Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

That is certainly reassuring, but had we had a decent amount of time to discuss the proposals we could have probed them earlier. There is also some confusion about new clause 33, which will no doubt be picked up in the other place. I know that I have done nothing for my street credibility, and even less for the Lord Chancellor's, but I believe that the IPP system has been brought into disrepute. It is only right that we do away with it, and to that extent I agree with what the Government seek to do.