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Proceeding contribution from Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru) in the House of Commons on Monday, 12 June 2006. It occurred during Debate on bill on Fraud Bill [HL].


Fraud Bill [Lords]

There is a distinction. Under the present law of going equipped, if a person were out at night with a jemmy and various other tools, as an initial starting point it would be fairly obvious from the nature of those tools that he was up to no good. The distinction is that an article that could be used in connection with fraud might look perfectly innocent to a person such as me, who is not high-tech, or whatever the word is. Without knowing it, I could have something on my computer that might be used in connection with fraud. If I walked down the street with a jemmy, clearly that would be a different thing altogether.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
447 c542 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Disclosure of information Contracts Abuse Crime Conspiracy Criminal law Corruption Common law Credit cards Fraud Jurisdiction International cooperation Internet Organised crime Prosecutions Misrepresentation Victims Right of silence Sunset clauses
Legislation
Fraud Bill (HL) 2005-06
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk