New Clause 6 - Commencement of Chapter 4
Crime (International Co-operation) Bill [Lords]
3:45 pm
Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath, Conservative)
I want some helpful clarification, if the Minister can give it. If she cannot, I will accept her undertaking to write to me and the other members of the Committee on the matter. She talked about restrictions on agreements coming into force when eight member countries had ratified. Does ''ratification'' mean just that, or does it mean implementation, so that the laws in those eight member states would come into force and operate?