Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill — Committee

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 8:00 pm on 9 February 2010.

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Photo of Baroness Noakes Baroness Noakes - Shadow Minister, Shadow Minister 8:00, 9 February 2010

My Lords, the Minister was very interesting on the subject of the Treasury's quarterly report. Will he explain why the Government's own draft legislation to replace this temporary Bill includes a specific requirement to table a report? If we were considering the draft Bill and I had tabled an amendment to Clause 24, would the Minister not say that the Treasury already does a quarterly report on asset-freezing? I am a bit mystified as to why the draft Bill has a specific requirement to table a report, which seems like a good idea, and why it should not be applied to the Bill that we are now considering.