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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

My Lords, I strongly support the observations of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd of Berwick. When I read the clause—I had to read it several times and I still do not really understand it—I heaved two separate sighs of relief: first, that I was not a criminal judge, and secondly, that I had, thank goodness, retired. That is because it is a nightmare, if I may be blunt. There is no need to micromanage the exceptional cases that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd of Berwick, spoke of and every reason to leave this area to the judiciary. The clause should be got rid of as quickly as possible.