Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

This is a sensible amendment in the light of recent circumstances. The Minister and his colleagues have a choice. They can, quite fairly, come to decisions—as they have done in the recent past—announce them and then defend them after the event. The amendment seeks to ensure that, having come to a view that they wish to have staging, that decision itself is subject to the view of the House of Commons. We know how politics works. We know what is possible to happen. But if the Government have confidence in the efficacy of what they propose, then they ought not to object to going through that additional hoop before it comes into effect.