I appreciate that disproportionality of sentence would not be caught, and it is right that the House of Lords should address that by resolution, but it seems inappropriate that there should be any question of forfeiture for something that is not a crime in the United Kingdom. I was asking only that the Minister consider that point and whether an amendment could be tabled to deal with that circumstance.
Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill
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David Heath
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 26 January 2010.
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