Clause 15 - Postponement
Proceeds of Crime Bill
3:30 pm
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow Pollok, Labour/Co-operative)
When thinking of the hon. Member for Beaconsfield, the word ``brief'' is not one that springs to mind.
To return to the clause, will the Minister clarify the intention behind the wording? Do I take it that the intention is to give the courts the maximum flexibility so that those who deserve punishment receive it, and what should be confiscated is confiscated? The amendments that have been floated, especially by the hon. Member for Surrey Heath, would make it easier for malefactors to escape justice.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 15 ordered to stand part of the Bill.