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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that point. I have some considerable sympathy with the points that she makes. I know that the Lord Chancellor and the Under-Secretary of State for Justice, my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Garston, will be happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss those matters in due course in relation to the legislation. This Bill is an important piece of legislation. It brings forward a number of measures that have been long expected and which will help to continue the Government's record on reducing crime. Crime has fallen by 35 per cent. since 1997. The risk of being a victim of crime has fallen since 1997. The number of crimes detected has risen and public confidence in the criminal justice system has increased. The Bill will help to add to those measures and to that record of success, and I commend it to the House.