Clause 86
Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill
6:15 pm
David Burrowes (Shadow Minister, Justice; Enfield, Southgate, Conservative)
The amendments raise an issue that has been debated before on the Floor of the House and in Committee at some length. I do not propose to take all that long—I shall highlight the salient and significant issues that we must consider. No doubt the other place will want to consider them in some depth.
Amendments Nos. 364 and 365 deal with the burden of proof to secure a violent offender order and an interim violent offender order. The amendments raise the problem of the burden of proof of a civil order.