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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Noakes (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 27 March 2007. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Serious Crime Bill [HL].

Serious Crime Bill [HL]

I am grateful to the Minister for clarifying that, but whether HMRC’s functions could not fit within the economic well-being of the UK remains untested. I hear what the Minister says about how it would be interpreted today, but that is not my point: we are leaving in the Bill the possibility that the powers could be used other than on serious crime. If that is not a problem, I hope that the Minister does not resist the principle of an amendment limiting the powers to serious crime if that is honestly what the Government seek to achieve with the Bill. I am grateful to the Minister for explaining why the amendment is imperfect. That will help me to refine and hone it for a later stage of our proceedings. With that, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Schedule 11 agreed to. [Amendment No. 128 not moved.] Clause 76 [Orders of the Secretary of State and the Scottish Ministers]: [Amendment No. 129 not moved.]

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
690 c1616 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Criminal proceedings Crime prevention Crime Assets Assets Recovery Agency Fraud Northern Ireland Powers Proceeds of crime Mergers Scotland Surveillance Regulation Taxation Tax evasion Revenue and Customs National Policing Improvement Agency Serious Organised Crime Agency Information sharing
Legislation
Serious Crime Bill (HL) 2006-07
Link
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