Justice Week 8-12 December 2008


May 25, 2007

Lords Committee Debate continues

The House of Lords Committee Stage of the Bill continued this week with further debates on a series of amendments on 21st and 23rd May.

These can be found in full on Hansard via the links below

Tuesday 21 May - Part 1

Tuesday 21 May - Part 2

Wednesday 23 May

(If you have difficulty accessing these and would like a pdf of the debates email kfalcon@napo.org.uk

Towards the end of the debate on Wednesday, amendment 48 - supported by Napo - to eliminate the risk of a conflict of interest should any area of probation work be contracted out to any company that has a financial interest in the outcome, was taken to a vote. The amendment succeeded with 114 Peers voting for and 94 against.

At close of play amendment 49 had been reached. This means they will recommence on 5th June with a debate on amendment 51 on the removal of supervision from the Bill.

Napo has prepared briefing on many of the amendments - and you can download briefings 2, 3 and 4 below.

Briefing No 2

Briefing No 3

Briefing No 4

Posted by kfalcon at May 25, 2007 04:01 PM