Clause 2
Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill
12:00 pm
Simon Hughes (Shadow Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs & Shadow Attorney General, Constitutional Affairs; North Southwark and Bermondsey, Liberal Democrat)
The Solicitor-General nods, which confirms what I thought, that it has been implemented. If so, on how many occasions has the measure been invoked, if at all? If it has not been invoked, is it simply because no application has been made or that no such circumstances have arisen? I am seeking an update on this part of the proposal, because it is novel legal ground and there has been no chance in the formal domain, on the record in Parliament, to learn whether that has happened or any chance to discuss the progress towards implementation.