Part of Proceeds of Crime Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:45 pm on 20 November 2001.
Dominic Grieve
Shadow Minister (Home Affairs)
12:45,
20 November 2001
I accept that if people have remaining assets after their assets have been seized under the procedure, those remaining assets would be available to pay for the debts that the Committee has discussed. In some instances, that might not be a problem. However, I am talking about cases in which people lose all their assets—and I believe that that will frequently happen.
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