Bill · 6 February 2025
Crimes (child sex offenders) amendment bill 2025
In short
- Proposed
- Marisa Paterson and Tara Cheyne brought this bill together (co-sponsored) on 6 February 2025.
- Changed
- 1 change proposed by Deborah Morris; 0 agreed.
- Decided
- Agreed. No individual votes were recorded, so this doesn't show who supported it.
Original wording
for an Act to amend the Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Act 2005. Paper: Dr Paterson presented the following paper: Explanatory statement to the Bill, incorporating a compatibility statement, pursuant to section 37 of the Human Rights Act 2004. Title read by Clerk.
The exact wording of this change
Nos 1 and 2 (see Schedule 2) that had not been considered or reported on by the Scrutiny Committee, together. Debate continued.
Not agreed in a recorded vote, 8 to 15.
Ayes 8
- Chiaka Barry, Peter Cain, Leanne Castley, Ed Cocks, Jeremy Hanson, James Milligan, Deborah Morris, Mark Parton
Noes 15
- Yvette Berry, Marisa Paterson, Michael Pettersson, Tara Cheyne, Chris Steel, Rachel Stephen-Smith, Caitlin Tough, Taimus Werner-Gibbings, Suzanne Orr
- Andrew Braddock, Shane Rattenbury, Jo Clay, Laura Nuttall
- Fiona Carrick, Thomas Emerson
- What the Assembly decidedAgreed
Decided on the voices: no individual votes were recorded, so this doesn’t show that every MLA agreed.
The Minutes don’t print the final text for this one, so we can’t show the agreed wording.
Check the official record
- Minutes of Proceedings No 7, 6 February 2025, item 8
- Minutes of Proceedings No 10, 6 March 2025, item 7
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