That is a fair point. My amendment 51—this makes me very reluctant to vote against the Secretary of State's amendment—is designed to secure a certification process which would enable the coroner to make the final decision.
I am prepared to accept that the hon. Gentleman has made a good drafting point, but, while I recognise that drafting is the business of Parliament, let us stand back from the drafting for a moment, and ask where we stand on principle. All I am saying is that I believe that there is a small category of cases that are properly addressed by the kind of mechanism that the Secretary of State is introducing. I think that it can be improved in the way that I have suggested, and perhaps it will be improved in the other place, but because that category exists, I shall not vote against what the Secretary of State has in mind.
Coroners and Justice Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Viscount Hailsham
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 23 March 2009.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Coroners and Justice Bill.
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