Serious Crime Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 7: 7: Clause 1, page 2, line 5, leave out from ““requirements”” to end of line 6 The noble Baroness said: I shall speak also to Amendment No. 79, which is consequential, as it refers to the powers of the Crown Court, which follow closely on those governing the High Court in Clause 1. We wish to probe the meaning that lies behind the Government’s use of the phrase ““such other terms”” in Clause 1(3)(b). Clause 1(3)(a) states that the court may impose ““prohibitions, restrictions or requirements””. That seems to cover every eventuality that one could dream up and certainly everything that we will come to later in Clause 5, where there are examples of what could be imposed. Those cover such matters as where one can live; whom one can see; whom one can talk to and indeed whether one can communicate with anyone at all; whether one can have a mobile phone, computer or e-mail; and whether one can travel, either in this country or overseas, or whether one remains at an address to be determined by the court. It covers matters such as whom one may employ and what documents one must—not ““may”” but ““must””—reveal to the police. The list seems exhaustive. Our simple amendment asks what is added to the court’s range of powers by the words ““such other terms”” in Clause 1(3)(b) that would not be covered adequately by paragraph (a). I beg to move.