Bribery Bill (HL) second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a Public Bill Committee. Programme motion agreed to on question.
Bribery Bill [Lords]
Debate on bills on Wednesday, 3 March 2010,
in the House of Commons,
led by Jack Straw.
The answering
member was Dominic Grieve.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
506 c945-83 
Session
2009-10
Legislative stage
Second reading
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Bribery Bill (HL). Brought from the Lords. Explanatory Notes Bill 69-EN also published.
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Bills
House of Commons
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Bills
House of Commons
Reforming bribery. Law Commission report. (Law Com 313).
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
House of Commons papers
House of Commons
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
House of Commons papers
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 506 c970 (Link to this contribution)
Order. I think that the House is getting into danger. The case that is being referred to is still be...
Jack Straw | 506 c947-8 (Link to this contribution)
The fact that, notwithstanding the inherent difficulties, there have been successful prosecutions sh...
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David Howarth | 506 c948 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Secretary of State for giving way on that particular point, because the penalties are a ...
Jack Straw | 506 c946-7 (Link to this contribution)
I am very grateful to you for your indulgence, Mr. Speaker. As I said, Michael Foot was held in grea...
Lembit Opik | 506 c947 (Link to this contribution)
Does the Secretary of State agree that the difficulty is that people can buy their way out of some b...
Jack Straw | 506 c948 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman raises an important point. We are about to establish the Sentencing Council to ta...
Jonathan Djanogly | 506 c948 (Link to this contribution)
Further to the previous intervention, does the Secretary of State appreciate that the sentencing gui...
Dominic Grieve | 506 c949 (Link to this contribution)
This discussion touches on an important issue. The system that we are setting up and, in particular,...
Jack Straw | 506 c949 (Link to this contribution)
"Double jeopardy" is a much overworked phrase. It could be argued that it is double jeopardy for som...
Jonathan Djanogly | 506 c949 (Link to this contribution)
The Lord Chancellor has understood the point that I wanted to make, but there is also the question o...
Jack Straw | 506 c948 (Link to this contribution)
In a sense, that is more a matter for the prosecutorial authorities, but I will certainly look at it...
Speaker | 506 c949 (Link to this contribution)
The erudition of the hon. and learned Gentleman's intervention was, I am afraid, equalled only by it...
Jack Straw | 506 c949-50 (Link to this contribution)
If I may defend the hon. and learned Gentleman, Mr. Speaker, he raised a very important point, and, ...
Lord Garnier | 506 c950 (Link to this contribution)
The Under-Secretary of State is looking rather worried about the prospect of the Secretary of State'...
Jack Straw | 506 c950 (Link to this contribution)
The guidance will be issued before the Bill comes into force—although not, obviously, before it beco...
Dominic Grieve | 506 c950 (Link to this contribution)
I am sorry that the Lord Chancellor is being subjected to a barrage of Front-Bench interventions, bu...
Nicholas Winterton | 506 c945 (Link to this contribution)
indicated assent.
Jack Straw | 506 c945 (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.
Before I come to the Bill, I hope that you,...
Jack Straw | 506 c945-6 (Link to this contribution)
Michael Foot held the House. He had no notes—just a couple of newspaper cuttings—and he started off ...
Speaker | 506 c946 (Link to this contribution)
Order. I have indulged the Secretary of State because he has been paying a gracious and eloquent tri...
Jack Straw | 506 c954 (Link to this contribution)
As I am about to explain, the Government intend to seek to amend the clause, because it will create ...
Lord Garnier | 506 c954 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Secretary of State clarify whether the Government intend to leave clause 10 as it has come ...
Dominic Grieve | 506 c957-9 (Link to this contribution)
In welcoming the Bill and in the light of the comments made by the Lord Chancellor, I do not think t...
Jack Straw | 506 c954-6 (Link to this contribution)
No, no, I am not, and I am certainly not doing so on something as esoteric as this. However, I came ...
Lord Garnier | 506 c954 (Link to this contribution)
Oh yes you are!
Dominic Grieve | 506 c959 (Link to this contribution)
I appreciate the hon. Gentleman's point, but we cannot easily get away from this matter. Of course, ...
David Howarth | 506 c959 (Link to this contribution)
I shall return, in my speech, to the point that the hon. and learned Gentleman raises. The point tha...
David Howarth | 506 c952 (Link to this contribution)
May I put to the Secretary of State a point about this clause that was made in the other place? Thes...
Jack Straw | 506 c950-2 (Link to this contribution)
I will certainly consider it.
