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Policing and Crime Bill

My Lords, I am afraid that I cannot be quite as positive on this amendment from the Liberal Benches. I confess that I have not yet made up my mind which noble Baroness is Castor and which is Pollux. I agree that these injunctions should probably be limited to genuine gang violence, and that there is much improvement to be made to them in order to ensure that. Property damage is not only expensive but intimidating, and is certainly an aspect of gang-related behaviour that should be able to be addressed. We are talking, of course, not about the odd case of graffiti but about the sustained use of damage, whether to cars, property or anything else, that can blight a community and make life a living hell for the inhabitants. The Minister still has a little way to go to convince us, but I am not sure that this amendment is the right way to achieve what we seek.