it is...

• Clause 119 - Guidance

  0 speeches

  Amendment made: 76, in clause 119, page 134, line 16, at end insert— “(za) the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; (zb) the Scottish Ministers; (zc) the Youth Justice Agency in...

• Clause 121 - Applications

  0 speeches

  Amendments made: 77, in clause 121, page 135, line 17, at end insert— “(2) Section 127 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (time limit for complaints etc) does not apply to a...

• Clause 122 - Prevention of terrorism and state threats: weapons etc

  1 speech

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 123 - Offence of wearing or displaying articles in support of proscribed organisation

  4 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 124 - Management of terrorist offenders

  2 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 125 - Sentences for offence of breaching foreign travel restriction order

  2 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 126 - Length of terrorism sentence with fixed licence period: Northern Ireland

  1 speech

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 127 - Implementation of international law enforcement information-sharing agreements

  4 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

• Clause 130 - Criminal liability of bodies corporate and partnerships where senior manager commits offence

  3 speeches

  Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

13th sitting · Iau, 8 Mai 2025 · 1 speech

[Mark Pritchard in the Chair]

• New Clause 21 - Terrorism offences excepted from defence for slavery or trafficking victims

  0 speeches

  “(1) Schedule 4 to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (offences to which defence in section 45 does not apply) is amended as follows. (2) In paragraph 29 (offences under the Terrorism Act...

• New Clause 61 - Notification requirements

  0 speeches

  “(1) This section applies where a youth diversion order requires the respondent to comply with this section. (2) Before the end of the period of three days beginning with the day on which a...

• New Clause 62 - Electronic monitoring of compliance with order: England and Wales

  0 speeches

  “(1) A youth diversion order made by a court in England and Wales may impose on the respondent a requirement (an ‘electronic monitoring requirement’) to submit to electronic...

• New Clause 63 - Conditions for imposing electronic monitoring requirement: England and Wales

  0 speeches

  “(1) This section applies for the purpose of determining whether a court in England and Wales may impose an electronic monitoring requirement under section ( (2) An electronic monitoring...

• New Clause 64 - Data from electronic monitoring in England and Wales: code of practice

  0 speeches

  “The Secretary of State must issue a code of practice relating to the processing of data gathered in the course of electronic monitoring of persons under electronic monitoring requirements...

• New Clause 65 - Reviews of operation of this Chapter

  0 speeches

  “In the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015, in section 44(2) (provisions the operation of which the person appointed under section 36(1) of the Terrorism Act 2006 is also responsible...

• New Clause 66 - Remote sales of knives etc

  16 speeches

  “(1) Section 141B of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (remote sales of knives) is amended as follows. (2) For subsection (4) substitute— ‘(4) Condition A is that, before the...

• New Clause 67 - Delivery of knives etc

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 is amended as follows. (2) After section 39 insert— ‘39A Defences to offence under section 38: England and Wales (1) It is a defence for a...

• New Clause 68 - Duty to report remote sales of knives etc in bulk: England and Wales

  0 speeches

  “(1) In the Criminal Justice Act 1988, after section 141C insert— ‘141D Duty to report remote sales of knives etc in bulk: England and Wales (1) A person (“the...

• New Clause 69 - Remote sale and letting of crossbows

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Crossbows Act 1987 is amended as follows. (2) In section 1 omit ‘unless he believes him to be eighteen years or older and has reasonable grounds for the belief’. (3)...

• New Clause 70 - Delivery of crossbows

  0 speeches

  “In the Crossbows Act 1987, after section 1B (inserted by section (Remote sale and letting of crossbows)) insert— ‘1C Offence of seller delivering crossbows or parts of...

• New Clause 71 - Sale and delivery of crossbows: supplementary provision

  0 speeches

  “(1) After section 1F of the Crossbows Act 1987 (inserted by section (Delivery of crossbows)) insert— ‘1G Interpretation of sections 1B to 1F (1) This section applies for the...

• New Clause 72 - “Relevant user-to-user services”, “relevant search services” and “service providers”

  0 speeches

  “(1) For the purposes of this Chapter— (a) a ‘relevant search service’ is a search service other than an exempt service; (b) a ‘relevant user-to-user service’...

• New Clause 73 - Coordinating officer

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Secretary of State must designate a member of a relevant police force or a National Crime Agency officer as the coordinating officer for the purposes of this Chapter. (2) The...

• New Clause 74 - Notice requiring appointment of content manager

  0 speeches

  “(1) The coordinating officer may give a service provider a notice (an ‘appointment notice’) requiring the provider— (a) either to— (i) appoint an individual who...

