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Policing and Crime Bill

My Lords, it is quite clear at least to this Member of the Committee that the Minister has had a very good dinner, because he has been in a very accepting mood. On behalf of the noble Baroness I ask him to accept this amendment too. It is so sensible that we can hardly not support it. With so much detail of the Bill left to guidance, this amendment is critical in ensuring that the implementation of the provisions is both proportionate and consistent. I am astonished that the requirement to consult on such potentially radical powers as these provisions can provide for is not already in the Bill. I therefore strongly recommend that the Minister should accept the need for them.