New Clause 6 - Commencement of Chapter 4
Crime (International Co-operation) Bill [Lords]
3:30 pm
Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath, Conservative)
I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
We can deal with this matter rather more briefly. The new clause repeats a point that we made before lunch—that none of the provisions in the chapter should come into force until it is apparent that the other countries have introduced reciprocal provisions, and those provisions are in force. I do not want to take up too much of the Committee's time, but we thought that it would be helpful to have that in the Bill. That is
what we look forward to, and I shall listen with interest to what the Minister has to say.