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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

My Lords, as I was saying before the Minister made that point, it is under this Government that this legislation is being put into place and it is their actions with which we are dealing today. These two bodies cannot strike. There is a review body, which always has access to information before it makes its recommendations. If the Government seek to change that, as the Minister says, they have discretion. In the light of what they have done, we say that that discretion is too great. Therefore, it should be controlled and made responsible to Parliament. I do not accept the Minister’s reply and I wish to test the opinion of the House. On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 48) shall be agreed to? Their Lordships divided: Contents, 197; Not-Contents, 116. Clause 144 [Orders, rules and regulations]: