My Lords, it may well be. The answer is that I do not know. There has to be a proper examination of the evidence. If I was absolutely clear, and if we could be absolutely confident that this poor woman, Miss Williams, who was abused on a train, would be covered without the word “insulting”, I would move forward on this. I think that we could accept that. Until we have evidence from the Government that allows us to be absolutely clear that we are protecting people who are subject to abuse and insult—
Crime and Courts Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Smith of Basildon
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 12 December 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Crime and Courts Bill [HL].
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