Schedule 2 - Delivery up of persons subject to criminal proceedings, &c. Question proposed, That this schedule be the Second schedule to the Bill.
International Criminal Court Bill [Lords]
12:00 pm
Professor Ross Cranston (Solicitor General, Law Officers' Department; Dudley North, Labour)
In terms of the ordinary rules, the abuse argument would prevent the prosecution from starting again. The hon. and learned Gentleman knows that there are discussions continuing with the Law Commission on whether we should change our domestic proceedings on abuse applications, so that the prosecution could apply to have a judge's decision on abuse set aside. However, at present, a stay resulting from an abuse application means that the matter cannot be started again.
I will probably have to write to the hon. and learned Gentleman about the matter relating to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, but I might be able to tell him about it later today.
Question put and agreed to.
Schedule 2 agreed to.