Part of Proceeds of Crime Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 3:30 pm on 10 January 2002.
Bob Ainsworth
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
3:30,
10 January 2002
That is not within my ministerial responsibility. As a Member of Parliament, the hon. Gentleman can table questions to Treasury Ministers if he chooses to do so. Perhaps that is how he should pursue his query.
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