Clause 272 - Extent

Part of Criminal Justice Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 11:15 am on 27 February 2003.

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Photo of Dominic Grieve Dominic Grieve Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) 11:15, 27 February 2003

I said wrongly that I was referring to jury trial, whereas in fact I was referring to the retrial provisions not being followed for serious offences. With a single legislature no longer dealing with both areas, the gap might widen over time, in terms of sentencing structures. I think that there is therefore a danger that someone might one day say, ''What is being applied in Scotland is sufficiently dissimilar from England to make this provision difficult to implement.''