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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

The hon. and learned Gentleman knows that that is a rhetorical question. He knows perfectly well that the procedures of the House do not allow proper consideration of Lords amendments and that the ping-pong system offers scant scrutiny of what the other House says with no attempt to coalesce ideas from both Chambers and reconcile them constructively. Today has set out in stark contrast all the deficiencies of the legislative process in this House. As I said earlier, the Lord Chancellor is responsible for the Bill. Before he was Lord Chancellor, he was Leader of the House. He committed himself to making the legislative process work properly. He said how important this Chamber and the Report stage were.