I appreciate that the question would be better directed to the Solicitor-General and I shall attempt to do that in due course. However, given that I did not serve on the Committee, I should be grateful for some guidance. How can the measure deal with articles 6 and 12 of the European convention on human rights? When a case goes to Europe, how could the measure deal with the defence argument of, ““I was addressing a judge when he, with the prosecution, was privy to factual matters and allegations of which I had no knowledge””? The Bill would not have a prayer in a European court. How did the Committee consider that?
Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Robert Marshall-Andrews
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 25 January 2007.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill.
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