Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill: third reading

Amendments under discussion included a new policing protocol under Clause 79. The proposed measures cover procedures for the resignation of a chief constable or deputy commissioner of the Met Police. 

The House of Lords voted on this and a number of other amendments.

• Watch the debate on Parliament TV: Police Reform Bill third reading
• Lords Hansard: read a transcript of the debate
• Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Third Reading as at 19 July 2011 
• Lords divisision analysis: view the results of the votes
• Passage of a Bill: Third reading

Further information

The Bill covers five main policy areas:

• police accountability and governance 
• alcohol licensing 
• regulation of protests around Parliament Square
• misuse of drugs
• arrest warrants in respect of private prosecutions for universal jurisdiction offences.

The Bill completed all its stages in the House of Commons on 18 February and had its first reading in the House of Lords on 1 April.

• Bills before Parliament: Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill
• Lords news: Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill report stage in the Lords
• Lords news: Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill committee stage days four to six
• Lords news: Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill committee stage days one to three
• Lords news: Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill second reading

The Police Reform Bill has also been the subject of three select committee reports:

• Joint Committee on Human Rights: 11th Report Legislative Scrutiny: Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill (published 10 May)
• Lords Constitution Committee: 14th Report: Part 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill (published 6 May)
• Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee 13th Report:
  Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill (published 4 May)