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Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill - UK Legislation

S6M-02618 · Motion For Debate · lodged by Brown, Keith

Lodged on
17 Dec 2021
Heard / answered on
21 Dec 2021

Watch the chamber session on SPTV · lands on the meetings recorded on 21 Dec 2021

That the Parliament agrees that the relevant provisions of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 9 March 2021, relating to the power to extract information from digital devices of witnesses, victims and others, so far as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament, should be considered by the UK Parliament.
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Supported by 2 additional MSPs

SNP 1 Alba 1
Lodged by Brown, Keith (Scottish National Party).
No division on record. Either the chamber agreed this motion without a vote, it was withdrawn before debate, or it predates 2011 — vote-by-vote records only run from then.
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Debated in chamber — 2 contributions reference this

  • The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone) NPA Chamber · 21 Dec 2021 · Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 21 December 2021
    The next item of business is consideration of legislative consent motion S6M-02618, in the name of Keith Brown, on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which is United Kingdom legislation. …
  • The Presiding Officer NPA Chamber · 21 Dec 2021 · Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 21 December 2021
    The fifth question is, that motion S6M-02618, in the name of Keith Brown, on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which is United Kingdom legislation, be agreed to. Motion agreed to, Tha…

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    S6M-02618
    17 Dec 2021 · Motion For Debate · Brown, Keith
    That the Parliament agrees that the relevant provisions of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 9 March 2021, relating to the power to extract information from digital devices of witnesses, victims and others, so far as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament, should b...