• New Clause 75 - Appointment of content manager following change of circumstances

  0 speeches

  “(1) This section applies where— (a) the coordinating officer has given a service provider an appointment notice, (b) the provider has confirmed to the officer (in accordance with the...

• New Clause 76 - Replacement of content manager

  0 speeches

  “(1) This section applies where a service provider has appointed an individual as the provider’s content manager (whether in accordance with an appointment notice or under section...

• New Clause 77 - Duty to notify changes in required information

  0 speeches

  “(1) This section applies where a service provider has, in accordance with an appointment notice or under section ( (2) The service provider must give notice to the coordinating officer of...

• New Clause 78 - Failure to comply with content manager requirements: civil penalty

  0 speeches

  “(1) This section applies if the coordinating officer has given a service provider an appointment notice and— (a) the period specified in the notice as mentioned in ( (b) the provider...

• New Clause 79 - Unlawful weapons content

  0 speeches

  “(1) For the purposes of this Chapter, content is ‘unlawful weapons content’ in England and Wales if it is content that constitutes— (a) an offence under section 1(1) of...

• New Clause 80 - Content removal notices

  0 speeches

  “(1) This section applies where an authorised officer is satisfied that content— (a) present on a relevant user-to-user service, or (b) which may be encountered in or via search...

• New Clause 81 - Content removal notices: review

  0 speeches

  “(1) A person who is given a content removal notice (a ‘recipient’) may, before the end of the initial 48-hour period, request a review of the decision to give the notice. (2) A...

• New Clause 82 - Decision notices requiring removal of unlawful weapons content

  0 speeches

  “(1) This section applies where the reviewing officer— (a) has carried out a review or reviews under section ( (b) confirms the decision to give the content removal notice to the...

• New Clause 83 - Failure to comply with content removal notice or decision notice: civil penalties

  0 speeches

  “(1) Subsection (2) applies where— (a) a content removal notice has been given to a service provider, or to both a service provider and the provider’s content manager, in...

• New Clause 84 - Guidance

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Secretary of State may issue guidance to the persons mentioned in subsection (2) about the exercise of their functions under this Chapter. (2) The persons are— (a) the chief...

• New Clause 85 - Notices

  0 speeches

  “(1) This section applies in relation to any notice that must or may be given to a person under this Chapter. (2) A notice may be given to a person by— (a) delivering it by hand to...

• New Clause 86 - Interpretation of Chapter

  0 speeches

  “(1) In this Chapter— ‘appointment notice’ has the meaning given by section ( ‘authorised officer’ in relation to a content removal notice, means the member of...

• New Clause 87 - Dangerous, careless or inconsiderate cycling

  4 speeches

  “(1) The Road Traffic Act 1988 is amended as set out in subsections (2) to (6). (2) Before section 28 (dangerous cycling) insert— ‘27A Causing death by dangerous cycling A...

• New Clause 88 - Places of worship: restriction on protests

  6 speeches

  “(1) The Public Order Act 1986 is amended as follows. (2) In section 12(1) (imposing conditions on public processions)— (a) at the end of paragraph (ab) omit ‘or’; (b) at...

• New Clause 89 - Powers of senior officers to impose conditions on protests

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Public Order Act 1986 is amended as follows. (2) In section 12 (imposing conditions on public processions)— (a) in subsection (1), for ‘the’, in the first place...

• New Clause 90 - Amendments relating to British Transport Police and Ministry of Defence Police

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Public Order Act 1986 is amended in accordance with subsections (2) and (3). (2) In section 14A(9) (prohibiting trespassory assemblies), in the definition of ‘land’,...

• New Clause 91 - Anonymity for authorised firearms officers charged with qualifying offences

  5 speeches

  “(1) This section applies where in criminal proceedings in a court in England and Wales, or in proceedings (anywhere) before a service court, a person (‘D’) is charged with a...

• New Clause 92 - Anonymity for authorised firearms officers appealing convictions for qualifying offences

  0 speeches

  “(1) This section applies where a person (‘D’) is convicted of a qualifying offence in proceedings in a court in England and Wales, or proceedings (anywhere) before a service...

• New Clause 93 - Authorised firearms officers: reporting directions

  0 speeches

  “(1) A reporting direction, in relation to a person (‘D’) charged with (or convicted of) a qualifying offence, is a direction that no matter relating to D may be included in any...

