There are dangers of the sort that the hon. Member for Castle Point (Bob Spink) mentions, and I hope that the Minister will take them into account when producing his own amendments. In particular, it is right to point out the danger of defining the existence of a crime according to the later opinion of the commission. That is never a correct way of framing a criminal offence.
Political Parties and Elections Bill
Proceeding contribution from
David Howarth
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 2 March 2009.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Political Parties and Elections Bill.
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