A Bill to make provision about prisons; make provision about practice and procedure in courts and tribunals, organisation of courts and tribunals, functions of the judiciary and of courts and tribunals and their staff, appointment and deployment of the judiciary, and functions of the Judicial Appointments Commission; and make provision about whiplash claims.
House of Commons
20 April 2017
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The Prisons and Courts Bill is a package of proposed laws to change how prisons are run and how courts and tribunals operate. It also covers the organisation and functions of the judiciary, including how judges are appointed and deployed, and the work of the Judicial Appointments Commission, along with provisions about whiplash claims.
The bill is currently at Committee stage in the House of Commons, after having undergone the first and second readings and related motions earlier in 2017, with detailed scrutiny by MPs underway in March–April 2017.
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The Committee reported the following Special Report:
Special Report from the Prisons and Courts Public Bill Committee (as to their opinion that they could not with advantage proceed further with the Bill, in view of time available to allow the Bill to be considered by the House following the House’s decision on Wednesday 19 April that, in accordance with section 2(2) of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, there should be an early parliamentary general election and the consequent expectation that Parliament will be dissolved on Wednesday 3 May).
The Committee reported The Bill, so far as amended.
Bill and Special Report to lie upon the Table.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
