Serious Crime Bill [HL]

I support particular amendment in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, and the noble Lord, Lord Henley. Our reasons are very straightforward. We are challenging the name ““serious crime prevention order””. The recommended name ““organised crime prevention order”” is much more appropriate. If this part of the Bill arises out of the need to tackle serious organised crime, it should be described as such. I thank the Minister for the briefing session yesterday. It was pretty clear that we were talking about serious organised crime, particularly relating to class A drugs, human trafficking and fraud. Serious crime encompasses a much wider bracket of offences than organised crime. Although serious crimes can be linked to organised crime, it is important that such orders are not extended to cover individual offences where there is no evidence that they are connected to organised crime. Public perception is somewhat different. This amendment should be supported so that the clarification is there for all to see.