Clause 337 - Further provisions

Part of Proceeds of Crime Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 12:15 pm ar 29 Ionawr 2002.

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Photo of Dominic Grieve Dominic Grieve Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) 12:15, 29 Ionawr 2002

I am much obliged to the hon. Lady, because what she says makes a great deal of sense. I have tried to exclude the provision in three clauses. Clause 350 includes the provision that matches that in the Criminal Justice Act 1987, and states:

''A disclosure order does not confer the right to require a person to answer any privileged question, provide any privileged information or produce any privileged document, except that a lawyer may be required to provide the name and address of a client of his.''

If we left that in but took out the references in the other two clauses, we might achieve what the Minister wants while removing the possibility of the mischief that the hon. Lady has identified.