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.
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- Proceeding contribution
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- 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
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