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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

If the interpretation of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd, of the amendment is correct, then everything I have said in support of it would be beside the point. The amendment was widely canvassed in another place. As far as I know, nobody interpreted the amendment as the noble and learned Lord has done—but, of course, another place did not have the advantage of the noble and learned Lord’s presence and jurisprudential wisdom which, as all noble Lords know, is vast. I think the Minister has got the point I am trying to make. I am not going to pursue this matter any further but, of course, we will return to it on Report.