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Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008

A Bill to make further provision about criminal justice (including provision about the police) and dealing with offenders and defaulters; to provide for the establishment and functions of Her Majesty’s Commissioner for Offender Management and Prisons and to make further provision about the management of offenders; to amend the criminal law; to make further provision for combatting crime and disorder; to make provision about the mutual recognition of financial penalties; to make provision for a new immigration status in certain cases involving criminality; and for connected purposes.

Now an Act of Parliament

The story so farThe Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 26 June 2007 by David Hanson (Labour). It completed its passage through Parliament and became law as the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, receiving Royal Assent on 8 May 2008.

What the bill does

<p>The Bill sets out new powers to deal with anti-social and violent behaviour, make sentencing decisions clearer and introduces a new community sentence for young offenders.<br> <br>The Government set out its commitment to delivering an effective criminal justice system in &lsquo;Rebalancing the criminal justice system in favour of the law-abiding majority&rsquo;, published in July 2006. It looks at how to cut crime, reduce reoffending and protect the public. The Bill sets out how it would deliver the commitments set out in the review.</p><p>This Bill is carried over from the 2006-07 session.</p><p><strong>Key areas</strong></p><ul><li>Ensure that the needs of victims are at the heart of what the criminal justice system does</li><li>Toughen up trial processes when an offender fails to appear without good reason</li><li>Create new powers to tackle anti-social and violent behaviour</li><li>Create a new offence to deal with violent pornography</li><li>Introduce a generic community sentence for young offenders</li><li>Make sentencing decisions clearer and address imbalances in the way convictions are overturned and offenders released</li><li>Bring compensation for those wrongly convicted into line with compensation paid to victims of crime.</li></ul>

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Commons 26 Jun 2007
  2. 2nd reading Commons 8 Oct 2007
  3. Programme motion Commons 8 Oct 2007
  4. Money resolution Commons 8 Oct 2007
  5. Carry-over motion Commons 8 Oct 2007
  6. Committee stage Commons 16 Oct to 25 Oct 2007
  7. 1st reading Commons 7 Nov 2007
  8. 2nd reading Commons 7 Nov 2007
  9. Committee stage Commons 20 Nov to 29 Nov 2007
  10. Programme motion Commons 9 Jan 2008
  11. Report stage Commons 9 Jan 2008
  12. 3rd reading Commons 9 Jan 2008
  13. 1st reading Lords 9 Jan 2008
  14. 2nd reading Lords 22 Jan 2008
  15. Committee stage Lords 5 Feb to 12 Mar 2008
  16. Report stage Lords 26 Mar to 23 Apr 2008
  17. 3rd reading Lords 30 Apr 2008
  18. Programme motion Commons 6 May 2008
  19. Consideration of Lords amendments Commons 6 May 2008
  20. Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons Lords 7 May 2008
  21. Royal Assent Unassigned 8 May 2008

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 25 Feb 2009.