Sexual Offences: Anonymity Debate

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Sexual Offences: Anonymity

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Brexit: Appointment of Joint Committee
Wednesday 3rd July 2019

(4 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford
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I would be very happy to meet the noble Lord—in fact, we met before his Bill had its Second Reading.

Viscount Hailsham Portrait Viscount Hailsham (Con)
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My Lords, may I say to my noble friend, in support of what has just been said by the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, that the best way forward is to have a presumption in favour of anonymity but to provide the courts with a right to disapply the presumption in the event that the court is satisfied that there is good reason, on application by either party; for example, to obtain evidence that might assist the prosecution or the defence?

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