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Of course, a number of operational and procedural issues would follow on from that and—in consultation with Scott Martin—I have done my best to lodge a bill that deals with those issues adequately.
The committee will be taking evidence from a panel next week to follow up on today's discussions. Before everyone starts to move and to shift their papers, I ask them to bear with me for a few minutes.
It is the Parliament that decides what procedure should be followed. The Executive might propose it, but ultimately the Parliament decides what will be in an act.
Given what you and your colleagues have said, it seems that the programmes that have been prepared are pretty basic programmes that have been followed for similar developments elsewhere.
The financial crime unit, which deals with the confiscation of the proceeds of crime following conviction, has recouped £422,421 from drug dealers, money launderers and people convicted of fraud over the past six months.