• New Clause 94 - Authorised firearms officers: anonymity orders

  0 speeches

  “(1) An anonymity order, in relation to a person (‘D’) charged with (or convicted of) a qualifying offence, is an order made by a court that requires specified measures to be...

• New Clause 5 - Pornographic content: online harmful content

  4 speeches

  “(1) A person commits an offence if they publish or allow or facilitate the publishing of pornographic content online which meets the criteria for harmful material under section 368E(3)(a)...

14th sitting · Iau, 8 Mai 2025

[Mark Pritchard in the Chair]

• New Clause 5 - Pornographic content: online harmful content

  2 speeches

  “(1) A person commits an offence if they publish or allow or facilitate the publishing of pornographic content online which meets the criteria for harmful material under section 368E(3)(a)...

• New Clause 9 - CCTV on railway network

  4 speeches

  “(1) It is a legal requirement for CCTV cameras across the railway network in England and Wales to be capable of enabling immediate access by the British Transport Police and relevant...

• New Clause 12 - Domestic abuse aggravated offences

  3 speeches

  “(1) Any criminal offence committed within England and Wales is domestic abuse aggravated, if— (a) the offender and the victim are personally connected to each other, and (b) the...

• New Clause 13 - Prevention of resale of stolen GPS products

  15 speeches

  “(1) The Equipment Theft Act 2023 is amended as follows. (2) In Section 1(2)(b), after ‘commercial activities’ insert, ‘including GPS equipment’.”— This...

• New Clause 14 - Rural Crime Prevention Strategy

  4 speeches

  “(1) A day after this Act receiving Royal Assent, the Secretary of State must establish a rural crime prevention task force to develop proposals for tackling rural crime. (2) The task force...

• New Clause 15 - Neighbourhood Policing: minimum levels

  9 speeches

  “(1) Within six months of the passage of this Act, the Secretary of State must lay before both Houses of Parliament proposals on maintaining minimum levels of neighbourhood policing. (2)...

• New Clause 16 - Neighbourhood Policing

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Secretary of State must ensure that every local authority area in England and Wales has a neighbourhood policing team must be assigned exclusively to community-based duties,...

• New Clause 17 - Offence of failing to meet pollution performance commitment levels

  6 speeches

  “(1) A water or water and sewerage company (‘C’) commits an offence where C has— (a) failed to meet its pollution performance commitment level for three consecutive years;...

• New Clause 18 - Senior manager liability for failure to meet pollution performance commitment levels

  0 speeches

  “(1) A person (‘P’) commits an offence where— (a) P is a senior manager of a water or water and sewerage company (‘C’), (b) C commits an offence under section...

• New Clause 19 - Safeguards for the use of facial recognition technology in public spaces

  4 speeches

  “(1) The use of live facial recognition technology for real-time biometric identification, by any public or private authorities, shall be prohibited unless one or more of the following...

• New Clause 22 - Duty to follow strategic priorities of police and crime plan

  2 speeches

  “(1) The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 is amended as follows. (2) In section 8(1) (Duty to have regard to police and crime plan), for ‘have regard to’...

• New Clause 23 - Previous conduct as factor in deciding whether to investigate a complaint

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Police Reform Act 2002 is amended as follows. (2) In Schedule 3, paragraph 1(6B)(d), at end insert ‘or (e) the complaint is made about a person serving with the police who...

• New Clause 24 - Points on driving licence for fly tipping

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Environmental Protection Act is amended as follows. (2) In section 33, subsection 8(a) at end insert— ‘and endorse their driving record with 3 penalty...

• New Clause 25 - Requirements in certain sentences imposed for third or subsequent shoplifting offence

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Sentencing Code is amended as follows. (2) In section 208 (community order: exercise of power to impose particular requirements), in subsections (3) and (6) after ‘subsection...

• New Clause 26 - Requirements in certain sentences imposed for third assault of retail worker offence

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Sentencing Code is amended as follows. (2) In section 208 (community order: exercise of power to impose particular requirements), in subsections (3) and (6) after ‘and...

• New Clause 27 - Fines for sale of stolen equipment

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Equipment Theft Act 2023 is amended as follows. (2) In section 3 (Enforcement), subsection (2) at end insert ‘equal to— (a) the replacement cost of the equipment, (b)...

• New Clause 28 - Power to deport foreign nationals for possession of child sexual abuse images

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Protection of Children Act 1978 is amended as follows. (2) In section 1 (Indecent photographs of children) after subsection (4) insert— ‘(4A) Where a person is a...

