Clause 5 - SOCA's general powers
Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill
4:30 pm
Mr David Cairns (PPS (Malcolm Wicks, Minister of State), Department for Work and Pensions; Greenock and Inverclyde, Labour)
My point may be covered in clause 23(3) in relation to Scotland, but it follows on from what the hon. Member for Beaconsfield (Mr. Grieve) was saying. I am curious as to why the ability to institute criminal powers applies in England, in Wales and in Northern Ireland, but in Scotland SOCA must report matters to the procurator fiscal. Why is there a distinction?