Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

My hon. Friend is quite right. I have made the point repeatedly for the last two years, since I started doing this job. Other members of the Opposition justice and home affairs team have made the same point, and I know that my hon. Friend has as well, as a constituency Member and as someone who takes an interest in issues of this kind. However, it seems to have no effect on the Government's thinking. We might just as well talk to the air for all the good that it does to the public. The trump card that the Government think they can play is ““Lord Coles suggested it””—I mean Lord Carter of Coles.