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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

My Lords, in the reply to the previous debate the Minister confused me a little when he said that two years is four years. As I understand it, the condition in the Bill is that the notional minimum term is at least two years. That is defined in proposed subsection (3C), which states: "““The notional minimum term is the part of the sentence that the court would specify under section 82A(2) of the Sentencing Act (determination of tariff) if it imposed a sentence of imprisonment for public protection but was required to disregard the matter mentioned in section 82A(3)(b) of that Act (crediting periods of remand)””." I do not know where this two years means four years comes from. It does not seem to come from that wording—but I must confess that I have not, in the 55 minutes that we were permitted for our dinner tonight, had the opportunity of looking at the sentencing Act to clarify my mind on the matter. No doubt the Minister can do so.