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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

My Lords, as I think I said earlier, I am most grateful to the Government for bringing forward the amendment. The noble Lord, Lord Bach, has clarified a somewhat occluded part of its wording in a way that I find entirely satisfactory. I am disappointed that the Government are not minded to accept my amendment. I think that in some respects, where a community order is under consideration, the variety of possible components of that order benefit greatly from a carefully thought out pre-sentence report on the history of the young person, his or her character and his or her suitability for the wide variety of possible rehabilitation orders that are open to the court. It is a different argument for a written report but, I believe, an equally powerful one. Nevertheless, the Government have come forward with their amendment; it meets us at least halfway. In those circumstances, I shall not press my amendment this afternoon. Therefore, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment No. 2, as an amendment to Amendment No. 1, by leave, withdrawn. On Question, Amendment No. 1 agreed to. Clause 16 [The assessment of dangerousness]: