Clause 75 - Criminal lifestyle
Proceeds of Crime Bill
10:30 am
Mr John McWilliam (Blaydon, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to take the following: Amendment No. 279, in page 47, line 26, leave out paragraph (e).
Amendment No. 280, in page 47, line 28, after 'benefited', insert
'to a minimum of £5,000'.
Amendment No. 271, in page 47, line 30, after 'offences', insert
'punishable by imprisonment or a by a fine of or above level 2 on the standard scale'.
Clause stand part.
Amendment No. 272, in clause 76, page 48, line 5, after 'concerned', insert
'and which is punishable by imprisonment or a by a fine of or above level 2 on the standard scale'.
For the avoidance of doubt, it may be helpful if I clarify the scope of the debate. On 15 November, the Committee had a long debate about the desirability or otherwise of using the term ''criminal lifestyle'' to describe defendants who meet the condition set out in clause 75. The debate that we are now to have relates to the condition attached to the term ''criminal lifestyle'' and the definition of conduct that forms part of a course of criminal activity. I wish to make it clear at the outset that it will not be in order to refer to the desirability or otherwise of employing the term ''criminal lifestyle'' during this debate, because that matter has already been discussed and we have made a decision.