Clause 17
Serious Crime Bill [Lords]
11:45 am
Vernon Coaker (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office; Gedling, Labour)
So that I am not inveigled again, I shall finish my remarks on that issue. [Interruption.] No, I will move on.
When considering the renewal of orders, a High Court judgment on whether a person is potentially a threat to the public because of their involvement in serious crime is a far more relevant factor than what the order was based upon or whether a specific period of time has elapsed.
To constrain the Court’s judgment in the ways that have been proposed could lead to the perverse situation in which a court might feel that it was reasonable and proportionate to grant an order to protect the public, but is unable to do so.