Clause 3 - Certificates of eligibility
Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill
10:30 am
Ben Wallace (Lancaster and Wyre, Conservative)
As the Bill stands, could that not happen anyway? It could happen, as the Minister has said, without any amendments being made to the Bill. An individual who had good knowledge and wanted to cover for another individual could still do that. The Minister opposes some of the amendments because a Walter Mitty character could come along, but such a person who had information could do that under the Bill as it stands. Is that not correct?