Policing and Crime Bill

My Lords, the Home Office makes appointments in line with the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments regulations, which are followed as best practice in all appointments. These regulations are publicly available. The selection process will therefore be an open and fair competition. The appointed person at the moment is Mr Andrew Clarke, who, to give an example of his background, has been specialising in criminal law since 1972; he was chief Crown prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service from 1986 to 1996 and is now a barrister in private practice. In the light of that, I hope that the noble Baroness will withdraw the amendment, unless she wishes me to go into more detail.