My Lords, I entirely understand the point that the noble Baroness is making, which effectively encapsulates the problem that we are up
against: how do we protect the safety of the public on the one hand and, on the other, deal with the outstanding problem? I think the Government’s point is that to make it easier to release those prisoners who are potentially most likely to cause harm is counterintuitive and unacceptable from the point of view of public safety.