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Policing and Crime Bill

We on these Benches support the points that the noble Lord has been making. I do not think that anyone in this House disputes that we need a new system—that we need to revise the old system of a minority of airports being designated. There is no difference between us there. Nor is there any difference on the question of the importance of security. That is not inconsistent with trying to devise a regime that ensures that the costs that come with it are necessary and reasonable. I am reassured by what the Minister says about the work that is being done about the police services agreements, and I hope that those agreements will lead to a situation in which serious internal work is done to ensure that, when the different agreements are forthcoming, they are looked at and compared, and apparent discrepancies are properly examined and ironed out. No one in this House will want to see the new regime coming into being characterised by a series of disputes between operators and the police about the costs that they are having to bear. It would be unfortunate if the transition from one regime to another were not smooth. The issue of the level and fairness of costs is important. On the basis of what the Minister said, I am happy not to press the amendments standing in my name. Amendment 152AP withdrawn. Amendment 152APA not moved. Amendment 152AQ had been withdrawn from the Marshalled List. Amendments 152AR to 152AUA not moved.