Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

moved Amendment No. 47: 47: Clause 5, page 4, line 12, at end insert ““written”” The noble Lord said: I think I can make this point very briefly, but it has gained added importance since our various discussions this afternoon about the consequences of breach. I know that it is normal practice that instructions are given in writing, but now it seems to me to be crucial that they are. Of course, it is always useful to have proper records of what the offender has been asked to do, but now it is vital. Harsher breach consequences will demand much greater clarity about what the child was or was not asked or required to do. In any case, it seems, if the Government are going to get their way in this Bill on the general question of breach, then the audit trail of what is going on in the world of community orders must be as precise and full as possible. Those are the ideas that have lain behind the amendment. I beg to move.