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Victims and Prisoners Bill

My Lords, we also support this group of amendments. I want to reiterate the points made by my noble friend Lord Bach.

You could not have had two more eminent Members of this Committee to table these amendments. The noble and learned Lords, Lord Burnett and Lord Thomas, are familiar with these types of decisions. I do not think I can add to the weight of the arguments put forward by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Burnett.

The only point I will make is about process. If the Minister says that he wants to think about this—I do not know what he is going to say—then it would be very helpful to know his thoughts before Report. From what I have heard of the argument, it seems that the Government have an uphill battle trying to defend the current position. If the Government are minded to think about this again, we really need to know what that is before Report.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
836 cc849-850 
Session
2023-24
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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