• New Clause 29 - Annual report on police actions in areas with high levels of serious offences

  4 speeches

  “(1) The Secretary of State must publish an annual report on police actions in areas with high levels of serious offences. (2) Each such report must include data from police forces in...

• New Clause 30 - Seizure of motor vehicles: driving licence penalties

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Police Reform Act 2002 is amended as follows. (2) In section 59 (Vehicles used in a manner causing alarm, distress or annoyance), after subsection (6) insert— “(6A) A...

• New Clause 31 - Automatic dismissal of officers who fail vetting

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Police Act 1996 is amended in accordance with subsection (2). (2) In section 39A (Codes of practice for chief officers), after subsection (1) insert— “(1A) Without...

• New Clause 32 - Theft from farms

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Sentencing Act 2020 is amended as follows. (2) In Chapter 3, “(72A) Theft from farms (1) This section applies where the court is considering the seriousness of an offence...

• New Clause 33 - Defence to criminal damage

  2 speeches

  “(1) The Criminal Damage Act 1971 is amended as follows. (2) Leave out subsection 5(3) and insert— ‘For the purposes of this section, a belief must be both honestly held and...

• New Clause 34 - Meaning of serious disruption to the life of the community

  0 speeches

  “(1) Section 12 of the Public Order Act 1986 (imposing conditions on public processions) is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (2A), for the words from “, the cases” to the...

• New Clause 35 - Stop and search

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 is amended as follows. (2) In section 60(1)(a) and (aa) leave out “serious.””— This new clause lowers the...

• New Clause 36 - Removal of prohibition on entering a private dwelling to confiscate an off-road bike

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Road Traffic Act 1988 is amended as follows. (2) In section 165A, after subsection (5)(c) insert— “(5A) In exercising their powers under subsection (5), a constable may...

• New Clause 37 - Power to seize vehicles driven without licence or insurance

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Road Traffic Accident Act 1988 is amended as follows. (2) In section 165A, omit “within the period of 24 hours”.” — This new clause would remove the 24-hour...

• New Clause 38 - Police access to the UK tobacco track and trace system

  2 speeches

  “(1) The Secretary of State must, through regulations, make provision for the police to access the HMRC tobacco track and trace system for the purposes of determining the provenance of...

• New Clause 39 - Duty to destroy seized off-road bikes

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Road Traffic Act 1988 is amended as follows. (2) In section 165B(2), at end insert ‘; (g) where the seized motor vehicle is an off-road bike, to ensure its destruction by the...

• New Clause 40 - Registration of off-road bikes

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Secretary of State must, within six months of the passing of this Act, issue a consultation on a registration scheme for the sale of off-road bikes. (2) The consultation must...

• New Clause 41 - Soliciting Prostitution for Rent Offence

  3 speeches

  “(1) The Sexual Offences Act 2003 is amended as follows. (2) After section 52 (causing or inciting prostitution for gain) insert— ‘52A Soliciting prostitution for rent (1) A...

15th sitting · Mawrth, 13 Mai 2025 · 3 speeches

[Dr Rosena Allin-Khan in the Chair]

• New Clause 42 - Report on the organisations responsible for implementing and enforcing youth diversion orders

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Secretary of State must, within three months of the passing of this Act, publish a report on the organisations responsible for implementing and enforcing youth diversion orders....

• New Clause 43 - Travel abroad to support a proscribed organisation

  0 speeches

  “(1) A person commits an offence if they travel outside of the United Kingdom to support a proscribed organisation. (2) For the purposes of this section, ‘support’...

• New Clause 44 - Individual preparation for mass casualty attack

  0 speeches

  “(1) A person commits an offence, if, with the intention of— (a) killing two or more people, or (b) attempting to kill two or more people, they engage in any conduct in preparation...

• New Clause 46 - Seizure of vehicles by police: mopeds used for commercial purposes

  3 speeches

  “(1) The Police Reform Act 2002 is amended as follows. (2) In section 59, after subsection (3) insert— ‘(3A) For the purpose of this section, a moped driven by an individual...

• New Clause 47 - National statutory inquiry into grooming gangs

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Secretary of State must, within 3 months of the passing of this Act, set up a statutory inquiry into grooming gangs. (2) An inquiry established under subsection (1) must seek...

• New Clause 48 - Annual statement on ethnicity of members of grooming gangs

  0 speeches

  “The Secretary of State must make an annual statement to the House of Commons on the ethnicity of convicted members of grooming gangs.”— This new clause would require the...

