Coroners and Justice Bill

This has been an excellent debate, albeit a bit one-sided. The noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, gave a modicum of support to Her Majesty's Government, but his latter comments were perhaps the most useful points made in the whole of the debate. I shall not summarise or go back, but I am delighted that the three noble Lords who indicated their opposition to the clause standing part—the noble Baronesses, Lady Stern and Lady Miller, and the noble Lord, Lord Lester—spoke forcefully and with different kinds of experience. I was particularly delighted that other noble Lords joined in with their range of experience, including the noble Lord, Lord Rees-Mogg, from whom we do not hear often enough, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd of Berwick, and the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Hornsey, who demonstrated that we not talking just about books and television interviews and that the heading "Criminal memoirs etc"—I draw attention to the addition of "etc"—covers a great deal. It is very clear that the provisions cover many ways of dramatising a criminal's life or whatever; it is not just the writing of books that is covered.