Clause 25 - Inadequacy of available amount:
Proceeds of Crime Bill
5:15 pm
Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath, Conservative)
I want to add to the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Beaconsfield, with which I agree. The Minister could talk a little about the link between the amount referred to in subsection (1)(c) and the amount about which the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland will speak when we reach amendment No. 66 to clause 26. Liberal Democrat Members suggest that in clause 26(1)(c), the figure of £50 should be changed to £1,000. I do not wish to anticipate the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland, but perhaps one reason why he chose £1,000 is because it is the amount that the Government have used in clause 25(1)(c). It would be silly if the Minister did not explain why that figure is used at that point.