Clause 61 - Sections 58 to 60: interpretation and jurisdiction
Sexual Offences Bill [Lords]
3:00 pm
Ms Beverley Hughes (Minister of State (Citizenship and Immigration), Home Office; Stretford and Urmston, Labour)
If we did not have evidence that that person came into country, continued his activities and had connections with people here, which he probably would have in the circumstances described by my hon. Friend, we could not prosecute him. However, because of the strong networks in which such people are involved, if that person had been involved extensively in trafficking elsewhere in the world, it is highly likely that he would be entering this country for a similar purpose. Given the strict limits of the hypothetical situation highlighted by my hon. Friend, it would not be possible to prosecute the person unless we had the appropriate evidence. If another country asked us to extradite him for the activities he had carried out there, we could do so.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 61 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clauses 62 to 64 ordered to stand part of the Bill.