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Baroness Chakrabarti's amendment, After Clause 172

Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022

Report stage

Amendment number: 102

Lead member

Baroness Chakrabarti
Labour, Life peer
Lords

Decision

Disagreed
This amendment was disagreed to. Where a member has given notice of their intention to oppose a Clause/Schedule standing part of a Bill, 'disagreed' indicates that the Clause/Schedule remained part of the Bill.

Amendment text

After Clause 172

Insert the following new Clause—
“Duty to establish statutory inquiry into lessons to be learned from the death of Sarah Everard
(1) The inquiry into matters arising from the death of Sarah Everard, announced by the Secretary of State for the Home Department on 22 November 2021, is to be held as an inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005.
(2) The Secretary of State must ensure that the terms of reference of the inquiry include the wider lessons to be learned for the professional culture, funding, vetting and organisation of policing, the prevention of violence against women and the investigation and prosecution of misogynistic crimes.
(3) If on the commencement of any provision of this Act, the inquiry does not have a panel of members which includes at least one member with experience in the area of violence against women, the Secretary of State must ensure that such a member is appointed.”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment converts the existing Home Office inquiry into the matters arising from the death of Sarah Everard into a statutory inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005. It also ensures that the Inquiry panel includes at least one member with experience in the area of violence against women and girls.

Sponsors

Lord Rosser
Labour
Life peer
Lord Carlile of Berriew
Crossbench
Life peer
Baroness Newlove
Conservative
Life peer