Clause 43
Policing and Crime Bill
12:00 pm
James Brokenshire (Shadow Minister, Home Affairs; Hornchurch, Conservative)
While the Minister is right to say that there is a distinction between civil and criminal law, the issues overlap to a certain extent as we go into this sort of area. Is he prepared to think about recovery on criminal proceedings, given that there does not seem to be a level playing field here? It is being extended on one side on the same or similar subject matter, yet the criminal law seems to have an earlier limitation period which, on his line of argument, seems less supportable now.