Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

Perhaps I did not really make myself clear to the noble Baroness. If there is a breach of the conditions to keep information confidential the clause provides no specific penalty—but action can be brought for breach of confidence in the civil court, which may result in an injunction being made. Existing communal penalties could also be available. That will have to be looked at on a case-by-case basis, but primarily this amendment is to reinforce the realisation on these people that this is extremely important. We do not want this to go wider, but in those areas there could be some penalty on just that basis.