Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

I am grateful to the noble and learned Baroness for that intervention. As my noble friend Lady Linklater asked, what does ““punishment”” mean in these circumstances? We have not come in our debate today, wide-ranging as it has been, to a common view of what it means. The noble Lord, Lord Bridges, from his experience, gave us an international perspective. We have been discussing the conventions that set down international standards. The clause does not meet those standards; the noble Lord, Lord Bridges, made that clear. I am pleased to hear from the Minister that he will consider the clause in response to pressure from noble Lords around the Committee. I shall be interested to see whether he feels, in the light of the criticisms that have been made, that the current clause should be amended. I still commend the amendment that we tabled. There may be criticisms that can be made of it, which we can consider in the light of today’s speeches before Report.