Clause 397 - Interpretation
Proceeds of Crime Bill
6:15 pm
Amendment proposed: No. 544, in page 226, leave out lines 16 to 24 and insert—
' ''legal privilege'' means protection in legal proceedings from disclosure, by virtue of any rule of law relating to the confidentiality of communications; and ''items subject to legal privilege'' are—communications between a professional legal adviser and his client, or communications made in connection with or in contemplation of legal proceedings and for the purposes of those proceedings, which would be so protected.'.—[Mr. Bob Ainsworth.]
Question put, That the amendment be made:—
The Committee divided: Ayes 15, Noes 7.
Division number 46 - 15 yes, 7 no
Voting yes: Bob Ainsworth, Helen Clark, Wayne David, Ian Davidson, George Foulkes, Tom Harris, Stephen Hesford, Mark Lazarowicz, Ian Lucas, Stephen McCabe, Anne McGuire, John Robertson, Paul Stinchcombe, Howard Stoate, Tom Watson
Voting no: Norman Baker, Annette Brooke, Mark Field, Dominic Grieve, Nick Hawkins, Boris Johnson, David Wilshire