Fraud Bill [HL]

Debate on bills on Wednesday, 22 June 2005, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Goldsmith. The answering member was Baroness Anelay of St Johns.

Fraud Bill (HL). Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

672 c1651-77

2005-06

Fraud Bill. Explanatory Notes HL Bill 7-EN also published.
Wednesday, 25 May 2005
Bills
House of Lords

Lord Goldsmith | 672 c1656 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we touched on this issue in yesterday’s debate on the Statement, to which my noble friend ...

Lord Clinton-Davis | 672 c1655-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble and learned friend has not yet mentioned the length of fraud trials, and I hope h...

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Lord Ackner | 672 c1656 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wonder whether the noble and learned Lord could assist me. The Government’s policy on th...

Lord Goldsmith | 672 c1651-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. Far from being a victimless crime...

Lord Goodhart | 672 c1676 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord for giving way. Would not the Hollinshead exam...

Lord Goldsmith | 672 c1672-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the support given by all noble Lords who have spoken to the Bill. I share with n...

Lord Thomas of Gresford | 672 c1661-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a pleasure to deal with a piece of legislation which has had so much considerable th...

Lord Lloyd of Berwick | 672 c1664-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it seems to me that this is one of the best Bills to have come out of the Home Office for ...

Lord Goldsmith | 672 c1656-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the answer to those questions are yes and no, and for the reasons I gave in opening this d...

Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 672 c1657-61 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we support the principle behind the Bill. It will be useful in simplifying and thereby, on...

Lord Kingsland | 672 c1670-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join all noble Lords who have complimented the Law Commission on its remarkable report a...

Lord Brennan | 672 c1666-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble and learned friend the Attorney-General can be confident of the support of his ow...

Lord Goodhart | 672 c1668-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, 45 years ago as a young barrister, I used to go up to Cambridge at weekends to teach under...

Lord Goldsmith | 672 c1676-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the difficulty is that we are dealing with an offence—conspiracy to defraud—that is at pre...

Lord Lloyd of Berwick | 672 c1676 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with respect, how will we ever know that? The answer is that we cannot. That is one point ...

Lord Goldsmith | 672 c1676 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am absolutely conscious of that. The question, which we will want to debate when we retu...