Clause 6 - Making of order

Part of Proceeds of Crime Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:00 pm on 15 November 2001.

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Photo of Dominic Grieve Dominic Grieve Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) 4:00, 15 November 2001

I agree, although that might be unintentional. I would like to know which member of the Home Office drafting department dreamed up the phrase ``criminal lifestyle''. It is a lovely term, but it is unfortunate and unnecessary, because it is possible to define more accurately the people we should be targeting.

I thought about that matter over the weekend, and I came up with the phrase in the amendment, which neatly and precisely encapsulates the people we wish to target. Does the Committee agree that it would be preferable to have that definition in the Bill, rather than the current definition, which will raise eyebrows because it will create a new, and unnecessary, category of hate figure?