18196
1999-00
819
Double Jeopardy Rule
Stephen Ladyman
2000-06-08
That this House notes that the Home Affairs Committee, in its Third Report, has recommended a relaxation of the double jeopardy rule under certain conditions; respects the opinions of the committee and understands the concerns that have led to them but believes their recommendation to be deeply flawed; notes that protection against double jeopardy dated from Roman times and is a fundamental protection for the individual citizen and any relaxation, however well motivated or restricted, would undermine this essential safeguard against wrongful conviction; believes that its relaxation may allow some apparent injustices to be addressed in the short term but would lead to far more and far greater injustices in the long term; and calls on the Government, when it considers this matter, to reject calls for any change to the law in this regard.
Stephen Ladyman
2000-06-08
Proposed
South Thanet
Labour
Peter Pike
2000-06-08
Signed
Burnley
Labour
Jonathan R Shaw
2000-06-08
Signed
Chatham & Aylesford
Labour
Robert Marshall-Andrews
2000-06-12
Signed
Medway
Labour
Rudi Vis
2000-06-15
Signed
Finchley & Golders Green
Labour
Alan Simpson
2000-06-21
Signed
Nottingham South
Labour
Denzil Davies
2000-07-10
Signed
Llanelli
Labour
John McDonnell
2000-07-27
Signed
Hayes & Harlington
Labour