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Coroners and Justice Bill at Report Stage

Baroness Murphy 24/10/2009 – 2:09 pm

  The Government has a number of lengthy bills progressing through Parliament which will fall in their entirety if they aren't completed by Prorogation in the second week of November. A few recently introduced Bills will be 'carried over' but most must be done and dusted or they fall. The Coroners and Justice Bill has many good things in it, such as  the modernisation of the Coronial Ser […]

Written at 2:09 pm on 24/10/2009, by Baroness Murphy


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Forthcoming highlights

Lord Norton 02/07/2009 – 12:05 pm

Both Houses rise for the summer recess on 21 July.  We are going to be very busy over the next couple of weeks.  Take next week:  on Monday, we have the Policing and Crime Bill (its third day in committee); on Tuesday, the Coroners and Justice Bill (its fifth day in committee); on Wednesday, the Second Reading of the Parliamentary Standards Bill; and on Thursday the Third Reading of the Pol […]

Written at 12:05 pm on 02/07/2009, by Lord Norton


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Homicide

Baroness Murphy 01/07/2009 – 12:30 pm

A latish evening last night in the Coroners and Justice Bill Committee in the Chamber. We finally got round to the homicide parts of the bill, which include various changes in the criteria for the partial defence of diminished responsibility. I had a number of amendments to speak to and was obliged therefore to participate throughout the debate. Listening to the expert lawyers in the house was a p […]

Written at 12:30 pm on 01/07/2009, by Baroness Murphy


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