Clause 34 - Amendments and repeals
Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill [Lords]
3:15 pm
Mr David Heath (Shadow Minister (Home Affairs), Home Affairs; Somerton and Frome, Liberal Democrat)
I apologise to the Committee for delaying its proceedings for just a moment. This is a case of ''If not now, when?'' I have a passion for legislative tidiness.
The clause deals with other Acts that are to be amended, repealed or revoked. Once the Government have had their way on schedule 7, there will be an amendment to, rather than a revocation or repeal of,
the Colonial Prisoners Removal Act 1884. We do not have a great number of colonial prisoners now—