Clause 47 - Transfer of UK prisoner to assist investigation abroad
Crime (International Co-operation) Bill [Lords]
3:15 pm
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
That is a telling intervention. I am grateful to the hon. Lady, as what she says gives considerable substance to the concerns that I have expressed. It is clear that the Minister will not accede to my amendments or even to the principle, so there is little point in pushing it at this stage. Clearly, she has not yet got to the point that her predecessor reached, who used to stand up and say that he had been given a load of garbage to read out. He said words to that effect last week, which is probably why he was promoted. It is a practice that we should encourage.