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Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (References to Financial Investigators) (Amendment) Order 2009

Debates on delegated legislation on Monday, 7 December 2009, in the House of Lords, led by Earl of Onslow. The answering member was Lord Brett.

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (References to Financial Investigators) (Amendment) Order 2009 (SI 2009/2707). Lords debate on a motion to resolve that this House notes with concern criticisms by the Chairman of the Police Federation of the powers contained in the regulations, and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to revoke the order. Agreed to on division (182 votes to 118 - the Tellers for the Contents reported 182 votes; the Clerks recorded 181 names). [Relevant document: 31st Report, Session 2008-09, from the Merits Committee]

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Reference

715 c896-917

Session

2009-10

Department

Home Office

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (References to Financial Investigators) (Amendment) Order 2009
Thursday, 8 October 2009
Statutory instruments
House of Lords
House of Commons

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (References to Financial Investigators) (Amendment) Order 2009
Monday, 14 December 2009
Written statements
House of Lords

Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee. 31st Report. The Work of the Committee in Session 2008-09. (Lords Minutes)
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord Brett | 715 c911 (Link to this contribution) I do not have a complete list in my brief but I will happily seek the same and write to the noble Co...

Lord Thomas of Gresford | 715 c911-2 (Link to this contribution) With respect to the noble Lord, my point is that if Transport for London, through its investigator, ...

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Lord Brett | 715 c912 (Link to this contribution) It is with the greatest trepidation that I would cross swords with the noble Lord, whose extensive k...

Lord Skelmersdale | 715 c909 (Link to this contribution) Why does that paragraph about the apparent possibility of extending these powers to private firms ap...

Lord Brett | 715 c910 (Link to this contribution) The alarm was raised, but I am seeking to give reassurance that it is not the Government’s intention...

Earl of Onslow | 715 c910 (Link to this contribution) Presumably the Government have the power to appoint a private organisation. That is what one objects...

Lord Brett | 715 c910 (Link to this contribution) If the powers were to be extended, they would be the subject of another statutory instrument and wou...

Lord Brett | 715 c910-1 (Link to this contribution) I noted the point made in questions and will answer it in due course, if I may. I think that £1.3 bi...

Countess of Mar | 715 c911 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, sorry to interrupt the noble Lord yet again, but could he tell us which organisations were...

Lord Brett | 715 c912-4 (Link to this contribution) In the face of which formidable argument and witnesses, I suggest that the best thing is that I take...

Lord Rooker | 715 c914 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that being the case, and given the answer my noble friend gave me about the negative resol...

Baroness Buscombe | 715 c912 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt, but I want to affirm that the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford...

Lord Thomas of Gresford | 715 c912 (Link to this contribution) I see the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, nodding in assent, and he put the Bill through the House.

Lord Brett | 715 c914 (Link to this contribution) Hindsight is powerful, but it is not powerful enough to go back seven years. How we deal with crime,...

Earl of Onslow | 715 c914-5 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord ended by saying he "hoped". Hope springs eternal. It is worth summing up, as I unders...

Baroness Buscombe | 715 c903-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I feel compelled to contribute to this short debate. I support the Motion wholeheartedly, ...

Lord Thomas of Gresford | 715 c904 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, contributed to the Proceeds of Crime Bill when it went through this House. I have ...

Baroness Butler-Sloss | 715 c902-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have done the addition that the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, had not had time to do, and...

Countess of Mar | 715 c903 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful, as the House should be, to the noble Earl, Lord Onslow, for bringing t...

Lord Neill of Bladen | 715 c905-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have heard enough this afternoon to feel convinced that a further careful look at this b...

Lord Skelmersdale | 715 c906-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Onslow on tabling this Motion. As he rightly said in h...

Lord Howe of Aberavon | 715 c904 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is now some 40 years since I was entitled to put the word "learned" before my name, so ...

Lord Rooker | 715 c904-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I had not intended to speak in this debate; in fact, I have been very reluctant during the...

Lord Brett | 715 c908-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think that it was the noble Lord, Lord Bowness, who paid tribute to the noble Earl for b...

Earl of Onslow | 715 c896-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 is 300-odd pages long. At its Second Reading, its complexit...

Lord Bowness | 715 c910 (Link to this contribution) The Minister has justified the powers for local authorities to deal with intellectual property, and ...

Lord Campbell of Alloway | 715 c901-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to make a very short speech to say that this is really a technical problem. I speak...

Baroness Hamwee | 715 c898-900 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are most grateful to the noble Earl for bringing this matter before the House. My Liber...

Earl of Onslow | 715 c896 (Link to this contribution) Moved By That this House notes with concern criticisms by the Chairman of the Police Federation of...

Lord Bowness | 715 c900-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I also thank my noble friend Lord Onslow for raising the matter. As members of the Joint C...