division_name: Victims and Prisoners Bill - <i>Report (2nd Day)</i> &#8212; Amendment 57
motion: <p class="italic" pid="b1416.3/1" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">Moved by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b1416.3/2" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">57: After Clause 11, insert the following new Clause&#8212;&#8220;Duty to co-operate with Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses(1) The Commissioner may request a specified public authority to co-operate with the Commissioner in any way that the Commissioner considers necessary for the purposes of monitoring compliance with the victims&#8217; code.(2) A specified public authority must, so far as reasonably practicable, comply with a request made to it under this section.(3) In this section &#8220;specified public authority&#8221; means any of the following&#8212;(a) a criminal justice body, as defined by section 6(6);(b) the Parole Board;(c) an elected local policing body;(d) the British Transport Police Force;(e) the Ministry of Defence Police.(4) The Secretary of State may by regulations amend this section so as to&#8212;(a) add a public authority as a specified public authority for the purposes of this section;(b) remove a public authority added by virtue of subsection (4)(a);(c) vary any description of a public authority.&#8221;Member's explanatory statementThis amendment would create a duty for specified public authorities to collaborate with the Victims and Witnesses Commissioner.</p>
  
  <p pid="b1416.4/2" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 200, Noes 192.</p>