Clause 30 - Notification of names of experts
Criminal Justice Bill
5:15 pm
Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough, Labour)
The hon. Gentleman makes an extremely interesting point. Will he consider the dovetailing of proposed new section 11(4)(b) and 11(10), set out in clause 34? It seems to me that we create two types of witness notice through clauses 29 and 30; new section 6C in clause 29, and new section 6D—expert witness notice—in clause 30. The proposed new section 11(10)(e) set out in clause 34 refers only to the ''witness notice'' of new section 6C and not to the expert witness notice of 6D. The proposed new section 11(4) states that only when a defendant calls a witness who was not included in a witness notice can adverse comment be made.