Awards for Valour (Protection) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-24
Topic: Law and Crime
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: New clause 2—Wearing an award in a public house— "A person is not guilty of an offence under section 1(1) if they are wearing the ‘award’ in a public house." New clause 3—Wearing an award in a place that is not public— "A person is not guilty of an offence under section 1(1) if they are not wearing the ‘award’ in a public place." New clause 4—Wearing an award listed in the Schedule— "A person is not guilty of an offence under section 1(1) if they are entitled to wear any of the other awards listed in the Schedule." New clause 5—Person serving in the Armed forces for more than 2 years— "A person is not guilty of an offence under section 1(1) if they have served in the Armed Forces for more than 2 years." New clause 6—Person serving in the Armed forces diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder— "A person is not guilty of an offence under section 1(1) if they have served in the Armed Forces and as a result of front line service have been medically diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder." New clause 7—Family member of the person awarded the medal— "(1) A person is not guilty of an offence under section 1(1) if they are a family member of the person given the award (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), someone is a family member of the person if— (a) he is the spouse or civil partner of that person, or he and that person live together as husband and wife or as if they were civil partners, or (b) he is that person’s parent, grandparent, child, grand-child, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece (3) For the purpose of subsection (2)(b)— (a) a relationship by marriage or civil partnership shall be treated as a relationship by blood, (b) a relationship of the half-blood shall be treated as a relationship of the whole blood, (c) the stepchild or adopted child of a person shall be treated as his child, and (d) an illegitimate child shall be treated as the legitimate child of his mother and reputed father." New clause 8—Report on number of convictions— "The Government is required to place before each House of Parliament figures showing— (a) the number of convictions and (b) the sentences imposed for the offence of wearing medals with intent to deceive each year following this Act coming into force on, or as near as possible, to the 12 month anniversary of that date." New clause 9—Expiry of the Act— "(1) This Act shall expire at the end of 2022 unless an order is made under this section (2) An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument; but no order shall be made unless a draft has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament." Amendment 1, in clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out paragraph (b) Amendment 2, page 1, line 6, leave out "anything representing an award," Amendment 3, page 1, line 6, leave out from second "award," to end of the subsection Amendment 4, page 1, line 15, leave out "imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or" Amendment 6, page 1, line 15, leave out "3 months" and insert "1 day" Amendment 8, page 1, line 15, leave out "3 months" and insert "7 days" Amendment 10, page 1, line 15, leave out "3 months" and insert "14 days" Amendment 12, page 1, line 15, leave out "3 months" and insert "21 days" Amendment 14, page 1, line 15, leave out "3 months" and insert "28 days" Amendment 16, page 1, line 16, after "fine" insert "not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale" Amendment 18, page 1, line 16, after "fine" insert "not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale" Amendment 20, page 1, line 16, after "fine" insert "not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale" Amendment 22, page 1, line 16, after "fine" insert "not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale" Amendment 5, page 1, line 17, leave out "imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or" Amendment 7, page 1, line 18, leave out "3 months" and insert "1 day" Amendment 9, page 1, line 18, leave out "3 months" and insert "7 days" Amendment 11, page 1, line 18, leave out "3 months" and insert "14 days" Amendment 13, page 1, line 18, leave out "3 months" and insert "21 days" Amendment 15, page 1, line 18, leave out "3 months" and insert "28 days" Amendment 17, page 1, line 18, leave out "5" and insert "1" Amendment 19, page 1, line 18, leave out "5" and insert "2" Amendment 21, page 1, line 18, leave out "5" and insert "3" Amendment 23, page 1, line 18, leave out "5" and insert "4". Amendment 24, page 1, line 20, after "may" insert " not" Amendment 25, page 1, line 21, leave out paragraph (a) Amendment 26, page 2, line 1, leave out paragraph (c) Amendment 27, page 2, line 2, leave out subsection 5 Amendment 28, page 2, line 6, leave out subparagraph (i) Amendment 29, page 2, line 10, leave out subsection (7) Amendment 31, page 2, line 17, in clause 2, leave out "two" and insert "four" Amendment 32, page 2, line 17, leave out "two" and insert "six" Amendment 33, page 2, line 17, leave out "two months" and insert "one year" Amendment 34, page 2, line 17, leave out "two months" and insert "two years".