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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Chakrabarti (Labour) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 3 December 2020. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill.


Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill

Moved by

Baroness Chakrabarti

22: Clause 1, page 2, leave out lines 27 to 30 and insert—

“(b) for the purposes of preventing or detecting serious crime.

(5A) In subsection (5), “serious crime” means a crime triable only on indictment.”

Member’s explanatory statement

The amendment is intended to constrain the use of criminal conduct authorisations by precluding their use for the purpose of preventing or deterring minor criminal activities, non-serious disorder, or non-criminal damage to economic interests.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
808 c851 
Session
2019-21
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Children Crime prevention Crime Employment Intelligence services Human rights European Convention on Human Rights Homicide Immunity from prosecution Police Public bodies Political activities Rape Vetting Surveillance Trade unions Torture Covert human intelligence sources
Legislation
Human Rights Act 1998
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill 2019-21
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on hansard.parliament.uk