Schedule 7
Serious Crime Bill [Lords]
2:15 pm
Jeremy Browne (Shadow Minister, Home Affairs; Taunton, Liberal Democrat)
That is a good point. My thinking may have been insufficiently demanding when I tabled the amendments and we may table further amendments at a later stage. I share the hon. and learned Gentleman’s view that requirements should be in place to ensure that the mechanisms are reviewed periodically in a way that is likely to provide greater safeguards. I accept that he may not regard “annually in all circumstances” as sufficient, but the clause as drafted does not specify a time scale, so it could stretch indefinitely into the future, which would be unsatisfactory.