Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Third Reading — 20 Jul 2011 at 13:58

Amendment 9

Moved by Baroness Browning

9: After Clause 79, insert the following new Clause-

"Policing protocol

(1) The Secretary of State must issue a policing protocol.

(2) Each relevant person must have regard to the policing protocol in exercising the person's functions.

(3) The Secretary of State may at any time-

(a) vary the policing protocol, or

(b) replace the policing protocol.

(4) Before varying or replacing the policing protocol, the Secretary of State must consult-

(a) such persons as appear to the Secretary of State to represent the views of elected local policing bodies,

(b) such persons as appear to the Secretary of State to represent the views of chief officers of police of police forces maintained by elected local policing bodies,

(c) such persons as appear to the Secretary of State to represent the views of police and crime panels, and

(d) such other persons as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

(5) The functions of the Secretary of State under subsections (1) and (3) are exercisable by order.

(6) In this section-

"police and crime panel" means-

(a) each police and crime panel established in accordance with Schedule 6 (police areas outside London);

(b) the London Assembly's police and crime panel (see section 33);

"policing protocol" means a document which sets out, or otherwise makes provision about, ways in which relevant persons should (in the Secretary of State's view) exercise, or refrain from exercising, functions so as to-

(a) encourage, maintain or improve working relationships (including co-operative working) between relevant persons, or

(b) limit or prevent the overlapping or conflicting exercise of functions;

"relevant persons" means-

(a) the Secretary of State in the exercise of policing functions;

(b) each elected local policing body;

(c) the chief officer of each police force maintained by an elected local policing body;

(d) police and crime panels."

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Con115 (+1 tell) 052.3%
Crossbench22 1619.9%
DUP0 125.0%
Independent Labour0 1100.0%
Lab0 116 (+2 tell)47.6%
LDem52 (+1 tell) 155.7%
UUP1 025.0%
Total:190 13542.9%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

Lords for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible lord who could have voted in this division

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NamePartyVote
The Earl of ClancartyCrossbenchaye
Lord Condon Crossbenchaye
Lord Elystan-Morgan Crossbenchaye
The Earl of ErrollCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Fellowes Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Kilclooney Crossbenchaye
Lord Low of DalstonCrossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Masham of IltonCrossbenchaye
Baroness Meacher Crossbenchaye
Baroness O'Loan Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness O'Neill of BengarveCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Ouseley Crossbenchaye
Lord Ramsbotham Crossbenchaye
The Earl of SandwichCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Walpole Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Warnock Crossbenchaye
Baroness Harris of RichmondLDem (front bench)aye

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