Proceeding contribution from Evan Harris (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Monday, 9 November 2009. It occurred during Debate on bill on Coroners and Justice Bill.
Coroners and Justice Bill
I am grateful for what the Minister says, and I hope that she will join me in continuing to point to those who raise valid concerns about the Norfolk and Lancashire cases that the problem is the police's treatment of section 5 of the 1986 Act, which contains an "insulting" provision. Will she say anything more about her Department's undertaking to review whether she would accept, in some later legislation now, the amendment that I and my colleagues proposed to remove "insulting" from the offence and raise the threshold in that legislation? It would deal with all the mischief in the examples that other hon. Members have given—rightly in that context, although not in this one.
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- 2008-09
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- Admissibility of evidence Coroners Homicide Freedom of expression Homophobia
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