Clause 5 - Limits on period of detention without charge
Criminal Justice Bill
9:10 am
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North, Labour)
There seems to be a rather bizarre contradiction in what the hon. Gentleman is saying. Amendment No. 14 would exclude the most serious road traffic offences, which are arrestable, such as causing death by dangerous driving, failing to stop at a personal injury accident or causing death while driving without due care and attention. We would have the stupid situation whereby someone who had stolen a Mars bar could be detained for 36 hours, whereas someone who had killed an entire family in a car accident, yet failed to stop, could not.