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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.
Bribery Bill (HL) second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a Public Bill Committee. Programme motion agreed to on question.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
506 c945-83 
Session
2009-10
Department
Ministry of Justice
Legislative stage
Second reading
Procedure
Programme motions
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
Deposited Paper DEP2010-0778
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Reforming bribery. Law Commission report. (Law Com 313).
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...
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 ...
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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