Can my hon. Friend think of a reason why the Serious Organised Crime Agency might wish to prosecute? Under the Bill, criminals’ assets can be seized, they can be labelled with the stigma of guilt of serious crime on the balance of probabilities, and they can be subject to the most onerous restrictions on their liberty. Why would anyone want to go to the trouble of lengthy criminal proceedings if all that could be done on the balance of evidence in an ex parte hearing on affidavit?
Serious Crime Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Geoffrey Cox
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 12 June 2007.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Serious Crime Bill [Lords].
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