Clause 4
Fraud (Trials Without a Jury) Bill
4:30 pm
David Heath (Shadow Leader of the House of Commons & Shadow Cabinet Office Minister, Cabinet Office; Somerton and Frome, Liberal Democrat)
My recollection of our proceedings on the 2004 Act coincide with the hon. Gentleman’s. Although we had reservations, we all felt that that was a sensible way to proceed for precisely the reason of exposing the full criminality—I believe that is the phrase the Solicitor-General likes to use—without placing too onerous a duty on the jury. Why on earth it has not been implemented, God only knows.