Serious Crime Bill [HL]

I have been sitting quietly, listening to everything that has been said, tossing up in my mind whether to give your Lordships the short version or the long version. It seems absolutely clear that if I am to do justice to all the questions raised by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd, the anxieties expressed by the noble Lord, Lord Dear, with his wealth of experience and the changed position of the noble Lord, Lord Henley, and the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, notwithstanding the paucity of Members on your Lordships’ Benches, I think I could very well entertain your Lordships for the next 35 minutes and therefore I intend so to try.