Clause 75 - Criminal lifestyle
Proceeds of Crime Bill
10:30 am
Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath, Conservative)
Does my hon. Friend share my worry that various interventions—the most recent being made by the hon. Member for Glasgow, Pollok (Mr. Davidson)—show that Government Back Benchers in the Committee often want to give the Labour Home Secretary carte blanche to do anything that he wants, in which case what is the point of Parliament and scrutiny? We might just as well have electronic voting from hon. Members' constituencies. We could ignore the Committee process and just have the Home Secretary's rubber stamp.