Clause 1 - Penalties for criminal offences
Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Bill
10:45 am
Mr Nigel Griffiths (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry; Edinburgh South, Labour)
I welcome you to the Chair, Mr. Benton, and wish you, all hon. Members and everyone who assists us in our work as Members and Ministers a happy new year.
On Second Reading, the Government said that the Bill would have our full support. Intellectual property crime affects businesses, consumers and society in general, and proven links exist with serious organised crime. We therefore welcome the Bill, which brings about rationalisation and harmonisation of the existing criminal provisions in intellectual property law, and we look forward to it being enacted.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 1 ordered to stand part of the Bill.