Coroners and Justice Bill

I shall watch the contribution orders as an interested observer. They have been tried previously in legal aid and failed, because it proved to be uneconomic for every person who appeared before the court to be required to fill out a form for their means to be assessed. The very fact that people’s means had to be assessed, and the whole business of recovery—as we have just heard—the taking of people to court and the removal of their cars, was an expensive process. It proved more economic in the end not to have contribution orders. Whether the Government have by their current legislation found a way of squaring the circle and making it economic to make contribution orders is something that I shall follow with considerable interest. For the moment, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 191DA withdrawn. Clause 136 agreed. Schedule 16 : Motor Vehicle Orders Amendments 191DB and 191DC not moved. Amendment 191E had been withdrawn from the Marshalled List. Schedule 16 agreed. Clause 137 agreed. Clause 138 : Exploitation proceeds order Amendment 192 had been withdrawn from the Marshalled List. Debate on whether Clause 138 should stand part of the Bill.