Clause 11 - Procedure where court makes order
International Criminal Court Bill [Lords]
10:30 am
Professor Ross Cranston (Solicitor General, Law Officers' Department; Dudley North, Labour)
The issue is how a person will be informed of his right to ask for a review of the delivery order. As the hon. Lady said, the consultation draft referred to ``ordinary language''. Lord Lester and Conservatives in the other place asked what would happen if the person involved could not speak English. As the phrase ``ordinary language'' would not cover such a case, the Government introduced on Report an amendment to insert the terminology now in the Bill.
The hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham (Mrs. Gillan) asked about the word ``appears''. I imagine that the parliamentary draftsman was trying to deal with a case in which someone feigned ignorance of the language. I am not at all surprised by the particular language in the Bill. Lord Lester welcomed the amendment on Report in the other place, and Lord Howell of Guildford said:
``My Lords, it is now my turn to say—or not to say—``Snap''. I agree with what the noble Lord, Lord Lester, has said.''
in other words, he accepted the amendment—indeed, he added:
``We are grateful that the amendments have been tabled.''—[Official Report, House of Lords, 8 March 2001; Vol. 623, c. 408.]
Conservatives in the other place accepted the language—they were perfectly content with it. I suggest that the hon. Lady also accepts it and gets on with the more substantial issues raised by her hon. Friends in other amendments.