Found: You have a 300-page criminal justice Bill and next year I am sure there will be another one.

Found: That is in the Criminal Justice Bill, which is going through Parliament at the moment.

Found: That is in the Criminal Justice Bill, which is going through Parliament at the moment.

Found: That is in the Criminal Justice Bill, which is going through Parliament at the moment.

Found: exchange in Parliament in November 2023, during the passage of the previous government’s Criminal Justice Bill

Found: However, a significant opportunity was missed in the proposed Criminal Justice Bill, which aimed to

Found: But it was the only one, and that fell with the Criminal Justice Bill when the election was called.

Found: We welcome the Government amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill as a necessary step towards ensuring

Found: as law enforcement access to customs data and measures carried over from a Conservative criminal justice bill

Found: How does it compare to the Criminal Justice Bill?

Found: the welfare of children.1 The previous Conservative government tabled amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill

Found: between individuals and authorities. 1 APPG for Ending Homelessness, meeting on the Criminal Justice Bill

Found: the previous government were intending to legislate for further protest restrictions in the Criminal Justice Bill

Found: Clause 12 of the Crime and Policing Bill 2025 is worded the same as Clause 18 of the Criminal Justice Bill

Found: were tabled by the Labour Party, then in Opposition, as part of the previous government’s Criminal Justice Bill

Found: We recommend that the government look back at amendments tabled to the Criminal Justice Bill 2024 that

Found: significant alterations discussed below, are largely repeated from the last government’s Criminal Justice Bill

Found: Government confirmed a mandatory reporting duty would be introduced through amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill

Found: Clause 95 contains the same powers that the previous Government proposed in Clause 27 of the Criminal Justice Bill

Found: Network, we campaigned tirelessly for cuckooing to be included the Conservative Government’s Criminal Justice Bill

Found: licence, I repeat the criticism I made of this provision when it was before Parliament in the Criminal Justice Bill

Found: The Committee heard how important it was to ensure the amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill, which

Found: How does it compare to the Criminal Justice Bill?

Found: prior support for updating the Computer Misuse Act 1990, by tabling amendments during the Criminal Justice Bill

Found: They were originally tabled by the previous government as amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill at

Found: introducee the Respect Order, ASB data reporting requirements and measures carried over from the Criminal Justice Bill

Found: They were originally tabled by the previous government as amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill at

Found: the specific articles for use (or intended use) in 34 Figures provided by the NCA. 35 Criminal Justice Bill

Found: the welfare of children.1 The previous Conservative government tabled amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill

Found: Respect Orders, Anti-Social Behaviour Measures from the Criminal Justice Bill and Seizure of Vehicles

Found: introducee the Respect Order, ASB data reporting requirements and measures carried over from the Criminal Justice Bill

Found: the specific articles for use (or intended use) in 34 Figures provided by the NCA. 35 Criminal Justice Bill

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how it is working with the UK Government to tackle the illicit drugs trade in Scotland.

Answered by Constance, Angela - Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs

The Scottish Government continues to work closely with the UK Government to disrupt organised crime groups involved in the illicit drugs trade and the misery it causes to individuals and communities. As I explained in my answer to Parliamentary Question S6W-32543 on 10 January 2025, we had previously promoted a Legislative Consent Memorandum in the Scottish Parliament in relation to the provisions in the previous UK Government’s Criminal Justice Bill creating a new offence of importing, making, adapting, supplying or offering to supply a relevant article for use in serious crime. This offence would have included pill presses in addition to other articles but the legislation fell due to the change of administration.

My officials are continuing to engage with the Home Office to explore the potential for this offence, and others that disrupt aspects of the illicit drug trade such as cuckooing, to be taken forward in one of the bills that will be introduced in early 2025. In the event that such legislation is brought forward, we will give careful consideration to the possibility of extending such measures to Scotland.

All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how it has been working with Police Scotland to tackle the modification of vehicles for the concealment of illicit drugs.

Answered by Constance, Angela - Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs

We had previously promoted a Legislative Consent Memorandum in the Scottish Parliament in relation to the provisions in the previous UK Government’s Criminal Justice Bill creating an offence for importing, making, adapting, supplying or offering to supply a relevant article for use in serious crime. This offence would have included vehicle concealments as an article of serious crime but the legislation fell due to the change of administration.

My officials are continuing to engage with the Home Office on its legislative proposals. I hope that this offence will be taken forward in one of the bills that will be introduced in early 2025.

Police Scotland will be also be kept informed as soon as any legislation is developed.

Found: Scotland) Act 2022 Legislative Consent Memorandums 1 Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill; Criminal Justice Bill

Found: Scotland) Act 2022 Legislative Consent Memorandums 1 Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill; Criminal Justice Bill

Found: Justice and Constitution Committee’s report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum (LCM) on the Criminal Justice Bill

Found: and Constitution Committee The Welsh Government’s Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Criminal Justice Bill

Found: 1 SUPPLEMENTARY LEGISLATIVE CONSENT MEMORANDUM (MEMORANDUM NUMBER 2) CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL

Found: consider and report on the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (No. 2) on the Criminal Justice Bill

Found: Constitution Committee to consider and report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Criminal Justice Bill

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Found: This builds on the work already underway through the Online Safety Act and the Criminal Justice Bill

Found: Government is also working with the UK Government on wider regulatory reforms through the Criminal Justice Bill

Found: This builds on the work already underway through the Online Safety Act and the Criminal Justice Bill

Found: Criminal Justice Bill Over the past year, members of the Board expressed considerable concern around

Found: Freehold Bill Reform BillRenters (Reform) BillTobacco and Vapes BillVictims and Prisoners Bill Criminal Justice Bill

Found: , it is absolutely imperative that homelessness is not criminalised as is intended by the Criminal Justice Bill

Found: Recent new criminal justice bill should also be taken into consideration also with regard to nuisance

Question

What legal advice has the Counsel General provided the Welsh Government to ensure that nuisance rough sleeping penalties from the incoming UK Criminal Justice Bill do not impact on the Ending Homelessness in Wales Action Plan?

Answered by Counsel General

The Criminal Justice Bill and the impact of it is being considered by Welsh Government in line with established constitutional procedures. The Legislative Consent Memorandum laid by Welsh Government on 29 January 2024 and Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum laid on 2 April 2024 set out the position on the clauses of the Bill which engage the Legislative Consent Motion process. Further information on the Welsh Government response to the Criminal Justice Bill can be found here.

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Found: Further information about the Bill Criminal Justice Bill The Bill will toughen up trial processes