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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

My Lords, we are grateful to the Government for rethinking on this point. We have urged that there be proper restrictions on violent offender orders. I just repeat our total opposition to such orders and the process that brings them about. I do not resile from anything that we have said about the making of civil orders and turning them into criminal offences. Apart from that, we are grateful to the Government for moving on this issue. On Question, Motion agreed to. 173: Insert the following new Clause- "Police and prison service pay: Secretary of State's power to make regulations Regulations made by the Secretary of State- (a) specified in section 62 of the Police Act 1996 (c. 16) (functions of the board with respect to regulations) which do not follow the recommendations of the Police Negotiation Board as established by section 16 of that Act, or (b) under section 128 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33) (pay and related conditions) which do not follow the recommendations of the Prison Service Pay Review Board as established by that section, may not be made until laid before, and approved by resolution of, the House of Commons." The Commons disagree to Lords Amendment 173 for the following Reason- 173A: Because it affects the arrangements relating to the making of payments out of public funds, and the Commons do not offer any further Reason, trusting that this Reason may be deemed sufficient.