Clause 9 - Use of evidence obtained
Crime (International Co-operation) Bill [Lords]
5:15 pm
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office; Coventry North East, Labour)
The hon. Member for Surrey Heath will see a list of offences in clause 28.
The provision is not about freezing assets, but about evidence. The courts to be used must be the same courts that deal with requests for evidence. Those are orders for evidence, not for freezing assets or for asset recovery. The court that is making the request is the appropriate court.
The hon. Gentleman invites me to write to him in response to his other points, which I shall do to save the Committee's time.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 10 ordered to stand part of the Bill.