Clause 66
Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill
5:45 pm
Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead, Labour)
I shall not keep the Committee for long, but Liberty has made the point that the burden of proof is unfairly on the defendant, including when the matter in question is highly subjective. Liberty argues that the burden of proof should be placed on the prosecution as far as possible, as is the case in the normal run of things for all sorts of offences. When my hon. Friend the Minister looks at this matter again, will she consider that point?