• New Clause 49 - Publication of sex offender’s ethnicity data

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Secretary of State for the Home Office must publish— (a) quarterly; and (b) yearly; datasets containing all national data pertaining to the ethnicity of sex offenders. (2)...

• New Clause 50 - Removal of parental responsibility for individuals convicted of sexual offences against children

  2 speeches

  “(1) The Children Act 1989 is amended as follows. (2) After section 2 (parental responsibility for children) insert— ‘2A Prisoners: suspension of parental responsibility (1)...

• New Clause 51 - Amendment of Possession of extreme pornographic images

  0 speeches

  “(1) Section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (possession of extreme pornographic images) is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (7) after paragraph (a) insert—...

• New Clause 52 - Child Murder Sentencing Guidelines

  2 speeches

  “(1) The Sentencing Act 2020 is amended as follows. (2) In Schedule 21, paragraph 2(2) omit (b) and (ba) and insert— ‘(zb) the murder of a child’.”— This new...

• New Clause 54 - Financial gain from child sexual exploitation and abuse

  2 speeches

  “(1) The Sentencing Act 2020 is amended as follows. (2) After section 70 insert— ‘70A Financial gain from child sexual exploitation (1) This section applies where— (a) a...

• New Clause 55 - Annual statement on employment status of sexual offenders

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Secretary of State must publish an annual report on the employment status of convicted sexual offenders at the time of their offence. (2) For the purpose of subsection (1),...

• New Clause 57 - Prohibition on sexual relationships between first cousins

  2 speeches

  “(1) The Sexual Offences Act 2003 is amended as follows. (2) In section 27 (family relationships), subsection (2)(a) after ‘uncle,’ insert ‘first cousin,’. (3) In...

• New Clause 58 - Amendment of the Police Act 1996

  2 speeches

  “(1) Section 39A of the Police Act 1996 is amended as follows. (2) After subsection (7) insert— ‘(8) The Secretary of State may require that the College of Policing revises the...

• New Clause 59 - The retention by the police of non-crime perception records

  4 speeches

  “(1) Non-crime hate incidents as a special category of incident to be recognised by police authorities are abolished. Reporting, recording and investigation of such incidents should occur...

• New Clause 60 - Threshold for intentional harassment, alarm or distress

  2 speeches

  “(1) The Public Order Act 1986 is amended as follows— (2) In sections 4A(1)(a) and (b) leave out ‘or insulting.’” —

• New Clause 95 - Points on driving licence for littering out of a vehicle window

  3 speeches

  “(1) The Environmental Protection Act 1990 is amended as follows. (2) In section 87, subsection (5), at end insert—

• New Clause 96 - Theft of tools from tradesmen

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Sentencing Act 2020 is amended as follows. (2) In Chapter 3, Aggravating Factors, after section 72 insert— ‘72A Theft of tools from tradesmen (1) This section applies...

• New Clause 97 - Access to public funds for organisations supporting criminal conduct

  2 speeches

  “An organisation or group will not be eligible for public funding if there is evidence that it— (a) actively promotes or supports criminal conduct, or (b) seeks to subvert the...

• New Clause 98 - Enforcement plan for sale of stolen equipment at car boot sales

  0 speeches

  “(1) The Equipment Theft Act 2023 is amended as follows. (2) In section 3 (Enforcement), after subsection (3) insert—

• New Clause 99 - Inspection of police force firearms licensing departments

  2 speeches

  “(1) The Police Act 1996 is amended as follows. (2) In section 54 (appointment and functions of inspectors of constabulary), after section (2) insert—

• New Schedule 1 - Civil penalties for service providers and content managers

  0 speeches

  “Introduction 1 In this Schedule— “penalty notice” means a penalty notice under section (Failure to comply with content manager requirements: civil penalty) or (Failure to...

• Clause 132 - Regulations

  0 speeches

  Amendment made: 79, in clause 132, page 143, line 20, at end insert— “(4A) This section does not apply to regulations under section ( This amendment is consequential on NC62.

• Clause 134 - Extent

  0 speeches

  Amendments made: 81, in clause 134, page 144, line 21, at end insert— “(aa) sections ( This amendment provides that NC72, NC73, NC74, NC75, NC76, NC77, NC78, NC79, NC80, NC81, NC82,...

• Clause 135 - Commencement

  1 speech

  Amendments made: 83, in clause 135, page 146, line 3, after “105,” insert “( This amendment provides for NC91, NC92, NC93 and NC94 to come into force at the end of the period of...