Offender Management Bill

I appreciate that the Minister has to read into the record why the Government think Amendments Nos. 110 and 111 would be unhelpful—inappropriate, as he put it—and unnecessary if applied within the Bill. I made it clear that they were probing, merely to get the Government to put on record their justification for the action that they have taken. I made it clear that I did not intend to see those amendments in the Bill. As the Minister said, they would create unnecessary delay. He knows that I am usually very hot on saying that there are appropriate times when delay is right. This is one occasion when delay would be wrong. However, we have brought forward a helpful reflection by the Government with regard to Amendment No. 109. I look forward to seeing the results of the Government’s reflections. I am sure that the Minister will not be surprised that I might retable the amendment at the last minute if an amendment does not appear from the Government.