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Member

Speaking in the House of Commons on 17 June 2025

Debate

Crime and Policing Bill

Contribution

This amendment provides that in cases of uncertainty as the age of a witness who is a complainant in respect of an offence under clause 38 (as well as an offence under clause 53), they are presumed for the purposes of Part 2 of the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 to be under 18.

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