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A Bill will be brought forward to increase the effectiveness and public accountability of policing, to reduce crime and disorder and to enhance airport security.
Queen's speech 2008, December 3 2008
The Local Government Association has criticised the government’s plans to introduce elections for some members of local police authorities as “complete nonsense”.
Commenting on proposals contained in the draft Police and Crime Reduction Bill, the chair of the Local Government Association’s safer communities board, councillor Hazel Harding said that the proposals would not only be a “waste of taxpayers’ money” but would also make local policing “far more difficult.”.
But the government also faces opposition from Labour councillors who fear that a likely low voter turnout at such elections. They also fear that local concerns over crime could lead to the BNP gaining positions of power over in police authorities.
Legislation will be reformed so that the clubs are issued with a Sex Encounter Establishment licence, in the same category as sex shops.
Further proposals within the Bill include measures to speed up the recovery and seizure of assets obtained through crime, by closing loopholes that allow criminals to retain profits of their actions.
Progress
House of Commons
First reading: December 18 2008 [HC Bill 7]
Second reading: January 19 2009
Policing and Crime Bill Committee
- 1st sitting: January 27 2009 (am)
- 2nd sitting: January 27 2009 (pm)
- 3rd sitting: January 29 2009 (am)
- 4th sitting: January 29 2009 (pm)
- 5th sitting: February 3 2009 (am)
- 6th sitting: February 3 2009 (pm)
- 7th sitting: February 5 2009 (am)
- 8th sitting: February 5 2009 (pm)
- 9th sitting: February 10 2009 (am)
- 10th sitting: February 10 2009 (pm)
- 11th sitting: February 12 2009 (am)
- 12th sitting: February 12 2009 (pm)
- 13th sitting: February 24 2009 (am)
- 14th sitting: February 24 2009 (pm)
- 15th sitting: February 26 2009 (am)
- 16th sitting: February 26 2009 (pm)
- Bill as amended: [HC Bill 66]
Third reading: May 19 2009
House of Lords
First reading: May 20 2009 [HL Bill 48]
Second reading: June 3 2009
Committee stage:
- 1st sitting: June 22 2009
- 2nd sitting: July 1 2009
- 3rd sitting: July 6 2009
- 4th sitting: October 13 2009
- 5th sitting: October 20 2009
- Bill as amended in committee: [HL Bill 74]
Report stage:
- 1st day: November 3 2009
- 2nd day: November 5 2009
- Bill as amended on report: [HL Bill 79]
Third reading: November 11 2009
Consideration of Lords Amendments: [HC Bill 168]
Royal Assent
Policing and Crime Act
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