Prisons and Courts Bill (Sixth sitting)
The Committee consisted of the following Members:
Chairs: Mr , †
Arkless, Richard (Dumfries and Galloway) (SNP)
Burgon, Richard (Leeds East) (Lab)
† Fernandes, Suella (Fareham) (Con)
Gyimah, Mr Sam (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for
Justice)
† Heald, Sir Oliver (Minister for Courts and Justice)
Jenrick, Robert (Newark) (Con)
Lynch, Holly (Halifax) (Lab)
McGinn, Conor (St Helens North) (Lab)
† Opperman, Guy (Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty's Treasury)
† Philp, Chris (Croydon South) (Con)
Qureshi, Yasmin (Bolton South East) (Lab)
Saville Roberts, Liz (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC)
† Smith, Nick (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab)
† Swayne, Sir Desmond (New Forest West) (Con)
† Thomas-Symonds, Nick (Torfaen) (Lab)
Tomlinson, Michael (Mid Dorset and North Poole) (Con)
Tracey, Craig (North Warwickshire) (Con)
† Warman, Matt (Boston and Skegness) (Con)
Katy Stout, Clementine Brown, Committee Clerks
† attended the Committee
Public Bill Committee
Thursday 20 April 2017
[Graham Stringer in the Chair]
Prisons and Courts Bill
11.30 am
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The Minister for Courts and Justice (Sir Oliver
Heald)
On a point of order, Mr Stringer. I thank you and Mr Brady
for the excellent way in which you have chaired our
proceedings. Before my hon. Friend the Member for Hexham
moves the motion, may I also thank the House officials,
Hansard, the Doorkeepers and security staff for all they
have done for the Committee?
On behalf of myself and my hon. Friend the Member for East
Surrey, I thank all members of the Committee, including the
Opposition Front Benchers—we have had a measure of warm
agreement on many of the measures in the Bill—and our
Whips, who have kept us in order.
Finally, I thank all the civil servants at the Ministry of
Justice, particularly the Bill team manager, Kate
Gregory-Smith, and our legal team, for all the work they
have done on the Bill. I also thank my assistant private
secretary, Keighley Jones.
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(Torfaen)
(Lab)
Further to that point of order, Mr Stringer. I associate
myself with all the Minister’s remarks. I, too, thank
everyone who has contributed to the Committee’s sessions.
When I came up to Westminster from south Wales on Tuesday
morning, I thought that the Committee would dominate my
week and some other weeks, but events have intervened. The
sessions that we had were very positive. There was a large
measure of agreement but, at times, robust debate too,
which I am sure will stand all the various issues in good
stead for the future.
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The Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty’s Treasury (Guy
Opperman)
Given events and with the leave of the Committee, I wish to
move a motion.
Ordered,
That the Committee do not proceed with further
consideration of the Bill.—(Guy Opperman.)
- The
Chair
The Committee must now agree a special report to be made to
the House.
Ordered,
That the Committee agree the Special Report as on the paper
before the Committee and that the Chair do report the Bill,
so far as amended, to the House.
Bill, so far as amended, accordingly to be reported to the
House.
11.32 am
Committee rose.
Written evidence reported to the House
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