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Serious Crime Bill [HL]

Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on Tuesday, 27 March 2007, in the House of Lords.
Serious Crime Bill (HL). Lords Committee stage fifth day. Clauses 66 to 82 agreed to, clause 76 agreed to as amended. Schedules 6 to 13 agreed to, schedules 7, 10, 13 agreed to as amended. Bill reported with amendments (HL Bill 59).

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

690 c1578-617 

Session

2006-07

Department

Home Office

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Related items

Serious Crime Bill (HL) 2006-07. As amended in Committee.
Tuesday, 27 March 2007
Bills
House of Lords
Serious Crime Bill (HL). Explanatory Notes HL Bill 27-EN also published.
Tuesday, 16 January 2007
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 690 c1601-2 (Link to this contribution) I hate to disappoint the noble Baroness, particularly on her first outing on the Bill today, but I m...
Baroness Noakes | 690 c1602 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that reply. This is a warming-up amendment. I am not sure that the Minister...

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Baroness Noakes | 690 c1602-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 123: 123: Clause 75 , page 42, line 5, at end insert— ““(2) The Secretary of S...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 690 c1608 (Link to this contribution) I apologise for interrupting but I realise that I did not respond to the noble Baroness, Lady Carneg...
Lord Burnett | 690 c1608 (Link to this contribution) I should like to say a few words on what the Minister of State has just said. I shall read carefully...
Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 690 c1608 (Link to this contribution) My question was whether it was necessary to amend a Scottish police Act, because I believe that the ...
Lord Crickhowell | 690 c1604-5 (Link to this contribution) I support my noble friend on this issue. I read with concern the evidence sent to a number of us by ...
Lord Burnett | 690 c1604 (Link to this contribution) I shall say one or two words about both amendments. I am sympathetic to Amendment No. 123 and I thin...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 690 c1605-8 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to give the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, a more comprehensive answer on these issues than...
Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 690 c1605 (Link to this contribution) My noble friends have raised very important points and we shall all listen with a lot of interest to...
Lord Burnett | 690 c1614 (Link to this contribution) I am sympathetic to the thrust of the amendment. It tightens up the new provisions in relation to th...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 690 c1614-5 (Link to this contribution) I hope I shall be able to persuade the noble Baroness that her amendment is unnecessary. I understan...
Baroness Noakes | 690 c1615 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister both for setting that out and the confirmation that HMRC currently onl...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 690 c1616 (Link to this contribution) The point is that HMRC can only exercise its power within its authority. It must act in the way in w...
Baroness Noakes | 690 c1616 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for clarifying that, but whether HMRC’s functions could not fit within...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 690 c1616 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 132A: 132A: Clause 76, page 42, line 26, leave out ““, 61 or 62”” and insert “...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 690 c1616 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 129A: 129A: Clause 76, page 42, line 18, after ““56(3)”” insert ““, 62”” On Q...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 690 c1617 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that the House do now adjourn during pleasure until a time to be notified on...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 690 c1616-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 133: 133: Schedule 13, page 106, line 43, column 2, at end insert— On Questi...
Baroness Noakes | 690 c1608-9 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord is very gracious in letting me decide what to do with my own amendments. I thank all...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 690 c1608 (Link to this contribution) I do not believe that it does. We scrutinised the Act very carefully to make sure that the provision...
Lord Burnett | 690 c1608 (Link to this contribution) I am glad that we have managed to put to rest the Scottish question. I shall be happyto read in Hans...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 690 c1612-3 (Link to this contribution) I can certainly assist in relation to how the system works at present. I suppose that the noble Baro...
Baroness Noakes | 690 c1612 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Ministerfor that reply and I apologise for including in my amendment prosecutio...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 690 c1611-2 (Link to this contribution) I understand the nature of the noble Baroness’s amendment and Ishall try to concentrate not on its f...
Lord Burnett | 690 c1611 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, will not mind if I speak for her. I have not had the ad...
Baroness Noakes | 690 c1613-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 127: 127: Schedule 11, page 97, line 24, at end insert— ““The following amendm...
Baroness Noakes | 690 c1613 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Baroness for that explanation. I would like to return to the bodies that, as I men...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 690 c1588 (Link to this contribution) That was helpful. The noble Baroness addressed three issues. First, there may in the end be no diffe...
Viscount Bridgeman | 690 c1588-91 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 118: 118: Clause 66, page 36, line 38, at beginning insert ““Subject to subsec...
Baroness Harris of Richmond | 690 c1591 (Link to this contribution) I agree with everything that the noble Viscount, Lord Bridgeman, has said. We on these Benches suppo...
