[Part I]
Enterprise Bill
4:45 pm
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland, Liberal Democrat)
Those remarks prompt me to make a brief observation about subsection (3).
The Under-Secretary was at pains this morning to emphasise that the essence of the defence is the dishonest agreement. It is curious that in subsection (3) the emphasis is differently put on implementation. I appreciate that that will not be fatal to the creation of the offence or the founding of jurisdiction. However, in the interests of completeness and neatness, some reference to the perfection of the agreement would be appropriate.