I apologise to the hon. and learned Member for Harborough (Mr. Garnie...
Hugh Bayley | 506 c952 (Link to this contribution)
Most Members would recognise that there might be occasions when the intelligence and security servic...
Jack Straw | 506 c952 (Link to this contribution)
I understand, of course, the concerns that are felt about the operation of the intelligence and secu...
Jack Straw | 506 c952 (Link to this contribution)
I have to rely on what clause 13 says:""It is a defence for a person charged with a relevant bribery...
Jack Straw | 506 c953 (Link to this contribution)
If my hon. Friend has a concern in respect of the armed forces, I should point out to him that the c...
Hugh Bayley | 506 c953 (Link to this contribution)
With respect, I was referring to both, and in particular to a concern in respect of the armed forces...
Jack Straw | 506 c953-4 (Link to this contribution)
I should say to the hon. and learned Gentleman that the wording slightly differs. One function of th...
Dominic Grieve | 506 c953 (Link to this contribution)
I am trying to remember the exact wording, but I seem to recollect that one of the functions of the ...
David Howarth | 506 c981 (Link to this contribution)
Is the Minister satisfied that the OECD will find that arrangement satisfactory, given its concern a...
Claire Ward | 506 c981-3 (Link to this contribution)
Without wishing to get into a discussion about a case that is still subject to the courts, I would s...
David Howarth | 506 c970-2 (Link to this contribution)
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I was trying to skirt around it as well as I could, but you are absol...
Daniel Kawczynski | 506 c972-4 (Link to this contribution)
I apologise to you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, and to the House for not having been here at the start of th...
Jonathan Djanogly | 506 c974-8 (Link to this contribution)
I add my respects to those of previous speakers on the death of Michael Foot, who was the dominant L...
Claire Ward | 506 c978-80 (Link to this contribution)
We have had an interesting debate with contributions from both sides of the House that in essence we...
Dominic Grieve | 506 c980 (Link to this contribution)
The Minister will be aware that I highlighted the regulatory nature of the Bill. Clause 7 is entitle...
Claire Ward | 506 c980-1 (Link to this contribution)
And those issues must of course be a matter for the prosecution. Bribery is a serious offence, but i...
Daniel Kawczynski | 506 c970 (Link to this contribution)
If those are the circumstances, how has BAE Systems been successfully fined hundreds of millions of ...
David Howarth | 506 c970 (Link to this contribution)
I do not want to go into the detail of that case, because it is now subject to the injunction that I...
Jonathan Djanogly | 506 c969 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman said that we have a problem with clause 7. Our problem is not with the clause but...
David Howarth | 506 c969-70 (Link to this contribution)
I am glad to have that clarification. That is a significant step forward by the Conservatives from t...
Hugh Bayley | 506 c966-8 (Link to this contribution)
Some companies remain in the United Kingdom and conduct business offshore. The hon. Gentleman raises...
David Howarth | 506 c968-9 (Link to this contribution)
I, too, welcome the Bill. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for City of York (Hugh Bayley) for his wo...
Hugh Bayley | 506 c964-6 (Link to this contribution)
I pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman for his interest in the issue and the importance of the Bill tha...
Daniel Kawczynski | 506 c966 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman says that at some stage in the future the Government should have discussions with...
David Heath | 506 c964 (Link to this contribution)
May I say to the hon. Gentleman how much I agree with everything he is saying? I pay tribute to his ...
Daniel Kawczynski | 506 c964 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman, like me, is a member of the International Development Committee. He talks about ...
Hugh Bayley | 506 c964 (Link to this contribution)
It would not be a sensible national business strategy if we tried to create markets for our companie...
Hugh Bayley | 506 c962 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the Government on bringing forward this Bill. I have spent quite a number of years ju...
Daniel Kawczynski | 506 c963 (Link to this contribution)
I am interested to hear about all the work that the hon. Gentleman has been doing on the issue over ...
Hugh Bayley | 506 c963-4 (Link to this contribution)
Indeed I have. Attitudes have changed over the decade or longer in which I have taken an interest in...
Jack Straw | 506 c959 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the hon. and learned Gentleman for flagging up that point, which will need further ...
Dominic Grieve | 506 c959 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, indeed, and it is arguable that it might be neutral one way or the other as to whether it is th...
Daniel Kawczynski | 506 c960 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. and learned Friend makes some valid points, but I should like to tell him, as someone who ha...
Dominic Grieve | 506 c960-2 (Link to this contribution)
I certainly agree with my hon. Friend. What seems to happen, as the decades go by, is that the world...
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