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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

My Lords, normally when Governments get themselves into a pickle people say to them, ““Yah, boo, sucks. You’ve made a mess of it””. I think that when Governments get themselves into a pickle and then get themselves out of it, one ought to congratulate them and say, ““Well done for taking a sensible course””. So perhaps I may say, ““Well done the Government for taking a sensible course””. I am slightly disappointed because preferably my noble friend Lady Stern, who is not in her place, or myself would have liked to be involved in these discussions for the simple reason that we have been deeply involved with the Joint Select Committee on Human Rights, which has had, I hope, a serious influence on the Bill. It would have been quite helpful had we been kept in the loop. However, well done the Government for not going on digging. Let this be an example to Conservative Governments in the future.