division_name: Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill - Reduction in age at which certain sexual acts are lawful
motion: <p>Considered in Committee, pursuant to Order[25 January]. 
  
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   I beg to move amendment No. 1, in page 1, line 6, after' (buggery);' insert--
   
  
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  '(aa) in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 3 (buggery) of Schedule 2 (punishments, etc.);'.
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   I beg to move amendment No. 2, inpage 1, line 9, at end insert--
   
  
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  '( ) In section 12 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 (buggery)--
   
  
   
  (a) at the beginning of subsection (1), there shall be inserted the words "Subject to subsection (1D) below"; and
   
  
   
  (b) after subsection (1C), there shall be inserted the following subsection--
   
  
   
  "(1D) No proceedings shall be taken under this section against a person under the age of sixteen where the other party has at the time of the offence attained the age of sixteen."
  <p>Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
  
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   I beg to move amendment No. 4, in page 1, line 15, at end insert--
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    "Exceptions    
  '( ) In sub-paragraph (2)(b) (offences in England and Wales) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 of the Sex Offenders Act 1997 (sexual offences to which part I applies)--
   
  
   
  (a) after the words "(a)(iv)" there shall be inserted the words "and (vii)"; and
   
  
   
  (b) after the word "over;" there shall be inserted--
   
  
   
  "(bb) paragraph (a)(v) and (vi) does not apply where the other party to the offence was 16 or over".'.
  <p>Amendment, by leave, withdrawn .
  <p>Question proposed,  That the clause stand part of the Bill.
   
  
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  those words are underlined--
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  "other benefits already enjoyed by heterosexual couples need to be extended"--
  <p>Question put , That the clause stand part of the Bill:--
  <p>The Committee divided:  Ayes 330, Noes 126.
  