Part of Proceeds of Crime Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:30 pm on 13 November 2001.
Bob Ainsworth
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
4:30,
13 November 2001
The principle is that moneys will be provided to enable the Bill to be used in the same way north of the border as it will be used south of the border. To the south—but not necessarily to the north—moneys will go to the agency. In Scotland, they will go to the Crown Office and other appropriate law enforcement agencies.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 3 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
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