Clause 68 - Exposure
Sexual Offences Bill [Lords]
3:45 pm
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking, Conservative)
I shall be brief. I do not wish to proceed further with amendment No. 216.
Amendment No. 226 would knock out the indictable nature of the offence. I wonder whether it would be more appropriate for this offence to be summary only. I cannot think of any cases in which it should be tried on indictment—they could all be covered summarily. I shall seek permission to withdraw No. 216 in a moment, but I should like the Minister to comment on why he thinks that the offences should sometimes be indictable.