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Chief justice criticises draft bill

Chief justice criticises draft bill

Lord Burnett says depriving defendant of potential defence is “unusual”

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Joshua Rozenberg
Oct 27, 2021
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I was invited to speak to MPs yesterday on whether MPs should be able to order people to speak to them. We had a lively discussion.

In May, I argued against the proposal that people who refused to answers questions from Commons committees should face up to two years in prison and an unlimited fine. I expanded on this in my written evidence to the House o…

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