My Lords, this order was laid before Parliament on 21 October and seeks to remove the requirement for the penalty notice for disorder—or PND, as it is widely known—form to be prescribed by law. Penalty notice disposal provides the police with a quick and effective way of punishing minor nuisance...

My Lords, this order was laid before Parliament on 21 October and seeks to remove the requirement for the penalty notice for disorder—or PND, as it is widely known—form to be prescribed by law. Penalty notice disposal provides the police with a quick and effective way of punishing minor nuisance...

As I understand it, it goes on to the police national computer and may also go onto a local police database. Motion agreed.

As I understand it, it goes on to the police national computer and may also go onto a local police database. Motion agreed.

That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Legislative Reform (Revocation of Prescribed Form of Penalty Notice for Disorderly Behaviour) Order 2009 Relevant document: 18th Report, Session 2008–09, from the Regulatory Reform Committee

That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Legislative Reform (Revocation of Prescribed Form of Penalty Notice for Disorderly Behaviour) Order 2009 Relevant document: 18th Report, Session 2008–09, from the Regulatory Reform Committee

I am grateful to the noble Lord and the noble Baroness for their contributions, particularly to the noble Baroness for her support for this measure. Penalty notices were introduced as part of the Government’s strategy to tackle low-level anti-social and nuisance behaviour. We believe that they enable the police to...

I am grateful to the noble Lord and the noble Baroness for their contributions, particularly to the noble Baroness for her support for this measure. Penalty notices were introduced as part of the Government’s strategy to tackle low-level anti-social and nuisance behaviour. We believe that they enable the police to...

I would be grateful if the noble Lord could take that on board and give an assurance that he will make a submission to the review that it should be considered as a highly desirable practice.

I would be grateful if the noble Lord could take that on board and give an assurance that he will make a submission to the review that it should be considered as a highly desirable practice.

I am afraid that I cannot guarantee that will be done. I can guarantee that I will pass back the idea so that it is discussed by the review. I am grateful to the noble Lord for the suggestion.

I am afraid that I cannot guarantee that will be done. I can guarantee that I will pass back the idea so that it is discussed by the review. I am grateful to the noble Lord for the suggestion.

In those circumstances, would it not be highly desirable that those consequences should appear on the form? After all, the purpose of the form is not for the police officer to collect the money there and then but for the individual to take that form away, and he then has...

In those circumstances, would it not be highly desirable that those consequences should appear on the form? After all, the purpose of the form is not for the police officer to collect the money there and then but for the individual to take that form away, and he then has...

The noble Lord makes a fair point. Of course, the individual has the 21 days in which he or she can, if they so choose, take legal advice. They may choose not to do so. The review is just beginning. I invite the noble Lord to put into the review—indeed,...

The noble Lord makes a fair point. Of course, the individual has the 21 days in which he or she can, if they so choose, take legal advice. They may choose not to do so. The review is just beginning. I invite the noble Lord to put into the review—indeed,...

I am not quite sure what the Minister said about the database. Does the order mean that if you get a ticket, in whatever form, it goes onto a separate database, or does it go onto a general police database?

I am not quite sure what the Minister said about the database. Does the order mean that if you get a ticket, in whatever form, it goes onto a separate database, or does it go onto a general police database?

My Lords, this gives us an opportunity to look at what a penalty notice should contain. One of the major problems arising under fixed penalty notices, which we have always opposed in my party, is that they allow what amounts to an offence brought to justice to be recorded against...

My Lords, this gives us an opportunity to look at what a penalty notice should contain. One of the major problems arising under fixed penalty notices, which we have always opposed in my party, is that they allow what amounts to an offence brought to justice to be recorded against...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for not only the detailed explanation but his demonstration in producing one of the necessary books. As he explained in his introduction, these penalty notices for disorder—I shall refer to them, as did the Minister, as PNDs—are a way of dealing with minor criminal...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for not only the detailed explanation but his demonstration in producing one of the necessary books. As he explained in his introduction, these penalty notices for disorder—I shall refer to them, as did the Minister, as PNDs—are a way of dealing with minor criminal...

Draft Legislative Reform (Revocation of Prescribed Form of Penalty Notice for Disorderly Behaviour) Order 2009. Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.

Draft Legislative Reform (Revocation of Prescribed Form of Penalty Notice for Disorderly Behaviour) Order 2009. Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) developing and (b) implementing the new PentiP computer system.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) developing and (b) implementing the new PentiP computer system.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the annual running costs of the new PentiP computer system in each of the next three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the annual running costs of the new PentiP computer system in each of the next three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which penalty notices for disorder are recorded on the Police National Computer.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which penalty notices for disorder are recorded on the Police National Computer.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which penalty notices for disorder will be recorded on the PentiP computer system.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which penalty notices for disorder will be recorded on the PentiP computer system.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether ContactPoint users are trained in the detection and removal of malware.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether ContactPoint users are trained in the detection and removal of malware.