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Policing and Crime Bill

The noble Baroness mentioned a list of people who support this proposal. It was also one of the issues on which the JCHR was unanimous. I draw the Minister’s attention to our report, where it says that: ""The proposed injunctions are identical to or more severe than ASBOs which require proof on the criminal standard that the individual has behaved"," badly, et cetera. As I said on the last amendment, trial by peers and "innocent until proved guilty" are so fundamental and we must not start allowing people to be put away, which would be the end product of this provision, on the grounds of insufficient standard of proof. Let us be honest; there have been miscarriages of justice even after going through the full standard of proof and the "guilty beyond all reasonable doubt" test. It would be very wrong for us not to have "beyond all reasonable doubt" in these gang-related injunctions, if we are to have them in the first place.