Lord Crickhowell | 690 c1586 (Link to this contribution) Before we leave this point, I should say that I was specifically questioning ““in particular””. If y...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 690 c1586-8 (Link to this contribution) As ever, I am grateful to the Minister for her further elucidation. She will not be surprised that w...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 690 c1588 (Link to this contribution) I just want to assist if I can. I got the impression—and the noble Baroness will obviously have to t...
Lord Crickhowell | 690 c1584 (Link to this contribution) I apologise for not being in the Committee when my noble friend moved her amendment. I had not inten...
Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 690 c1584-5 (Link to this contribution) When the Minister was speaking about adding to Schedule 6 by way of an order, she defended that by s...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 690 c1585-6 (Link to this contribution) First, I say to the noble Baroness, Lady Carnegy of Lour, that we are structuring these provisions c...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 690 c1596-8 (Link to this contribution) moved AmendmentNo. 120A: 120A: Schedule 7, page 74, line 14, at end insert— ““68A In section 417(2...
Lord Crickhowell | 690 c1595-6 (Link to this contribution) As I read this amendment, I think I exactly anticipated what the Minister’s reply was likely to be. ...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 690 c1596 (Link to this contribution) I am. When we merged the two agencies, we put in amendments to enable SOCA to perform its functions ...
Lord Henley | 690 c1594 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 120: 120: Clause 66 , page 36, line 40, at end insert— ““( ) SOCA shall, on an...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 690 c1594-5 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the noble Lord that it is entirely right and proper that the Serious Organised Crime Ag...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 690 c1594 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may reassure the noble Viscount further. He is right that we are on the brink of significa...
Viscount Bridgeman | 690 c1594 (Link to this contribution) Again, I am grateful to the Minister. We shall read very carefully her reply. In the mean time, I be...
Viscount Bridgeman | 690 c1593 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to the Minister for that very comprehensive explanation, in particular her reassu...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 690 c1578 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that the House do now again resolve itself into Committee on this Bill. Mov...
Lord Burnett | 690 c1580-1 (Link to this contribution) As we come to the close of the Committee stage—not quite yet, but we are getting there—it is about t...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 690 c1581-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord, Lord Burnett, and the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, for exploring the issues ...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 690 c1578-80 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 115: 115: Schedule 6, page 68, leave out lines 12 to 21 The noble Baroness sa...
Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 690 c1598 (Link to this contribution) The amendments mention the Acts to which they refer, but I see no mention of Scotland. Do the Acts a...
Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 690 c1598 (Link to this contribution) It is quite important because the Revenue and Customs applies to Scotland. If that has not been done...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 690 c1598 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that they apply to Scotland. I shall send the noble Baroness a note, which I shall co...
Lord Henley | 690 c1599 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 121: 121: Schedule 7, page 80, line 33, at end insert— ““(8) Any guidance issu...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 690 c1598 (Link to this contribution) I shall ensure that the position is clarified. On Question, amendment agreed to.
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 690 c1599-600 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Henley, for moving the amendment. I think that I can sati...
Lord Burnett | 690 c1599 (Link to this contribution) Although our names are not attached to the amendment, we on these Benches support it, for the very r...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 690 c1601 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 121A and 121B: 121A: Schedule 10, page 95, leave out lines 32 to 35 121B: ...
Lord Henley | 690 c1600-1 (Link to this contribution) I have had an assurance from the Minister that the first half of my amendment will be covered in tha...
Baroness Noakes | 690 c1601 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 122: 122: Clause 75, page 42, line 4, leave out ““regulation of”” The noble B...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 690 c1591-3 (Link to this contribution) It gives me considerable pleasure to add my voice to those of the noble Viscount, Lord Bridgeman, an...
Baroness Noakes | 690 c1609-10 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 124: 124: Clause 75, page 42, line 5, at end insert— ““( ) The Commissioners o...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 690 c1586 (Link to this contribution) I hope I made clear that this is not a restricted, closed list, so it will enable us to add things i...
Lord Henley | 690 c1596 (Link to this contribution) My noble friend Lord Crickhowell said that he exactly anticipated what the Minister’s reply was goin...
Lord Brougham and Vaux | 690 c1578 (Link to this contribution) I advise the Committee that if Amendment No. 115 is agreed to, I cannot call Amendments Nos. 116 or ...

Subjects

Criminal proceedings
Crime prevention
Crime
Assets
Assets Recovery Agency
Fraud
Northern Ireland
Powers
Proceeds of crime
Mergers
Scotland
Surveillance
Regulation
Taxation
Tax evasion
Revenue and Customs
National Policing Improvement Agency
Serious Organised Crime Agency
Information sharing

Legislation

Serious Crime Bill (HL) 2006-07

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