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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

My Lords, I raised these matters in Committee and at Report and I also want to express appreciation for the amendment introduced by the Minister, which addresses the issue of someone having a record of his or her participation in a consensual act. The noble Earl, Lord Onslow, is right that it is millimetres rather than metres. As I understand it, a person may have a photograph and although he himself is not present in the photograph, he could lead witnesses to establish that the act was consensual. But that defence will not be open to him. I regret that that is an issue that will come up in a court case and show again the fundamental misgivings that many of us have about these clauses as a whole. Nevertheless, it is only appropriate to acknowledge where a step in the right direction has been made and I am grateful to the Minister for that.