Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

I do not think that there is a cigarette paper between me and the noble Lord, Lord West, on the good sense of magistrates. They are all good citizens, as the noble Baroness, Lady Hanham, obviously is. We are not trying to interfere with the good sense of their judgment. We are trying to make intelligent use of court time and to ensure that they have that flexibility. As I said, we are seeking to legislate to create more of that through this Bill. I do not wish to do anything that would undermine that. The way in which the ASBO regime works and the way in which we seek to perfect it make good sense in terms of reducing anti-social behaviour.