I call Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell to move her Bill.
Minimum Custodial Periods upon Conviction for Murder Bill 2017: First Stage
I move:
That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the adoption of a system of minimum custodial periods upon conviction in cases of murder whereby the court shall determine the minimum custodial term a person convicted of the offence of murder shall serve, based on the circumstances of the matter before the court, and where the court shall give reasons for such a determination.
I second the proposal.
Question put and agreed to.
When is it proposed to take Second Stage?
Next Tuesday.
Is that agreed? Agreed.
Second Stage ordered for Tuesday, 21 February 2017.