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Coroners and Justice Bill

It seems fairly obvious that I do not have the support of the Government on these amendments, but that is not an unusual position for me to be in. It is also fairly obvious that I do not have the support of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf, which seems to be somewhat more important. My noble friend has suggested that I test the opinion of the Committee but I am not sure that would be a good idea. It might be simpler if I just put up my hands and withdraw the first of the two amendments. I want to consider the second amendment a bit more and, having thought about it further and redrafted it, come back to it later. For the moment, the best thing for me to do is to beg leave to withdraw Amendment 188CA. Amendment 188CA withdrawn.