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Coroners and Justice Bill

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his hatchet and I am grateful to those who have taken part in the debate. I did not expect to get more than I did from the noble Lord, Lord Henley, at this stage. However, like the noble Lord, Lord Thomas, I am concerned over the costings, which I think were put into the impact statement in a way to justify the selected case rather than to put the facts. I still hope that the Minister will engage in discussion on this before Third Reading and that we can get more clarity over these costings. Impact statements and assessments on Bills should be very useful to the House, but they are almost inevitably very poorly done. That is a great pity, as it hampers our ability to have an informed debate. With the proviso that we have that discussion, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 36A withdrawn. Amendments 36B to 36D not moved. Schedule 3 : Appointment etc of senior coroners, area coroners and assistant coroners Schedule 3 : Appointment etc of senior coroners, area coroners and assistant coroners Amendments 36E to 36Y not moved.