Lords amendment: No. 1, in page 1, line 9, leave out
("except in the special circumstances mentioned in")
and insert ("subject to")
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I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.
This is a drafting amendment which was agreed in another place. It has no significance for the policy in the Bill, and I commend it to the House.Question put and agreed to.
Lords amendment: No. 2, in page 1, line 12, leave out from ("liberation") to ("this") in line 15 and insert
("may be granted by the police under section 18, 294, 295 or 296 of the 1975 Act as amended by sections 7 to 9 of")
I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.
This is a fairly minor amendment which seeks to clear up an apparent contradiction in the Bill as drafted. There is no point of principle involved, and I therefore commend it to the House.Question put and agreed to.
Lords amendment: No. 3, in page 1, line 20, leave out
("including every continuation of a diet")
I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.
With this we may take Lords amendments Nos. 8 and 9.
The amendments clear up an anomaly in the Bill. Although the Bill provides for a person who is on bail to appear at the appointed time for every "diet", it does not make specific provision for a continued diet. The amendment clarifies the matter and no new policy issue is introduced by the amendments. I commend them to the House.
Question put and agreed to.