§ Lord WELLS-PESTELLMy Lords, I beg leave to introduce a Bill to amend the law of England and Wales with respect to criminal conspiracy; to make new provision in that law, in place of the provisions of the common law and the Statutes of Forcible Entry, for restricting the use or threat of violence for securing entry into any premises and for penalising unauthorised entry or remaining on premises in certain circumstances; to amend the law relating to the proceedings and powers of criminal courts, including the law as to the penalties which they can impose and as to appeals in criminal cases; to provide for the alteration of certain pecuniary and other limits; to make further provision with respect to the methods of dealing with offenders, the transfer or removal of prisoners and other detained persons and the administration of the probation and after-care service; to amend the Legal Aid Act 1974, the Rabies Act 1974 and the Diseases of 137 Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1975 and the law about juries and coroners' inquests; to abolish certain offences; and for connected purposes.
I beg to move that this Bill be now read a first time.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read 1a.—(Lord Wells-Pestell.)
§ On Question, Bill read 1a, and to be printed.