Title page
Contents
Summary 6
1. Background to the Bill 9
1.1. Overview of the Bill 9
1.2. Second reading 9
2. Public Bill Committee 12
2.1. An overview 12
2.2. Criminal offences: amendments to existing provisions 14
Articles for use in serious crime and vehicle theft 14
Knives and offensive weapons 14
Encouraging or assisting serious self-harm 15
Intimate images: 'deepfakes' 16
2.3. Criminal offences: government new clauses 19
Spiking 19
Sexual activity in the presence of a child or a person with a mental disorder 24
2.4. Criminal offences: other areas of debate 26
Abortion 26
Parental responsibility for convicted sex offenders 28
Sexual interference with a corpse 31
Cuckooing 33
Assaults on retail workers 34
Hate crime 37
2.5. Police powers 39
Drug testing 39
Seizure of bladed articles 40
Entry without warrant to search for stolen goods 41
Access to driver licensing records 42
2.6. Sentencing and offender management 43
Attendance at sentencing hearings 44
Grooming as an aggravating factor 45
Aggravating factor: Domestic homicide at the end of a relationship 47
Transfer of prisoners to foreign prisons 47
2.7. Proceeds of crime 49
New clauses for report stage 49
2.8. Serious crime prevention orders 49
Territorial extent 50
Notification requirements 51
2.9. Nuisance begging and rough sleeping 52
Introduction 52
Public Bill Committee 52
Amendments: nuisance begging 53
Amendments: nuisance rough sleeping 54
2.10. Anti-social behaviour 55
Introduction 55
Dispersal orders 56
Public Space Protection Orders 56
Designated ASB officers 57
2.11. The police 57
Code of practice 57
Police tribunals 59
Vetting and dismissals 60
Police conduct 61
3. Post-committee developments 63
3.1. A duty to report child sexual abuse 63
3.2. Registered sex offenders 65
3.3. Criminal investigations concerning police officers 66
Background 66
Amendments 67
3.4. Protests and public order 68
Background 68
New protest offences: face coverings, war memorials and flares 69
Right to protest defence 70
4. Annex: Members of the Public Bill Committee 71