division_name: Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Bill - <i>Report</i> &#8212; Amendment 3
motion: <p class="italic" pid="a746.1/1" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">Moved by Lord Thomas of Gresford</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a746.1/2" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">3: Clause 1, page 1, line 20, at end insert&#8212;&#8220;(c) where a Newton hearing took place before the trial judge prior to the prisoner&#8217;s sentencing, any findings of the judge as to the reasons for the non-disclosure, including the mental capacity of the prisoner.&#8221;Member&#8217;s explanatory statementThis amendment requires the Parole Board to take into account the findings of a Newton hearing (a short hearing held before a judge without a jury to resolve disputed facts before sentencing) regarding the prisoner&#8217;s reasons for non-disclosure, if one was held after a verdict or plea of guilty.</p>
  
  <p pid="a755.0/5" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 142, Noes 266.</p>