It is always open to the defendant to choose not to adduce evidence to support his case. If the state does not want to adduce the evidence, nobody is suggesting that it has to reveal the sources of agents or information. The state simply does not produce it.
Justice and Security Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Edward Leigh
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 7 March 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Justice and Security Bill [Lords].
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