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Fraud Bill [HL]

I support the wording of the Bill on the basis of clarity and certainty. It would be possible for a judge to explain to a jury what legal duty the defendant is alleged to have been under. I believe that it would be very difficult to explain to a jury what moral duty the defendant would be under. It is such a broad expression, which depends on all sorts of concepts, that it would not be within the compass of the judge’s direction to explain what the moral duty was. For that reason I support the wording of the Bill.