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Serious Crime Bill [HL]

I just want to assist if I can. I got the impression—and the noble Baroness will obviously have to think about this—that we are not adrift in relation to those three areas. They seem sensible, and from the indications I am getting she will agree. This is all new. We had hoped to have an opportunity to consult people more generally—stakeholders and others—to make sure we got the list right as to what to include. Although at first blush one could say, ““Well, let’s include them now””, it would not allow us to hone those things to ensure that what we think looks sound at the moment is in fact sound after discussion. I say that because the noble Baroness may need to think about it. We might all go, ““Yes, that is a closed list””, and then find after we have spoken a little more that we would like to include things that at first blush we have not sought to include. That is the reason I rose to my feet. We could do a bit more work, which would make us all feel more certain that this is something complete.