Clause 12 - Application by prosecution for certain counts to be tried without a jury
Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill [Lords]
11:15 am
Mr Dominic Grieve (Shadow Attorney General, Home, Constitutional & Legal Affairs; Beaconsfield, Conservative)
In the short time available, I can only tell the Solicitor-General that, unfortunately, I remain unconvinced by her arguments. I do not see the mischief in (9)(b) that she describes. It appears to me that, in the sort of case that I described earlier—that of multiple obtaining on a single card—cross-admissibility would immediately be present. That is precisely the sort of case that ought to be approached from such an angle. We do not want someone convicted of an offence to be tried without a jury for large numbers of other offences that are not really linked to it.
It being twenty-five minutes past Eleven o'clock, The Chairman adjourned the Committee without Question put, pursuant to the Standing Order.
Adjourned till this day at half-past Two o'clock.