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Fraud Bill [HL]

The noble Lord makes my point for me. I stand by what I said: that in many cases saying, ““I made full disclosure so how can you possibly say that I was being dishonest?””, would be a powerful and convincing answer. But what about someone who says that he made partial disclosure? Is the noble Lord to say that by saying full disclosure should be a defence, partial disclosure means that you have been dishonest? I would say not. It might be a factor to be taken into account—it may well be—but, as we all know, there is partial disclosure and there is partial disclosure. These are all the circumstances from which triers of fact, juries or judges, are able to see whether the conduct is inadvertent, innocent or dishonest. I answer the noble Lord in that way.