Clause 63
Serious Crime Bill
9:00 am

Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham, Conservative)
I shall speak to amendment No. 154, Mr. Bercow, but you will forgive me if I refer also to new clause 11, which has somewhat the same effect.
Before I begin, may I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Rugby and Kenilworth on becoming an Opposition Whip? I happened once to be a Government Whip, and it was the nastiest job I’ve ever had.
